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Why a Man in His 50s Accused of Beating Cohabitant to Death Was Acquitted After 2 Years The 1st Criminal Division of the Jeonju District Court's Jeongeup Branch (Presiding Judge Jung Young-ha) announced on the 15th that it had acquitted a 52-year-old man identified as A, who had been indicted on charges of assault resulting in death. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

Teenage Daughter Arrested for Pouring Boiling Water on Mother Who Tried to Stop Her From Running Away The Namyangju Nambu Police Station arrested the teenager, surnamed A, at the scene on the 15th on charges of special assault against an ascendant. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

Teacher Indicted for Dozens of Sexual Assaults and Harassment Against Middle School Student Teacher A is accused of sexually assaulting and harassing his student, B, some 20 times over the past two months. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

US Man Arrested After OpenAI Reports Him to FBI for Sharing Ex-Girlfriend Murder Plot with ChatGPT Darren Zhou, a 25-year-old financial analyst at a major investment bank living in Florida, was arrested after detailing his plan to kill his former partner during conversations with ChatGPT in March, according to IT media outlet Futurism and local newspaper The Palm Beach Post on the 14th . SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:20 AM

27-Year-Old South Korean Official Spends 320,000 Won of Own Money to Run 'Bonghwa Apple' Ad in New York Officer Kim , an agricultural official at the Distribution and Special Crops Division of the Bonghwa-gun Agricultural Technology Center, recently spent 329,000 won of his own money to feature an ad promoting Bonghwa apples in New York's Times Square. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:19 AM

Appeasing Trump? Seoul Mentions 'Military Contribution' to Hormuz for First Time President Donald Trump expressing dissatisfaction that South Korea "declined" to join efforts for Iran's denuclearization. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:14 AM

Geoje Logs 640 mm of Rain in a Day, Highest Since Typhoon Rusa in 2002 This marks a record-breaking level of precipitation not just for Geoje, but nationwide. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:12 AM

"Loud Crash Shook the Ground at Dawn": Geoje Residents Tremble in Fear I rushed down to the first floor and heard someone screaming, 'Please save me.'" This was what a resident in his 50s surnamed Song had to say with an anxious look, following a landslide triggered by torrential rain that caused casualties at an apartment building in Okpo-dong, Geoje, on the morning of the 17th. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:11 AM

Tow Truck Carrying Bus Catches Fire on Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway The driver evacuated on their own, resulting in no injuries, but the vehicles were completely burned. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:07 AM

Europe's Oldest Monarch, 89-Year-Old King of Norway, Hospitalized with Hemolytic Anemia King Harald V is suffering from hemolytic anemia, a condition in which red blood cells are destroyed abnormally, causing fatigue, shortness of breath, and pale skin. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:01 AM