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  "id": 1424358,
  "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea hours before start",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-1424358",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T04:38:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-hours-before-start"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the Pentagon to scale back \"inappropriate and hostile\" military drills with South Korea, claiming that the ally had failed to help with the war against Iran and citing his \"good relationship\" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.",
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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": "NDTV",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-17T02:23:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "South Korea and US launch Ulchi Freedom Shield joint drills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/south-korea-and-us-launch-ulchi-freedom-shield-joint-drills",
        "published": "2026-08-17T05:02:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}