Korea’s oil and gas imports from the Middle East have remained largely unaffected by the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a joint operation that began Saturday (local time), the Korean government said Sunday. Moon Shin-hak, first vice minister of trade, industry and energy, held a second emergency meeting with officials from the foreign, energy, and oceans ministries, as well as state-run companies in the trade, energy, and power sectors, to assess how the crisis could affect Middle Eastern supplies of key energy resources to Korea. The meeting followed an initial session convened late Saturday by Industry Minister Kim Jeong-kwan shortly after the attack began. The back-to-back meetings, attended by officials from the Korea National Oil Corp., the Korea Gas Corp., and the Korea Electric Power Corp., confirmed Korea has secured enough oil reserves to last for months in the event of supply disruptions. Authorities added that current gas reserves exceed the country’s mandatory stockpile requirement. The situation,