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  "id": 2109653,
  "title": "NK fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: S. Korean military",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nk-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-s-korean-military-2109653",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260820/nk-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-s-korean-military"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Thursday. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the launch was detected, but further details were not provided.\n\nThis latest launch occurred about a week after Pyongyang fired a short-range ballistic missile eastward on August 12.\n\nThe missile launch came as South Korea and the United States are conducting their combined military exercise this week. The duration and scope of the drills have been scaled down following a US presidential order, according to The Korea Times.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "NK fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: S. Korean military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nk-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea-s-korean-military",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:02:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N. Korea's missiles flew about 300 kilometers: S. Korean military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/urgent-n-koreas-missiles-flew-about-300-kilometers-s-korean-military",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:38:28.000Z"
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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."
}