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  "id": 1472401,
  "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military drills with Seoul hours before start",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cut-back-military-drills-with-seoul-hours",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:56:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-cut-back-military-drills-with-seoul-hours-before-start"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Joint military drills between South Korea and US troops went ahead as planned on Monday despite US President Donald Trump's statement that he had ordered them to be scaled back out of respect for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.",
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        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Trump Orders Pentagon to 'Substantially Reduce' S. Korea-US Joint Military Exercises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-substantially-reduce-s-korea-us-joint",
        "published": "2026-08-17T04:32:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea, citing costs and lack of help with Iran",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/fake-iran-nuke-claim-from-indian-x-account-jolted-netanyahu-and-team",
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cut-back-military-exercises-with-south-korea-1439820",
        "published": "2026-08-17T06:31:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cut-back-military-exercises-with-south-korea-1452129",
        "published": "2026-08-17T08:51:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump cuts military drills with South Korea citing ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong-un – US politics live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-cuts-military-drills-with-south-korea-citing-very-good",
        "published": "2026-08-17T10:03:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Hours before start, Trump orders ‘substantial’ reduction of military drills with South Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hours-before-start-trump-orders-substantial-reduction-of-military",
        "published": "2026-08-17T10:33:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Heavy rains kill 1 in South Korea and flood major streets in Philippines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/heavy-rains-kill-1-in-south-korea-and-flood-major-streets-in-1474049",
        "published": "2026-08-17T11:05:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Heavy rains kill 1 in South Korea and flood major streets in Philippines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/heavy-rains-kill-1-in-south-korea-and-flood-major-streets-in",
        "published": "2026-08-17T11:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump scales down war games with South Korea: Why it matters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-scales-down-war-games-with-south-korea-why-it-matters",
        "published": "2026-08-17T12:20:47.000Z"
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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."
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