{
  "id": 156651,
  "title": "North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/north-korea-vows-to-teach-war-criminal-state-japan-lesson-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T02:30:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3362988/north-korea-vows-teach-war-criminal-state-japan-lesson-over-missile-test"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "North Korea has vowed to take \"additional military options\" against Japan in response to the country's expanding defence capabilities, accusing Tokyo of reviving the ambitions of a \"war criminal state\". Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, stated that Pyongyang would not remain passive in the face of Japan's accelerating transformation into a military power, describing the country's capability for pre-emptive attack as a grave threat to global peace and security. The statement comes as Japan continues to bolster its military presence, with plans to acquire about 400 Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles by 2028 and increase defence spending to 2% of its GDP by 2028.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Japan tests US-Tomahawk missile as it moves away from Post-WWII status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/japan-tests-us-tomahawk-missile-as-it-moves-away-from-post-wwii-status",
        "published": "2026-08-05T08:37:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}