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  "id": 18054122,
  "title": "N. Korea fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: JCS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/n-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-jcs-18054122",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261104/n-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-jcs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The South Korean military reported that North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Wednesday morning. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) confirmed the detection of the launch but did not provide specific details. KBS World Radio stated that the JCS has begun analyzing the projectile and its range.\n\nThe Korea Times reported that this launch follows a previous incident where North Korea fired approximately a dozen short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea on a Thursday. Additionally, North Korean state media reported that Pyongyang tested a cluster bomb capable of being mounted on tactical ballistic missiles on a Saturday. The South Korean military did not disclose its detection of that particular test.\n\nThe Mainichi noted the projectile was fired toward the Sea of Japan. This activity occurs less than a week after the South Korean military proposed military talks with Pyongyang regarding the inter-Korean border.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N. Korea fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: S. Korean military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/urgent-n-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-s-korean",
        "published": "2026-11-04T00:53:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "N. Korea Fires Unidentified Projectile toward East Sea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/n-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea",
        "published": "2026-11-04T01:05:04.000Z"
      }
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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."
}