{
  "id": 15967417,
  "title": "NK leader's sister warns of 'new counter means' at border with S. Korea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nk-leaders-sister-warns-of-new-counter-means-at-border-with-s-korea-15967417",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T23:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261022/nk-leaders-sister-warns-of-new-counter-means-at-border-with-s-korea"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned on Thursday of new counter measures at the border with South Korea. Her sister's statement, carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), said these new counter measures would be on alert along the entire southern border within days. The loudspeakers against the Republic of Korea (ROK) will also be prepared in the coming days. The warning followed another statement by Kim Yo-jong in which she said Pyongyang would resume propaganda broadcasts towards South Korea later in the month. Kim also defended North Korea's efforts to strengthen its border. She stated that the permanent project for the southern border would continue, as per North Korea's objectives, ensuring that the risk of military conflict between North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) would be significantly reduced, resolving many complex issues.",
  "summary": "Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned Thursday of \"new counter means\" at her country's border with South Korea. \"Our new counter means will get into the alert for duty at all the southern border line and the loudspeakers against the ROK will be on standby in a matter of days,\" the leader's sister said in a statement carried by the North's Korean Central News…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N.K. leader's sister says loudspeakers against S. Korea \"will be on standby\" in \"matter of days\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/urgent-n-k-leaders-sister-says-loudspeakers-against-s-korea-will-be",
        "published": "2026-10-21T21:15:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "NK leader's sister warns of 'new counter means' at border with S. Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nk-leaders-sister-warns-of-new-counter-means-at-border-with-s-korea",
        "published": "2026-10-21T22:47:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "North Korea threatens to reinstall propaganda loudspeakers along border with Seoul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/north-korea-threatens-to-reinstall-propaganda-loudspeakers-along",
        "published": "2026-10-21T22:48:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}