{
  "id": 1961623,
  "title": "North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong denies claim on additional troops deployment to Russia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-denies-claim-on-additional-troops-deployment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:23:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3364604/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-denies-claim-additional-troops-deployment-russia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un, on Wednesday denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Pyongyang planned to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to fight for its ally. Kim Yo-jong, a top official in North Korea’s ruling party, said in a statement published by state media KCNA that Zelensky’s estimate was “groundless” and “a self-staged incident”.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}