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Fighting the chill on the Cold War's last frontier

South Korean special warfare forces take part in a winter season drill in Pyeongchang, about 112 miles east of Seoul on Jan. 9. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as Stalinist North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict.

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