{"id":"653c9b44-a02f-4913-a792-fa462c34a9a9","url":"https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10908221","domain":"koreaherald.com","outlet":{"name":"The Korea Herald","country":"KR","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"S. Korea's top military officer orders stern responses after NK threatens to deploy more weapons along border","plainHeadline":"South Korea's top military officer ordered stern response to North Korea provocations.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung visited a front-line unit.","He directed troops to respond decisively to any further North Korean provocations.","Pyongyang threatened to deploy more weapons along the inter-Korean border.","North Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts, blamed Seoul for heightened tensions.","The leader emphasized legitimate operational measures and rejected provocation labeling."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T01:03:54.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T01:13:21.761Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a359b551-071b-4ea1-a794-2d5ef64b864f","storyId":"a359b551-071b-4ea1-a794-2d5ef64b864f","image":"https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/10/20/news-p.v1.20261020.91979973178447d7bdc72eabd53626d3_T1.jpg","author":"The Korea Herald","dek":"South Korea's top military officer ordered troops on Tuesday to sternly respond to any enemy provocations, a day after North Korea threatened to deploy more weapons along the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts."}