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Photo: Female soldiers patrol the banks of the Yalu River, near the town of Sinuiju in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, on April 11.

Bilingual: Three students from the University of Tsukuba in Japan have created a device called the "Riajyuu Coat", or "fulfillment coat", to let their lonelier peers experience the sensation of being hugged from behind by a giggling, breathless female.