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  "id": 1858678,
  "title": "Trump’s South Korea move creates more headaches for Takaichi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trumps-south-korea-move-creates-more-headaches-for-takaichi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T03:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/19/japan/politics/donald-trump-korea-move-japan/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The U.S. president's order to shorten allied exercises with South Korea to avoid sending \"inappropriate and hostile\" signals to Pyongyang jolted Seoul with immediate implications.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "U.S. and South Korea to nearly halve joint military drills after Trump criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/u-s-and-south-korea-to-nearly-halve-joint-military-drills-after-trump",
        "published": "2026-08-19T02:51:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}