[Anchor]
Iran’s attacks have expanded across the Gulf, heightening regional tensions.
Reports indicate casualties and damage to infrastructure in multiple locations.
We’ll go to our correspondent in Dubai for an on-the-ground update.
Bang Jun-hyuk, over to you.
[Reporter]
Yes. Dubai has been relatively calm today; no air-raid alerts were reported here.
That said, Iran’s strikes have continued, and repeated warning messages have been sent in places such as Abu Dhabi.
Yesterday, a military projectile hit a residential area in Al-Kharj in central Saudi Arabia, killing two people and wounding 12.
In Bahrain, which depends on desalination for most of its freshwater, drone strikes partially disabled a seawater desalination plant.
Even after a presidential apology, Iran has maintained broad attacks aimed at Gulf states, keeping tensions elevated.
[Anchor]
Bang, you say Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has prompted regional oil producers to begin significant output cuts?
[Reporter]
That’s correct.
Our team is continuing to monitor conditions in the Strait of Hormuz.
With the blockade persisting, storage capacity has tightened and producers across the region are moving to cut production.
Following Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates signaled production cuts, and Iraq has reported sharp declines in crude output and exports.
Bahrain’s state oil company also announced it will suspend oil export shipments temporarily after a refinery fire it attributes to Iran’s attacks.
[Anchor]
The government has raised travel advisories for the Middle East. How are local Koreans and South Korean companies responding?
[Reporter]
Koreans on the ground are trying to carry on with daily life amid growing unease.
We spoke with several Koreans here in Dubai.
Some said conditions feel safer than they appear from afar, while others said repeated alert messages have left them unsettled.
A Korean employee at a Dubai travel agency said she completed repatriation arrangements for the Korean tourists she was handling and advised staff to either return home or relocate to safer areas until the situation stabilizes.
This is Bang Jun-hyuk reporting for Yonhap News TV in Dubai.
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