South Korea Dispatches Delegation to Assess Security in the Strait of Hormuz

South Korea sends fact-finding team to assess Strait of Hormuz conditions

South Korea said on Tuesday it had sent a fact-finding team to assess the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing no decision had been made about potential troop deployment to the strategic waterway. Traffic through the vital shipping route has been virtually paralysed since the US-Iran war began on February 28, disrupting global energy markets. The South Korean defence ministry said it had “dispatched a fact-finding team to assess conditions on the ground in the Strait of Hormuz”. “The...

By Agence France-Presse

S. Korea sends investigators to Hormuz

South Korea has dispatched an investigation team to assess the situation in the conflict-stricken Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid repeated calls from Washington for Seoul to assist its war efforts against Iran. The team departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the weekend and is expected to return as early as this week, the ministry added.(Yonhap)

By The Korea Herald

South Korea dispatches team to assess Strait of Hormuz conditions

South Korea said it had sent a fact-finding team to assess the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, but stressed that no decision had been made about potential troop deployment to the strategic waterway.

(2nd LD) S. Korea sends officials to assess situation in Hormuz Strait

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has dispatched an investigation team to a...

By Kang Jae-eun