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  "title": "U.S., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U.S.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/u-s-south-korea-and-japan-to-hold-drill-as-north-korea-ramps-up",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T05:46:43.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/g-s1-140849/us-south-korea-japan-drill-north-korea"
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  "summary": "The announcement that the three countries will go ahead with a trilateral military drill comes a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called U.S. hostilities.",
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        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "US, South Korea and Japan to hold trilateral drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-south-korea-and-japan-to-hold-trilateral-drill-as-north-korea-3881358",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea backs Trump’s North Korea outreach, but warns against being sidelined",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/south-korea-backs-trumps-north-korea-outreach-but-warns-against-being",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:56:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Caught in the middle: The growing pressure on South Africa's 'sandwich generation'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/caught-in-the-middle-the-growing-pressure-on-south-africas-sandwich",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "U.S., South Korea, and Japan to hold military drills against North Korean nuclear threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/u-s-south-korea-and-japan-to-hold-military-drills-against-north",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Key developments on North Korea this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/key-developments-on-north-korea-this-week",
        "published": "2026-08-28T07:23:06.000Z"
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