South Korea's Lee calls for electricity saving amid fuel price increases

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked the public on Thursday to conserve electric power as rising fuel prices can prompt a shift to electricity because its prices are comparatively stable due to a government-controlled tariff.

Lee was holding an emergency economic meeting to address the fallout of the Iran war on Asia's fourth-largest economy, which almost entirely depends on imports for energy.

-Jack Kim, Cynthia Kim/Reuters