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USFK diverts air-defense assets to Middle East as Freedom Shield scales back SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - The United States has redeployed portions of its air-defense architecture from South Korea to the Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate, coinciding with this year's scaled-back Freedom Shield (FS) joint exercise. According to reports from the Washington Post and real-time flight tracking data, the Pentagon has shifted elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
Weak won, Middle East risks weigh on Korean economy as Taiwan pulls ahead SEOUL, Mar 10 (AJP) — South Korea’s economy is increasingly lagging behind technology-driven regional peers such as Japan and Taiwan, weighed down by a structurally weak currency and fading industrial competitiveness — pressures that could deepen if the Middle East conflict drags on. According to the Bank of Korea (BOK) on Tuesday, South Korea’s GDP per capita stood at about $35,800 in 20
Middle East conflict squeezes Korean chip supply chain as helium shipments face disruption SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - The widening Middle East conflict is beginning to bite into South Korea’s industrial supply chains, with the semiconductor sector facing growing concern over disruptions to helium shipments — a critical gas used in advanced chip manufacturing. The de facto disruption of shipping routes through the Persian Gulf has hit South Korea particularly hard given the country&rsquo