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  "id": 13018490,
  "title": "South Korea’s hypersonic leap runs into North Korea’s nuclear wall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/south-koreas-hypersonic-leap-runs-into-north-koreas-nuclear-wall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T03:11:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
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    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/south-koreas-hypersonic-leap-runs-into-north-koreas-nuclear-wall/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Korea’s maiden flight test of a domestic hypersonic glide vehicle highlights an accelerating bid to field counterstrike assets capable of bolstering autonomous deterrence against North Korea’s expanding nuclear threat. This month, multiple media outlets reported that South Korean President Lee Jae-myung oversaw the country’s first test launch of a domestically developed hypersonic glide…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea to recall ambassador from Ukraine amid POW dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/south-korea-to-recall-ambassador-from-ukraine-amid-pow-dispute",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:36:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/south-korea-test-flies-its-first-domestically-developed-hypersonic",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:20:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/south-korea-test-flies-its-first-domestically-developed-hypersonic-12865738",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:01:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(2nd LD) S. Korea conducts 1st test launch of hypersonic glide vehicle amid N.K. tensions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/2nd-ld-s-korea-conducts-1st-test-launch-of-hypersonic-glide-vehicle",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:16:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea conducts 1st test launch of hypersonic glide vehicle amid NK tensions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/s-korea-conducts-1st-test-launch-of-hypersonic-glide-vehicle-amid-nk",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:52:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/south-korea-test-flies-its-first-domestically-developed-hypersonic",
        "published": "2026-10-09T01:40:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}