{"id":371019,"date":"2026-08-18T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-is-pressuring-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:00:09","slug":"why-trump-is-pressuring-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trump-is-pressuring-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump is pressuring South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0ZBqcULwW-E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Trump is pressuring South Korea\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ZBqcULwW-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced on Sunday he would scale back major military drills with South Korea, just as annual joint military exercises were about to begin. 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