South Korean elementary and middle school students shout slogans during a winter military camp for kids at Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp on Daebu Island in Ansan, on Dec. 27. Around 50 students took part in the four-day camp as a way to mentally and physically strengthen themselves.

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