Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia | World News, The Indian Express

Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Seoul |Published: June 15, 2019 6:57:57 pm

Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia

While the violence only directly jolted two countries in the region — one of the targeted ships was operated by a Tokyo-based company, a nearby South Korean-operated vessel helped rescue sailors.

Japan, South Korea and China don’t have enough of it; the Middle East does, and much of it flows through the narrow Strait of Hormuz.(Representational image)

The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.