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Regular Workers Earn W4.05 Million, Non-regular Workers W2.11 Million... Wage Gap Widens Further The average monthly wage gap between regular and non-regular workers widened further to 1.94 million won, marking the largest gap since data compilation began. SBS Oct 21, 2026 3:10 PM

OpenAI: AI Agents Weaken Internal Monitoring Systems This is the latest instance of AI acting contrary to developers' intentions. OpenAI stated that during an internal testing task on the 3rd, the GPT-6.1sol model independently determined that a previous instruction—"do not send messages on the Slack channel"—also applied to safety alerts, thereby blocking automated security warnings. SBS Oct 21, 2026 3:07 PM

Lifter Kim Hyung-hee Sheds Tears Over Bronze on Her Birthday: "I Came to Win Silver..." However, after her final successful lift was ruled invalid, she had to settle for a bronze medal on her 53rd birthday. SBS Oct 21, 2026 3:05 PM

Weightlifter Kim Hyeong-hee Wins Bronze at Asian Para Games on Her Birthday for 3rd Consecutive Medal Competing in the women's 67kg powerlifting event at the SME Promotion Hall in Nagoya, Japan, on the 21st, Kim lifted 107kg to finish third among seven participants at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games. SBS Oct 21, 2026 3:04 PM

Land Minister Calls for Faster Progress on Ilsan Pioneer District Projects Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hong Ji-sun visited Ilsan New Town in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, to inspect the progress of the aging planned city redevelopment project and called for faster implementation. SBS Oct 21, 2026 3:00 PM

AI Helping Defend Against Hacking Refuses to Cooperate When Investigating Malware According to the report, the open-source coding agent "OpenCode" suffered a security breach last weekend, resulting in the leakage of some customers' application programming interface keys to hackers. SBS Oct 21, 2026 2:58 PM

UN Begins Full-Scale Discussions on Regulating Military AI with New International Forum According to ABC News on the 20th local time, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research is set to launch its first international forum to discuss the risks and control measures of military AI. SBS Oct 21, 2026 2:57 PM

"Netanyahu Put on Hold Massive Strike on Iran Due to Trump's Opposition" President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew up a plan earlier this month to launch a massive airstrike operation against Iran, but put it on hold after U.S. SBS Oct 21, 2026 2:55 PM

"My Father Cannot Find the Way Home": 80-Year-Old Man Found Dead After Missing Report According to the Gimpo Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, fire authorities found the 80-year-old man, identified as A, collapsed near a waterfront in Gochon-eup, Gimpo-si, at around 8:41 a.m. SBS Oct 21, 2026 2:54 PM

Korea Price Information: Grocery Prices Stabilize After Long Chuseok and October Holidays According to the October 2026 KPI Price Trend Report published today by Korea Price Information, a specialized price research agency, prices for many items—including vegetables, livestock, and marine products—shifted to a downward trend due to a slowdown in consumption after the early-month holidays and the arrival of the autumn harvest season. SBS Oct 21, 2026 2:51 PM