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Southeast Asia is being hit hard by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas

Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations almost entirely dependent on foreign energy — and quickly running out.

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Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.
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