Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
60/100
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
North Korea has fired several missiles into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea’s military, hours after Pyongyang denied allegations that it was behind the theft of more than $6bn in crypto assets from Binance.
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it → fire → Binance
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday that it had detected the launch of several missiles from the Sondok area on North Korea’s eastern coast towards the Sea of Japan.
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it → say → Japan
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It said authorities in South Korea and the United States were analysing the details of the launches.
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authorities → blame → launches
The tests marked Pyongyang’s fourth such weapons launch in a month.
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tests → mark → month
They came a day after North Korea denied involvement in the Binance hack, dismissing an FBI announcement that North Korean hackers were responsible as “a trite provocation”.
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hackers → come → provocation
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Friday that hackers stole more than $6bn in what appears to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record.
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what → say → record
The FBI later said North Korean hackers had orchestrated the theft, attributing it to a hacking group known as TraderTraitor, which was also behind a $1.5bn hack of the Bybit exchange last year.
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which → say → exchange
Early on Wednesday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Pyongyang viewed the FBI announcement as “an extension of Washington’s invariable hostile policy toward” North Korea.
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Pyongyang → say → Korea
She ruled out dialogue with Washington until the US abandoned that policy.
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US → rule → policy
“It is our clear stand that we have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons,” she said.
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she → have → persons
“The choice for peace includes dialogue, of course, but this is not surely equated with national interests for us.”
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this → include → us
US President Donald Trump said in August that he plans to meet Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive the bond he claims to have forged with the North Korean leader during his first term.
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he → say → term
Trump said it was important to “get along” with Kim, adding that Pyongyang had 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons.
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Pyongyang → say → weapons
Previous rounds of talks between Kim and Trump in 2019 abruptly ended amid disagreements over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
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rounds → end → programme
In October, the US, South Korea and Japan again reiterated their call for the “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean Peninsula.
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US → reiterate → Peninsula
The call came as North Korea has accelerated its weapons testing this year, in what analysts say is likely a bid to increase its leverage in any future diplomacy with the US.
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analysts → come → US
Its recent tests have included a submarine-launched ballistic missile, hypersonic missiles, attack drones, and cluster bombs designed to be carried by ballistic missiles.
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tests → include → missiles
On Tuesday, Pyongyang said it had tested a new cluster warhead for strategic cruise missiles the previous day, claiming it could destroy an area of 5 to 6 hectares (12 to 15 acres) with “high-density power”.
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it → say → power
The latest launches followed a North Korean state media report that Kim had visited a naval shipyard building a destroyer and stressed the importance of a powerful navy.
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Kim → follow → navy
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