{
  "id": 1163901,
  "title": "S. Korean military fires warning shots after N. Korean troops briefly cross MDL",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/s-korean-military-fires-warning-shots-after-n-korean-troops-briefly-1163901",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T01:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260816/s-korean-military-fires-warning-shots-after-n-korean-troops-briefly-cross-mdl"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The South Korean military fired warning shots last week after a group of North Korean soldiers crossed the inter-Korean land boundary, prompting them to return to their side, a source said Sunday. Multiple North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the eastern front-line area sometime last week, prompting the warning shots under the military's operational procedures,…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korean military fires warning shots after N. Korean troops briefly cross MDL",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/s-korean-military-fires-warning-shots-after-n-korean-troops-briefly",
        "published": "2026-08-16T00:42:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korean military fires warning shots after N. Korean troops briefly cross MDL",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/s-korean-military-fires-warning-shots-after-n-korean-troops-briefly-1162142",
        "published": "2026-08-16T01:22:02.000Z"
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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."
}