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Short Track Legend Choi Min-jeong Wins 1,000m Gold at World Tour Opener... Victory in First Race of National Team Retirement Season Choi won the gold medal in the women's 1,000m final at the 2026-2027 International Skating Union Short Track World Tour Leg 1 held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on the 25th with a time of 1 minute, 32.954 seconds. SBS Oct 25, 2026 10:24 AM

Gangnam's First Reconstruction Charge Set for Year-End Imposition, Stoking Market Anxiety Seocho District has announced that it will impose the charges within the year on Banpo Hyundai, the first complex in the Gangnam area subject to the excessive profit recovery scheme. SBS Oct 25, 2026 10:20 AM

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Couple Checking Car and Police Officer Handling Crash Injured in Separate Freeway Accidents A series of accidents occurred on the Yeongdong Expressway early this morning . A couple was killed after three vehicles collided sequentially, and a police officer handling a traffic accident scene was struck by a truck and severely injured. SBS Oct 25, 2026 10:20 AM

Village Bus Catches Fire in Nam-gu, Gwangju; No Casualties Reported At around 8:20 a.m. today , a report was received that a fire had broken out on a village bus on a road in Imam-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju. SBS Oct 25, 2026 10:10 AM

9 Out of 10 Children with Disabilities Do Not Attend Daycare or Kindergarten According to the "2026 Yearbook of Statistics on Persons with Disabilities" published by the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute, 90.4% of children with disabilities were not enrolled in childcare facilities as of the end of last year. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:58 AM

Gangnam's First Rebuilding Excess Profit Recovery Charge Imposition Expected Within Year, Stirring Up Rebuilding Market This comes as Seocho-gu announced plans to levy the charge within the year on Banpo Hyundai, the first complex in the Gangnam area subject to the rebuilding excess profit recovery system. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:49 AM

Middle Schoolers' Depression Rates Outpace High Schoolers for 3rd Year... Female Students Show Poorer Mental Health Indicators Nearly 4 out of 10 elementary, middle, and high school students who took their own lives from last year to the first half of this year were middle school students, leading to calls for the government to step up its mental health support timeline. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:43 AM

Police to Crackdown on Fake Police Uniforms During Halloween Period The Korean National Police Agency announced that it will conduct intensive enforcement against the manufacturing, sales, and distribution of imitation police uniforms and equipment starting tomorrow, October 26, through November 1. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:43 AM

Joo Byung-kee: "Strengthen Penalties for Refusing Investigations to About 1% of Total Revenue" In particular, while other laws under the FTC's jurisdiction allow for the imposition of fines, compulsory compliance levies, and criminal sanctions in cases of obstruction of investigation, regarding Coupang's violation of the Large-Scale Distribution Business Act—where an FTC on-site investigation attempt fell through—only administrative fines can currently be imposed for obstruction of investigation, without the ability to levy administrative surcharges or apply criminal sanctions. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:42 AM

Prolonged Oil Price Ceiling Puts Government in a Dilemma Over Fiscal Burden and Exit Strategy While calls for an exit strategy are emerging, ongoing geopolitical instability in the Middle East and high oil prices have left the government struggling between maintaining and terminating the system. SBS Oct 25, 2026 9:41 AM