South Korea is flying a military oil tanker to Australia this week to airlift 27,000 liters of urea solution, used in diesel vehicles and factories to cut emissions, amid a dire shortage threatening to stall commercial transport and industries. Approximately two million diesel vehicles, mostly cargo trucks, are required by the government to use the additive, according to industry experts. Diesel vehicle drivers have started panic-buying urea after key supplier China last month tightened exports for its domestic market. Nearly 97% of South Korea’s urea imports came from China between January and September, the trade ministry said. read more “I drove about 70 kilometers to a gas station to just get urea solution for my truck and there were long lines of vehicles and my turn didn’t come, so I just left empty-handed,” Lee Byung-ki, 63, told Reuters, adding he would not be able […]