{
  "id": 9274903,
  "title": "Today in Korean history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/today-in-korean-history",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T05:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
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    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260923001800315"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On this day in 1987, South Korea and Bhutan established diplomatic relations. In 1991, President Roh Tae-woo made a speech at the United Nations. The same year, Robert Kim, a U.S. Navy officer, was arrested for passing classified information to South Korean diplomats. After serving seven years and three months in prison and a two-month home confinement, Kim was released in 1997.\n\nIn 2000, the two Koreas held their first defense ministry-level talks in Seoul. Two years later, they opened a hotline between military authorities for the first time since the Korean War ended in 1953. In 2016, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho declared that the country would strengthen its nuclear armed forces to defend against what he perceived as increased threats from the United States.\n\nIn 2017, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew in international airspace off North Korea's eastern coast, accompanied by F-15C air superiority fighters from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. This strategic move aimed to convey that the United States has multiple military options to counter any potential threats from North Korea.\n\nTragically, in 2020, North Korea was accused of fatally shooting a South Korean fisheries ministry official who was drifting at sea. The official was reportedly doused in oil and set on fire after being taken from his inspection boat in waters off the western border island of Yeonpyeong.",
  "summary": "Sept. 24",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Today in Korean history",
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        "published": "2026-09-20T05:00:01.000Z"
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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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