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A South Korean Army K1E1 tank crosses a pontoon bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river- crossing exercise as part of the Freedom Shield military drills with US and ROK forces in the border town of Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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South Korean protesters during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy on December 27, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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