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South Korea tests Arctic shipping route amid Russia-West row

DW5 November 2026, 09:45 UTCSouth Korea

For South Korean ships, navigating off north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see it as undermining their efforts to isolate Moscow.

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