Always hungry for natural resources, the whole of Korea went crazy with the No. 1 hit song “Block 7” in 1980. I was glued to the TV when that song was aired. The song was written after the Korea-Japan Continental Shelf Agreement, which was signed in January 1974, and which came into effect in June 1978 with a 50-year validity. That craze drove all Koreans to be hopeful of an oil-producing Korea, especially after the two oil shocks of the 1970s.
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UK defence prime BAE Systems has been awarded a UK Ministry of Defence contract to build the second batch of Type 26 City-class frigates for the Royal Navy (RN). An artist's impression of all eight Type 26 frigates at sea. Under the GBP4.2 b.
The vehicle was designed to support current and next-generation naval and special forces operations. As such, it also boasts a battery that last up to 110 hours.