{
  "id": 11596871,
  "title": "N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile toward Sea of Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/n-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-toward-sea-of-japan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T03:28:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100300158/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Seoul, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan from around Wonsan, Kangwon Province, at around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the South Korean military. The Japanese Defense Ministry also announced that Pyongyang had conducted the launch, and said the missile is believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. The p...",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile toward East Sea after Kim Yo-jong Rejects Dialogue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/n-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-toward-east-sea-after-kim-yo-jong",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:12:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}