South Korea Deploys Assessment Team to Hormuz Strait
⚓ HORMUZ — Seoul sending eyes to the strait it depends on but can't defend. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: South Korea imports over 70% of its oil through Hormuz. An assessment team signals Seoul is calculating direct intervention costs — not just insurance premiums. Iran branded South Korea a threat last week. A formal military presence, even observational, hands Tehran a pretext. Washington notices who shows up; Seoul is buying visibility without committing force.
