South Korea Prepares Military Deployment to Hormuz Strait

⚓ HORMUZ — A US treaty ally sending ships signals Washington asked; Seoul rarely volunteers. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: South Korea imports over 60% of its crude through Hormuz. A deployment protects its own supply lines — but Seoul's timing and the US alliance framework make this a coordinated coalition signal, not unilateral self-interest. It widens the anti-Iran maritime coalition beyond Gulf states, complicating Tehran's calculus on how far escalation can go before more navies arrive.