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South Korea Weighs First Public Driving Restrictions in 35 Years
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South Korea is weighing the possibility to extend driving curbs from civil servants’ use of vehicles to the general public if oil prices hit $120 per barrel, Finance Minister Koo Yun Cheol said. If enacted, such a measure would be the first in South Korea since 1991 during the Gulf war. Early on Monday, oil prices were rising by over 2% with Brent Crude topping $115 per barrel amid an escalating conflict which now involves the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. South Korea has already restricted access by vehicle to government buildings in a rotating…
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