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  "id": 2205461,
  "title": "North Korea fires barrage of missiles toward the sea after dismissing overture from Trump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/north-korea-fires-barrage-of-missiles-toward-the-sea-after-dismissing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:42:58.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/north-korea-fires-barrage-of-missiles-toward-the-sea-after-dismissing-overture-from-trump"
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  "summary": "North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "North Korea denies talks with Washington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/north-korea-denies-talks-with-washington",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:45:27.000Z"
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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."
}