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  "id": 1842138,
  "title": "US, South Korea slash joint military drills by half as Trump eyes Kim summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/us-south-korea-slash-joint-military-drills-by-half-as-trump-eyes-kim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T01:03:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3364494/us-south-korea-slash-joint-military-drills-half-trump-eyes-kim-summit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scheduled joint US and South Korean military drills are expected to be cut by about half, according to South Korean media on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump’s order to substantially reduce US participation in the annual exercises. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which began on Monday, had been due to run into next week. The allies were set to complete the first, defensive phase of…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily NK",
        "title": "North Korea taps reserve grain stocks as farm workers in South Hwanghae go hungry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/north-korea-taps-reserve-grain-stocks-as-farm-workers-in-south",
        "published": "2026-08-18T22:56:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "North Korea slams joint US-South drills as ‘open threat’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/north-korea-slams-joint-us-south-drills-as-open-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-18T23:51:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "North Korea media slams joint US-South drills as 'open threat'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/north-korea-media-slams-joint-us-south-drills-as-open-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-19T00:08:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}