SEOUL -- A shortage of a little-known industrial material is threatening to cripple economic activity in South Korea, while sparking a conversation about the resource-poor country's reliance on outside sources for the items needed to maintain business as usual.
Economy
Urea shortage threatens to paralyze South Korea's economy
Dearth of industrial material betrays nation's dependence on commodity imports
Trucks wait in a line to get urea at a service area in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Nov. 4. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)
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