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Lee Orders Emergency Response System For All Ministries Over ‘Urgent’ Mideast Situation

SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Monday instructed the presidential office and all ministries to be put under an emergency response system in order to address heightened tensions in the Middle East following U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. In his first meeting with senior presidential aides since taking office, [...]

S. Korean Firms on Alert over Escalating Mideast Tensions

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are scurrying to gauge the impact of mounting tensions in the Middle East on their businesses, with rising oil prices and heightened uncertainties posing a severe threat, industry sources said Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Iran launched multiple missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in [...]