{"id":"bdf678ce-fb80-4cc1-bcbd-98c15efbf045","url":"https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10922223","domain":"koreaherald.com","outlet":{"name":"The Korea Herald","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 S. Korea-US drills and vows stronger nuclear deterrent","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["North Korea denounces a South Korea-US combined military exercise integrating conventional and US nuclear capabilities.","Kim Jong-sik calls Iron Mace the most hideous nuclear war rehearsal against the DPRK.","Kim says North Korea’s nuclear forces will be bolstered to cope with nuclear threats.","Allied drills Hoguk, Freedom Flag and Keen Sword are also denounced as intensified military moves.","Pyongyang affirms its policy of strengthening deterrence to defend sovereignty and regional peace."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T00:29:15.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T00:48:01.368Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/ba75b06b-4eeb-4cb9-93a4-5bd31895ad5b","storyId":"ba75b06b-4eeb-4cb9-93a4-5bd31895ad5b","image":"https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/11/02/news-p.v1.20261102.333b96f8793e40e2aa65b37ecc3e7174_T1.jpg","author":"The Korea Herald","dek":"North Korea on Monday denounced a recent South Korea-US combined military exercise that integrates South Korea's conventional military capabilities with US nuclear capabilities, saying strengthening the North's nuclear capabilities is \"immutable\" against such a backdrop."}