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  "id": 655992,
  "title": "North Korea fires missile ahead of joint drills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/north-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-joint-drills",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:42:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1537478/north-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-joint-drills/"
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  "summary": "North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast on Wednesday. South Korean and Japanese authorities confirmed the launch. The missile was launched from the Wonsan area at around 6am local time. The launch came six days after another missile was fired from the same location. The latest test occurred ahead of […]",
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "North Korea fires missile ahead of major US-South Korea drills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/north-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-major-us-south-korea-drills",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:42:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Firefighters contain separate fires at North Kaneshie, Weija",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/firefighters-contain-separate-fires-at-north-kaneshie-weija",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:07:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Why has North Korea fired a missile ahead of US-South Korea drills?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/why-has-north-korea-fired-a-missile-ahead-of-us-south-korea-drills",
        "published": "2026-08-12T13:10:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "North Korea fires missile before US drills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/north-korea-fires-missile-before-us-drills",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:40:47.000Z"
      }
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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."
}