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How a Little-Known Company Dominated the Persian Gulf Oil Trade

South Korea’s Sinokor controls about half the tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz, benefiting from a big bet just before the war in Iran started.

Tensions Between North and South Korea Stem From Decade-Old Border Dispute

A heated disagreement over recent land mine explosions is part of the legacy of the truce that halted the Korean War 73 years ago.

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North Korean soldiers working on a barbed-wire border fence, as seen from an observation deck in Gimpo, South Korea, on Monday.
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