Tokyo and Seoul Clash Over Abandoned Gold Mines
21 July 2024
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Sado Island offers nostalgia for many Japanese. It is the site where workers for the Tokugawa Shogunate achieved almost perfect purity in its gold production through handicraft methods. In the 1600s, the mines were responsible for as much as ten percent of global gold output. Based on that partial history,[Read More…]
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