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  "id": 15590199,
  "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-15590199",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20261019/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-defense-sector"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima on Monday and agreed to expand cooperation in the defense sector. During the meeting in Seoul earlier in the day, Kang and Mizushima agreed on the need to continue to push for cooperation in defense exchanges in a \"reciprocal\" and \"future-oriented\" manner. The two also reaffirmed the importance of security cooperation…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in",
        "published": "2026-10-19T08:53:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-15593873",
        "published": "2026-10-19T10:47:02.000Z"
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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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