{
  "id": 4759986,
  "title": "Navy's flagship submarine returns after longest voyage across Pacific",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/navys-flagship-submarine-returns-after-longest-voyage-across-pacific-4759986",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T01:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20260901/navys-flagship-submarine-returns-after-longest-voyage-across-pacific"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korean Navy's flagship submarine, the ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, has returned home after completing the longest round-trip transit across the Pacific Ocean. The 3,000-ton vessel made the journey in 161 days, departing from Jinhae Naval Base on March 25 and returning on May 17. The submarine's voyage included stops in Hawaii and Guam to join U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multinational drills before traveling to Victoria, western Canada. This trans-Pacific journey marks a significant milestone in Korean submarine history, as it is the first for a vessel designed and built with domestic technology. The Navy highlighted the submarine's operational endurance, equipment reliability, and crew habitability, demonstrating these capabilities to the international community during RIMPAC.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Navy's flagship submarine returns after longest voyage across Pacific",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/navys-flagship-submarine-returns-after-longest-voyage-across-pacific",
        "published": "2026-09-01T00:57:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Navy's flagship submarine returns after longest voyage across Pacific",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/navys-flagship-submarine-returns-after-longest-voyage-across-pacific-4761333",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:57:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}