https://hormuz.net/tags/asian-economy/ Recent content in Asian Economy on Hormuz.net Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/south-korea-the-most-hormuz-exposed-economy-you-have-never-heard-discussed/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/south-korea-the-most-hormuz-exposed-economy-you-have-never-heard-discussed/ <p>South Korea is among the most energy-import-dependent economies of any significant size in the world. It has no domestic oil production, minimal natural gas reserves, and a geography that makes pipeline connections to alternative supply sources impossible. Its entire hydrocarbon supply arrives by sea, a majority of it from the Persian Gulf, and all of the Gulf portion transits the Strait of Hormuz. The country has built one of the world&rsquo;s largest economies and most sophisticated industrial sectors on an energy supply foundation that is concentrated in a single maritime corridor controlled in part by a government that has expressed willingness to disrupt it.</p>