South Korea Weighs Hormuz Deployment as US Coalition Pressure Mounts
🇰🇷 SEOUL — Seoul eyeing Hormuz options while US allies quietly pick sides. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Seoul imports 70% of its oil through Hormuz and owes Washington alliance credibility ahead of Epic Fury. A deployment signals coalition solidarity without kinetic commitment — but exposes South Korea to Iranian retaliation. Every US ally that signals now narrows Tehran's bet that Washington stands alone. The coalition is visibly forming.