{
  "id": 1469379,
  "title": "South Korea on edge over Trump’s call to cut military drills, goodwill for Kim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/south-korea-on-edge-over-trumps-call-to-cut-military-drills-goodwill",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3364307/south-korea-edge-over-trumps-call-cut-military-drills-goodwill-kim"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump’s call to “substantially” reduce US-South Korea military drills has revived speculation that he is trying to persuade North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un to attend another summit between them even though Kim has expressed no such interest. Trump’s comments in a social media post on Sunday came as South Korea and the US began their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise on…",
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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."
}