Cursory research points to either Japanese or Korean made
Seller says: ...bought this used about 16 years ago from a friend's guitar shop. It appears to me that a previous owner may have replaced the top load Squire bridge with an older/standard ? Tele bridge plate and string truss pieces. The body has been drilled (neatly) so strings load through the back.
(double-spaces between sentences points to attorney, or old typist's hand...!)
I may as well take a look, it is minutes away from me...
Less golf, more saxophone