{"id":"b2f09c91-fb71-4c0d-9dd2-81c5912707b5","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261102/n-korea-denounces-s-korea-us-joint-military-drills-vows-to-bolster-nuclear-deterrent","domain":"koreatimes.co.kr","outlet":{"name":"The Korea Times","country":"KR","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"N. Korea denounces S Korea-US joint military drills, vows to bolster nuclear deterrent","plainHeadline":"North Korea denounces South Korea–U.S. drills and pledges stronger nuclear forces","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["North Korea denounces the S. Korea-U.S. combined drill integrating conventional and nuclear capabilities.","Kim Jong-sik calls Iron Mace the most hideous nuclear war rehearsal against the DPRK.","DPRK says the drills prove why it must bolster its nuclear forces immediately.","South Korea and the U.S. held the tabletop Iron Mace exercise in Seoul Sept. 29-Oct. 2.","Kim argues stronger nuclear deterrence defends sovereignty and regional peace."],"topics":["Politics","Energy"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T23:37:02.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-01T23:41:10.449Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/ba75b06b-4eeb-4cb9-93a4-5bd31895ad5b","storyId":"ba75b06b-4eeb-4cb9-93a4-5bd31895ad5b","image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/11/02/60cc19f6-553d-46a5-a307-a98c138f7e39.jpg","author":null,"dek":"North Korea on Monday denounced a recent South Korea-U.S. combined military exercise that integrates South Korea's conventional military capabilities with U.S. nuclear capabilities, saying strengthening the North's nuclear capabilities is \"immutable\" against such a backdrop."}