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However, East Asian refineries rely heavily on supplies of crude oil from the Middle East, which have been restricted by the war – and that has curbed the amount of jet fuel available for export.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Alfred Schipke, director of the East Asian Institute in Singapore, agrees that short-term economic impact "will likely be modest and concentrated in African countries that already have export capacity".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Demand loss is being seen chiefly in the Middle East, Asian frontier economies and Africa, which has little surplus and scant ability to absorb higher costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Most Gulf states, along with European and East Asian allies, would be horrified at such a result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead, he spent many of his nights in PC bangs, the ubiquitous East Asian Internet cafes where young, mostly unmarried, men play computer games and surf the Internet around the clock.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden