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  "id": 2082627,
  "title": "South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads, far above Trump's figure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/south-korea-estimates-north-korea-has-up-to-120-nuclear-warheads-far",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/north-korea-south-120-nuclear-warheads-trump-6330321"
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  "summary": "Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers that North Korea was generally believed to have around 80 to 120 warheads, after US President Donald Trump commented a day earlier that Pyongyang possessed 57 \"very powerful nuclear weapons\".",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/south-korea-estimates-north-korea-holds-up-to-120-nuclear-warheads",
        "published": "2026-08-20T04:46:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/south-korea-to-introduce-voluntary-conscription-from-2027-what-does",
        "published": "2026-08-20T05:22:49.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "South Korea test commercial Arctic shipping route to Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/south-korea-test-commercial-arctic-shipping-route-to-europe",
        "published": "2026-08-20T05:25:39.000Z"
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