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  "id": 2116324,
  "title": "North Korea fires 10 missiles day after Trump curtails South Korea joint drills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/north-korea-fires-10-missiles-day-after-trump-curtails-south-korea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:25:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/north-korea-fires-10-missiles-day-after-trump-curtails-south-korea-joint-drills"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after North Korea shrugged off Trump’s order to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy. The…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Seoul detects North Korean missile launches after Trump says to meet Kim",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/seoul-detects-north-korean-missile-launches-after-trump-says-to-meet",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:26:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "A photo op or nuclear talks? What Trump wants from a meeting with North Korea’s dictator",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/a-photo-op-or-nuclear-talks-what-trump-wants-from-a-meeting-with",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "A photo op or nuclear talks? What Trump wants from a meeting with North Korea’s dictator",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/a-photo-op-or-nuclear-talks-what-trump-wants-from-a-meeting-with-2112532",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:30:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}