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Crime Program Tops the Day’s Searches
JTBC’s current affairs program “Sageon Banjang” ranked No. 1 among Google’s real-time rising searches in South Korea on Oct. 24, 2026, with an estimated 100-plus searches. The weekday evening show recently covered several widely discussed incidents, including a report in which a student allegedly commented that they appeared in surveillance footage shared on social media by a victim.
Other recent segments featured men who confronted a driver before recognizing him as former mixed martial arts fighter Yoo Woo-sung, a wedding photo shoot conducted atop an ancient burial mound in Jeonju, and reports involving Kim Sung-woo’s killing of his mother-in-law, abduction of his wife and stalking.
Health and Tourism Questions Draw Attention
“Age” ranked second with more than 100 estimated searches. The term can carry added significance in South Korea, where both international age and calendar-year age have traditionally appeared in daily life and legal information. Interest was tied in part to an upcoming episode of SBS’ “Three Perspectives,” which is scheduled to examine the difference between chronological and biological age, causes of aging, NMN and cellular energy production. The program will also discuss bloodletting as a historical health practice.
“Tourists” placed third with more than 2,000 estimated searches as lawmakers scrutinized difficulties faced by international visitors. During an Oct. 23 parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, officials discussed problems involving phone-number verification, apps, payments and transportation. An analysis released by lawmaker Kim Yoon-deok found that about 11% of online discussion about travel in South Korea expressed dissatisfaction, compared with about 7% for Japan. Trip.com also faced criticism over airline-ticket refunds requested more than 24 hours after purchase.
Virtual Idol PLAVE Posts New Milestones
PLAVE, a virtual K-pop boy band whose members perform through digital avatars, ranked fourth with more than 200 estimated searches. The group’s song “Star Trace” took first place on MBC’s “Show! Music Core” on Oct. 24.
PLAVE’s fifth mini-album surpassed 1.32 million copies in first-week sales, a career high. The group also remained No. 2 on the Musician 100 ranking with 4,088 points, up 165.7 points from the previous day. Two Taipei concerts postponed because of a typhoon were rescheduled for Oct. 25.
Soccer Results Dominate Sports Searches
A search for the standings after Incheon United FC’s match against Jeju SK FC ranked fifth, with more than 5,000 estimated searches. Incheon won 3-1, leaving both clubs on 46 points. Incheon took sixth place and the final spot in the K League’s upper-tier Final A group through the goals-scored tiebreaker.
A search for the FC Seoul-Gangwon FC standings ranked seventh with more than 10,000 estimated searches, the largest estimated volume among the day’s top 10 terms. Seoul drew 1-1 with Gangwon to reach 67 points with a record of 20 wins, seven draws and six losses. Ulsan HD’s 2-2 draw with Pohang Steelers allowed Seoul to clinch its seventh K League 1 championship and first in 10 years.
“Goyang Sono vs. Busan KCC” ranked eighth, while a standings search related to Ulsan HD and Pohang Steelers placed ninth. Each drew more than 1,000 estimated searches.
Home Purchases by Minors and a Track Record
“Minor” ranked sixth with more than 100 estimated searches after data showed that people under the legal adult age bought 66 homes from January through August. That was already 1.8 times the total for all of the previous year. Attention also focused on a teenager who purchased a home in Seoul’s Yongsan district for 1.8 billion won.
“Track and field” completed the top 10 with more than 1,000 estimated searches. Jang Min-ho set a world record of 46.24 seconds in the 400 meters at the Asian Para Games and won his second gold medal of the competition. The North Chungcheong provincial team collected seven medals.
The rankings and estimated search volumes were based on Google Trends’ real-time data for South Korea on Oct. 24, 2026.
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