{
  "id": 8118157,
  "title": "N.Korea leader's sister blasts US drills, threatens 'more offensive' response",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/n-korea-leaders-sister-blasts-us-drills-threatens-more-offensive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T22:28:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/09/1535140/nkorea-leaders-sister-blasts-us-drills-threatens-more-offensive"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, criticized the United States for increasing regional tensions through frequent military drills, according to a statement published by state media on Friday. In her remarks, quoted by the KCNA news agency, Kim Yo Jong, using North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, emphasized the necessity to escalate the country's defensive actions in response to what she described as new records of hostile practical measures against the DPRK. Referring to joint military drills conducted by US forces and allies in the Asia-Pacific region as a \"US-led war rehearsal,\" Kim vowed that \"our will to defend our sovereignty will be expressed in clearer action, and there will be no change in the course of intensifying the nuclear war deterrence.\" She reiterated that if North Korea deemed its national interests, military sovereignty, and regional security environment to be seriously violated by hostile maneuvers, the nation's military would mobilize all available means to counteract them.",
  "summary": "SEOUL: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused the United States of escalating regional tensions through frequent military drills and warned of a “more offensive” response from Pyongyang, according to a statement published by state media Friday.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "N. Korea leader’s sister blasts US‑led drills, threatens ‘more offensive’ nuclear‑deterrence steps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/n-korea-leaders-sister-blasts-us-led-drills-threatens-more-offensive",
        "published": "2026-09-18T01:58:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}