[2] By 2003, it had won several awards, among them its coverage of the scandal of Vice-President Yang Gil-Seul, usage of Agent Orange in the DMZ, corruption at the Korean Navy in 1993, among others.

[4] Since 21 September 2020, most of the segments (except the sports news and weather) has been placed on the second part, nicknamed S-Pick.

Kim Da-young does the sports news on weekdays, and Joo Young-min does it on weekends.

The weather forecast is presented by Nam Yu-jin on weekday and Saturday, while Yang Tae-bin does it on Sunday.

28 October 1994—24 September 1995 As weekday main anchor: 19 September 1995—11 October 1996 19 October 1998—7 August 2000 24 October 1994—16 April 2000 As weekday main anchor: 8 August 2000—27 February 2004 As one-time weekend main anchor: 29 February 2004 1 January 2015—16 December 2016 19 December 2016—19 May 2017 24 December 2016—21 May 2017 As weekday main anchor: 22 May 2017—present 5 June 1993—17 April 1994 As weekday sub-anchor: 18 April 1994—29 March 2002 1 April 2002—27 February 2004 As one-time weekend sub-anchor: 29 February 2004 6 April 2002—28 February 2004 As weekday sub-anchor: 1 March 2004—18 March 2011 10 May 2008—20 March 2011 As weekday sub-anchor: 21 March 2011—18 July 2014 23 July 2011—15 January 2012 7 July 2012—14 September 2014 As weekday sub-anchor: 19 December 2016—present 7 October 2000—31 March 2002 7 November 2020—present As weekend sub-anchor: 21 January 2012—1 July 2012 27 May 2017—17 March 2019 Local SBS affiliates outside Seoul cutaway from the national 8 NEWS during the second half of the program, to broadcast their respective flagship regional newscasts.