{
  "id": 1404392,
  "title": "Trump Cites 'Good Ties' With Kim Jong Un In Scaling Back South Korea Drills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-cites-good-ties-with-kim-jong-un-in-scaling-back-south-korea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T02:23:12.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/president-donald-trump-cites-good-ties-with-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-in-scaling-back-south-korea-drills-ulchi-freedom-shield-11919004"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korea's defence ministry said the joint drills would \"proceed as previously notified and scheduled\" when asked about US President Donald Trump's post",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-cuts-to-south-korea-joint-drills-despite-warnings-of",
        "published": "2026-08-17T00:19:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Trump orders joint military exercises with South Korea to be scaled back",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-joint-military-exercises-with-south-korea-to-be-scaled",
        "published": "2026-08-17T01:55:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to 'scale back' military drills with South Korea citing good relations with Kim Jong Un",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea",
        "published": "2026-08-17T03:57:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Trump says US to scale back South Korea military drills after it stayed out of Iran war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-says-us-to-scale-back-south-korea-military-drills-after-it",
        "published": "2026-08-17T04:31:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}