SBS NEWS

38 North: Construction Underway at North Korea's Wonsan Bay Naval Base Visited by Kim Jong-un Dapsoton Port is the site inspected two years ago by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, where he emphasized the necessity of building a large-scale naval base. SBS Oct 3, 2026 8:42 PM

Video Article

"League Emperor" Faker Impressed Too? Legends of Different Sports Show Mutual Respect Lee Sang-hyeok of League of Legends, who won a gold medal at the Nagoya Asian Ga… SBS Oct 3, 2026 8:00 PM

Seo Chae-hyun Wins Women's Lead Gold in Sport Climbing at Asian Games South Korean sport climbing star Seo Chae-hyun (Seoul City Hall / The North Face) has secured the nation's first Asian Games gold medal in the discipline in eight years. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:43 PM

President Lee on Post Saying 'Stop Harassing Cheong-rae': "We Are Comrades... Do Not Distort" Regarding his recent dinner meeting with former Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae, President Lee Jae-myung stated today , "While he was hospitalized, we agreed to meet during a phone call offering words of comfort, so we held the dinner meeting after I returned from attending the UN General Assembly and completing a visit to Mexico." In a post on X on this day, President Lee said, "Former leader Jung said right after the national convention that he would like to meet often," explaining the background of the meeting. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:36 PM

Sport Climbing Star Seo Chae-hyun Wins Gold in Women's Lead South Korean sport climbing star Seo Chae-hyun (Seoul City Hall / The North Face) has brought home the country's first Asian Games gold medal in the sport in eight years. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:34 PM

"I Don't Want to Go Home": Shark 'Bukang-i' Returns After Crossing Net Authorities installed a net near the waterway exit to return "Bukang-i," a shark that has been lingering in the Busan Bukhang Waterfront Park for over ten days, back to the open sea, but the shark crossed the net and returned inside the waterway just a day later. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:27 PM

'The Assassins' Surpasses 2 Million Moviegoers Amid Historical Distortion Controversy Distributor Hive Media Corp announced that the cumulative number of viewers for 'The Assassins' exceeded 2 million on the afternoon of the same day. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:27 PM

South Korea Fails to Win Medal in Judo Mixed Team Event, Losing 2-4 to Uzbekistan The South Korean national judo team has failed to secure a medal in the mixed team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:20 PM

Controversy Grows Over Movie 'The Assassins' As Film Industry Urges Halt to Attacks on Creators The film tells the story of people pursuing the truth behind the shooting of the first lady by adding imagination to a real-life event, with characters in the story even advancing a hypothesis that the Central Intelligence Agency may have been behind it. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:17 PM

Film 'The Assassins' Surpasses 2 Million Moviegoers Amid Historical Distortion Controversy It is the ninth film released this year to cross the 2 million viewer mark. As of 4:00 PM, its advance ticket reservation rate stood at 16.9 percent, placing it second behind the animated film "Chiikawa the Movie: Secret of the Mermaid Island" at 25.7 percent. SBS Oct 3, 2026 7:16 PM