{"id":148885,"date":"2026-03-31T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148885"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:30:13","slug":"asias-chip-industry-faces-naphtha-squeeze-and-south-korea-feels-it-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148885","title":{"rendered":"Asia\u2019s chip industry faces naphtha squeeze \u2013 and South Korea feels it the most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Korea has become a focal point of Asia\u2019s petrochemical crisis, a frontline economy suddenly forced to navigate the fallout from the Middle East turmoil while scrambling for alternatives. Its semiconductor and industrial sectors, already heavily dependent on imported naphtha, are now exposed to geopolitical shocks that are rippling across the region.<br \/>\nSouth Korea relies on imports for about 45 per cent of its naphtha demand. About 77 per cent of those come from the Middle East.<br \/>\nOn Monday,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3348503\/asias-chip-industry-faces-naphtha-squeeze-and-south-korea-feels-it-most?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Korea has become a focal point of Asia\u2019s petrochemical crisis, a frontline economy suddenly forced to navigate the fallout from the Middle East&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}