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  "id": 7190881,
  "title": "N. Korea reports latest missile launches, calling it strike drill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/n-korea-reports-latest-missile-launches-calling-it-strike-drill-7190881",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T23:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260914/n-korea-reports-latest-missile-launches-calling-it-strike-drill"
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  "summary": "North Korean state media has announced that the country conducted a recent firepower strike drill involving multiple units of the Korean People's Army. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the drill took place at all levels of the military, with subunits from five artillery and missile joint units participating. The exercise featured the use of advanced combat systems, including attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, large-caliber thermal-pressure multiple rocket launchers, and tactical ballistic missiles. The drill follows South Korea, the United States, and Japan's recent trilateral military exercise that concluded the previous day.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N. Korea says conducted firepower drill on Saturday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/urgent-n-korea-says-conducted-firepower-drill-on-saturday",
        "published": "2026-09-13T21:10:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "North Korea says it conducted ‘firepower attack drill’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/north-korea-says-it-conducted-firepower-attack-drill",
        "published": "2026-09-13T22:39:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "North Korea says it conducted 'firepower attack drill'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/north-korea-says-it-conducted-firepower-attack-drill-7196560",
        "published": "2026-09-13T22:52:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "N. Korea reports latest missile launches, calling it strike drill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/n-korea-reports-latest-missile-launches-calling-it-strike-drill-7192873",
        "published": "2026-09-13T23:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "North Korea says its recent live-fire drill demonstrated ‘huge destructive power’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/north-korea-says-its-recent-live-fire-drill-demonstrated-huge",
        "published": "2026-09-14T00:50:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "North Korea says its recent live-fire drill demonstrated 'huge destructive power'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/north-korea-says-its-recent-live-fire-drill-demonstrated-huge-7226187",
        "published": "2026-09-14T01:22:24.000Z"
      }
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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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