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  "id": 1596022,
  "title": "Russian FM lauds N. Korea's troop deployment, pledges closer ties in Liberation Day letter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/russian-fm-lauds-n-koreas-troop-deployment-pledges-closer-ties-in-1596022",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260818/russian-fm-lauds-n-koreas-troop-deployment-pledges-closer-ties-in-liberation-day-letter"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has praised North Korea's military support for Russia's war against Ukraine and expressed a desire to strengthen bilateral ties, according to a letter to his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son-hui, marking the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule. Lavrov recalled the historical ties between Russia and North Korea, noting that both nations fought together to defeat Japanese militarism in 1945 and helped hasten the end of World War II. He praised North Korea's troop deployment to the Kursk region as evidence of the \"militant friendship\" forged by their heroic predecessors and emphasized that Russia and Pyongyang are now fighting on the same front to build a new global order based on multipolarity and national sovereignty.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Russian FM lauds N. Korea's troop deployment, pledges closer ties in Liberation Day letter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/russian-fm-lauds-n-koreas-troop-deployment-pledges-closer-ties-in",
        "published": "2026-08-17T23:46:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Russian FM lauds N. Korea's troop deployment, pledges closer ties in Liberation Day letter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/russian-fm-lauds-n-koreas-troop-deployment-pledges-closer-ties-in",
        "published": "2026-08-18T00:17:02.000Z"
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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."
}