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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula, China's activities in the South China Sea and the fate of refugees detained offshore led the list of Australia's foreign-affairs challenges in 2017.

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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula, China's activities in the South China Sea and the fate of refugees detained offshore led the list of Australia's foreign-affairs challenges in 2017.

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