
U.S. ally South Korea, one of the world’s biggest buyers of oil and natural gas, is looking to import more crude and LNG from the United States to diversify its energy supply and reduce its trade surplus with America, South Korean Energy and Trade Minister, Ahn Duk-geun, said on Thursday. South Korea, the world’s third-largest importer of LNG after China and Japan, is considering more energy imports from the U.S. to potentially stave off tariffs that incoming President Donald Trump has promised to introduce on trade partners. “Other…