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Fire Breaks Out at Seoul's Yeongcheon Market... Multiple Stores Damaged The fire started at around 3:50 a.m. today at Yeongcheon Market in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:41 AM

KHNP, NSSC: 'No Impact on Nuclear Power Plants' After Magnitude 3.1 Earthquake in Haenam today that "there has been no impact on nuclear power plants." KHNP stated, "All nuclear power plants currently in operation are running normally," adding, "It has been confirmed that the seismic measurement values recorded at these plants are below the seismic warning threshold of 0.01g." The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission also announced that there were no abnormalities concerning the safety of all domestic reactor facilities following the earthquake. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:40 AM

Badminton Queen An Se-young Just One Step Away from Reclaiming World Championship Crown On August 22 , world number one in women's singles An Se-young defeated world number three Wang Zhiyi of China 2-0 after a tight deuce battle in the women's singles semifinals of the 2026 Badminton World Federation World Championships held in New Delhi, India. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:39 AM

South Korea's Steel Exports to EU Fall 41% in July Amid New Steel Measures While industry insiders note that the EU's measures alone do not fully explain the drop in exports, they analyze that the policy has had some impact. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:25 AM

Copper Prices Rise on Supply Shortage Concerns... Related Stocks Trend Upward According to the Korea Exchange and Yonhap Infomax on August 23, the 3-month copper futures contract on the London Metal Exchange closed at 14,215.50 dollars per ton on August 21 . SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:22 AM

Kim Yoon-duk and Oh Se-hoon to Meet Again This Week to Discuss Yongsan Park Housing Supply With clear differences remaining between the two sides regarding the plan to build housing on the main Yongsan Park site, attention is focused on whether they will approach a compromise by prioritizing the development of scattered sites around the park proposed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:19 AM

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700kg Elk Jumps Over Truck Gate... Sudden Highway Panic On the 16th, an unidentified animal suddenly jumped out from a moving truck on the road. SBS Aug 23, 2026 9:03 AM

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Ibaraki Prefecture, Eastern Honshu, Japan; Shaking Felt in Tokyo According to the Japan Meteorological Agency , the hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 68 kilometers. SBS Aug 23, 2026 8:55 AM

Another Magnitude 3.1 Earthquake Hits Haenam, South Jeolla Province; Magnitude 2.2 Quake Follows in Jeju on the 23rd An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 occurred 21 kilometers west-northwest of Haenam-gun, South Jeolla Province (referred to in the region as South Jeolla and Gwangju), at 6:43 a.m. SBS Aug 23, 2026 8:45 AM

Man Receives Prison Sentence in Appeals Court for Printing Counterfeit 50,000-Won Bill to Buy Cigarettes After Watching YouTube The 14-1 Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (High Court Judges Lee Hyung-geun, Lee Hyun-woo, and Jung Kyung-geun) recently sentenced A, a man in his 30s charged with counterfeiting and uttering counterfeit currency, to one year in prison. SBS Aug 23, 2026 8:39 AM