{"id":"1501681a-bec4-440d-953b-a84a553605e8","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364222/trump-orders-pentagon-scale-back-joint-military-exercises-south-korea","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea","plainHeadline":"Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","at":"2026-08-17T11:09:22.983Z"},"summary":["Trump directed the Pentagon to substantially reduce Joint Military Exercises with South Korea.","The drills involved 18,000 South Korean soldiers and were set for 11 days.","Trump said the exercises are costly and send a hostile signal to North Korea.","US and South Korean forces planned live-fire, wet gap crossing, and pre-positioned equipment tests.","North Korea condemned the drills as a rehearsal for war amid regional tensions."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-08-16T22:29:55.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-08-16T22:38:40.573Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/857879ff-b59d-4693-a6da-8b739cb1cda0"}