Global Markets/Supply Chain & Geopolitics
Hormuz Is Already Blocked — Is the Red Sea Next for Korea's Oil Supply?
South Korea's crude oil supply chain is now facing a two-chokepoint problem: the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively disrupted since the Iran conflict escalated earlier this year, and Yemen's Houthi movement has since declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia that threatens the Red Sea route Saudi exporters have been relying on as a workaround. Neither chokepoint has to fully close for Ko..