{
  "id": 2108025,
  "title": "North Korea answers US olive branch with missile launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/north-korea-answers-us-olive-branch-with-missile-launch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3364701/north-korea-answers-us-olive-branch-missile-launch"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang’s Kim Jong-un this year. The latest launches from the nuclear-armed North come as South Korea and the United States hold a shorter edition of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises, following an order from Trump to scale…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Trump claims North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/trump-claims-north-korea-has-57-nuclear-weapons",
        "published": "2026-08-20T11:18:17.000Z"
      }
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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."
}