{
  "id": 7212736,
  "title": "(LEAD) N. Korea reports latest missile launches, calling it strike drill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/lead-n-korea-reports-latest-missile-launches-calling-it-strike-drill",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T00:59:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260914000852320"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "North Korea conducted a firepower strike drill involving artillery and missile units last week, according to state media reports. The drill, which took place on September 12, involved subunits selected from the five artillery and missile joint units and featured new combat systems, including various types of attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, large-caliber thermal-pressure multiple rocket launchers, and tactical ballistic missiles. North Korea claimed that all strike weapon systems hit their targets with 100 percent accuracy, describing the drill as demonstrating the unity and simultaneity of firepower attack. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un did not attend the drill, but Pak Jong-chon, vice chairman of the North's Central Military Commission, observed the exercise. The report came a day after South Korea, the United States, and Japan concluded their trilateral military exercise, Freedom Edge.",
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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"
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      {
        "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-7190881",
        "published": "2026-09-13T23:02:03.000Z"
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "North Korea tests weapons capable of striking South Korea: ‘huge destructive power’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/north-korea-tests-weapons-capable-of-striking-south-korea-huge",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:59:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "North Korea says missile launches were part of live-fire drills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/north-korea-says-missile-launches-were-part-of-live-fire-drills",
        "published": "2026-09-14T03:22:47.000Z"
      }
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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."
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