{
  "id": 4802216,
  "title": "S. Korea says no changes to trilateral military drills with US, Japan after NK criticism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/s-korea-says-no-changes-to-trilateral-military-drills-with-us-japan-4802216",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20260901/s-korea-says-no-changes-to-trilateral-military-drills-with-us-japan-after-nk-criticism"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Korea has announced that the upcoming trilateral military drills with the United States and Japan, known as Freedom Edge, will proceed as scheduled despite North Korea's recent criticism. The North Korean foreign ministry has warned that the annual defensive drill aimed at countering North Korean nuclear and missile threats is pointless, given Washington's hostile policy towards Pyongyang. However, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed that there are no changes to the drill's schedule, which is set to take place from September 7-11 in international waters east and south of South Korea's southern island of Jeju.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea says no changes to trilateral military drills with U.S., Japan after N.K. criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/s-korea-says-no-changes-to-trilateral-military-drills-with-u-s-japan",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:38:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea says no changes to trilateral military drills with US, Japan after NK criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/s-korea-says-no-changes-to-trilateral-military-drills-with-us-japan",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:57:02.000Z"
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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."
}