{
  "id": 9165482,
  "title": "Trump makes no mention of N. Korea while touching on Iran, AI, other key issues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-while-touching-on-iran-ai-other-key",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T17:22:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260923/trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-while-touching-on-iran-ai-other-key-issues"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. President Donald Trump did not bring up North Korea or other Korean Peninsula matters during his recent address to the United Nations General Assembly, despite his prior intent to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Instead, Trump addressed several key topics, including the Iran conflict, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, and the potential dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence. Notably, he made no references to North Korea, contrary to speculation that he would attempt to resume his personal diplomacy with Kim, which included three in-person meetings during his first term: one in Singapore in June 2018, another in Hanoi in February 2019, and a final meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019. However, Trump did mention North Korea in three of the four addresses he gave during his first term, most famously referring to Kim as a \"rocket man\" in a 2017 speech amid tensions over Pyongyang's missile provocations.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea or other Korean Peninsula issues during his high-profile address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, though he has expressed his intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year. During the second address to the Assembly under his second term, Trump touched on a series of key issues, ranging from the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump did not mention North Korea during UN address",
    "Addressed Iran conflict, Russia-Ukraine war",
    "Mentioned AI dangers, not North Korea"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 11,
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/uk-prime-minister-andy-burnham-says-he-plans-to-use-the-uks-upcoming",
        "published": "2026-09-22T13:05:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "In his UN General Assembly speech, President Trump says the US is \"officially\" renaming AI to \"super intelligence\" because \"artificial\" makes it sound fake (Richard Lawler/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/in-his-un-general-assembly-speech-president-trump-says-the-us-is",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:10:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Iran, AI and the ICC: Trump makes threats, touts policies at UN General Assembly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/iran-ai-and-the-icc-trump-makes-threats-touts-policies-at-un-general",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:09:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Trump weighs 'big decision' on Iran, rejects AI push in major UN speech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-weighs-big-decision-on-iran-rejects-ai-push-in-major-un-speech",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:26:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "'We are settling years of unfinished business': Trump talks up Iran, Gaza, Latin America strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/we-are-settling-years-of-unfinished-business-trump-talks-up-iran-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:36:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Trump makes no mention of N. Korea while touching on Iran, AI, other key issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-while-touching-on-iran-ai-other-key-9168601",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:47:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(2nd LD) Trump makes no mention of N. Korea in U.N. address while touching on Iran, Cuba, other issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/2nd-ld-trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-in-u-n-address-while",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:53:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in UN speech with electoral slant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-in-un-speech-with-electoral-slant",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:19:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trumps-threat-to-annihilate-iran-to-un-general-assembly-is-stunning",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:23:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran at UN, then confirms direct talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-at-un-then-confirms-direct-talks",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:50:18.000Z"
      }
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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."
}