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Proof: North Korea launches ballistic missile as tensions with Seoul grow over border mine blasts

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T05:41:11Z","headline":"North Korea launches ballistic missile as tensions with Seoul grow over border mine blasts","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261003-north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-after-seoul-s-apology-demand","v":1}

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SHA-256

d3abed6b51814e6cc8d2b3076b0335d3f70bae22a92867fd8ee6a40915f2939f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969688, mined 2026-10-03 06:48 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:58 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:43 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d3abed6b5181.json prints d3abed6b51814e6cc8d2b3076b0335d3f70bae22a92867fd8ee6a40915f2939f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d3abed6b5181.json and headline-d3abed6b5181.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d3abed6b5181.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.