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  "id": 666856,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:10:14.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pyongyang has repeatedly condemned US–South Korea military drills, claiming they are a 'rehearsal for invasion'.",
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "North Korea fires missile ahead of joint drills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/north-korea-fires-missile-ahead-of-joint-drills",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:42:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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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  "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."
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