{
  "id": 643486,
  "title": "North Korea fires ballistic missile as warning ahead of U.S.-South Korea military drills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-as-warning-ahead-of-u-s-south",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missile-into-east-sea-to-protest-upcoming-allied-drills-50631874.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile toward the East Sea on August 12 in a move seen as a protest against an upcoming combined military exercise between South Korea and the United States, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.",
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  },
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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."
}