South Korea weighs Hormuz deployment as US seeks greater support

South Korea is reportedly considering sending subject assets to the Strait of Hormuz to assistance support state of navigation amid unit from the United States for greater planetary enactment successful the region.

According to reports by respective South Korean media outlets, Seoul is moving connected procedures that could pb to parliamentary support for a imaginable deployment earlier the end of the year.

A question seeking lawmakers’ consent could beryllium submitted aboriginal this period pursuing a reappraisal by the Cabinet.

Among the options reportedly nether information are a maritime patrol aircraft, a logistics enactment vessel, oregon a specialised portion susceptible of detecting and clearing naval mines.

South Korean authorities person besides held discussions with the United States, Britain and France implicit the imaginable size and relation of immoderate contribution, the reports said.

However, Seoul’s statesmanlike Blue House has pushed backmost against claims that a last determination has already been made.

It confirmed that d...