Asia’s Major LNG Importers Japan and Korea Turn to Coal
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Spiking LNG prices and reduced supply from the Middle East have prompted Japan and South Korea to raise coal power generation and coal imports in recent weeks. Gas-fired power generation in Japan and South Korea, the world’s second- and third-largest LNG importers after China, slumped to multi-month lows in April and early May. That’s because supply from the Middle East crashed with no Qatari shipment passing through the Strait of Hormuz between February 28 and this past weekend, when the first cargo cleared the chokepoint bound for…
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Original article published by OilPrice.com on May 12, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.
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