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Foreign media are paying attention to the doubling of Korea's trade deficit, led by a sharp drop in the won and a rise in energy, and an increase in imports 4.5 times that of exports. As the price of gas, which has grown in absolute importance in Korea, soared, Japan secured a supply of natural gas with Russia, and the US is escalating the conflict between Russia and the Sakhalin project, and in..

As the US pressured Middle Eastern countries to increase oil production, OPEC member countries agreed to increase production, and Russia and Japan escalated a gas war. The decline in oil consumption has turned to $90 a barrel this year amid concerns about a recession in the US economy, and the conflict over the introduction of a cap on the price of Russian crude oil has begun. The Washington Pos..