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  "id": 1865376,
  "title": "US and South Korea cut drills short after Trump criticism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/us-and-south-korea-cut-drills-short-after-trump-criticism",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:04:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/19/us-and-south-korea-cut-drills-short-after-trump-criticism_6756658_4.html"
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  "summary": "The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, designed to prepare for a possible attack by North Korea, will end around a week earlier than planned, both countries announced on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told the Pentagon to curtail the exercises citing his 'good relationship' with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.",
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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "US, South Korea cut drills short after Trump criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/us-south-korea-cut-drills-short-after-trump-criticism",
        "published": "2026-08-19T03:37:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul not notified in advance of Trump's order to scale back drills: FM Cho",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/seoul-not-notified-in-advance-of-trumps-order-to-scale-back-drills-fm-1868573",
        "published": "2026-08-19T04:34:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul not notified in advance of Trump's order to scale back drills: FM Cho",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/seoul-not-notified-in-advance-of-trumps-order-to-scale-back-drills-fm",
        "published": "2026-08-19T04:52:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "N. Korea media criticizes ongoing US-S. Korea drills after Trump comments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/n-korea-media-criticizes-ongoing-us-s-korea-drills-after-trump",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:30:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Pivot from Asia? What Trump’s South Korea ‘shock’ says about US strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pivot-from-asia-what-trumps-south-korea-shock-says-about-us-strategy",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:30:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Pivot from Asia? What Trump’s South Korea ‘shock’ says about US strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pivot-from-asia-what-trumps-south-korea-shock-says-about-us-strategy-1876059",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:30:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korean FM says Trump pressuring Seoul over Iran, investment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/south-korean-fm-says-trump-pressuring-seoul-over-iran-investment",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:41:00.000Z"
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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."
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