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1.4 KM TO NORTH KOREA

Country Deep Dives • 6 min read

Inside the World’s Only Military-Checkpoint Starbucks Looking Straight Into North Korea 1.4 Km Away

Perched inside the Aegibong Peace Ecopark observation tower in Gimpo, South Korea, this 30-seat café points every table and telescope across the Jo River.

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NO BURIALS SINCE 1950

Country Deep Dives • 6 min read

Why Longyearbyen in Arctic Svalbard Stopped Cemetery Burials After Finding Preserved 1918 Virus Tissue

In the world’s northernmost town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, deep permafrost preserves buried bodies—and simultaneously protects 1.2 million crop seeds inside the Global Seed Vault.

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