SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz by expanding operational areas of its anti-piracy unit deployed nearby to help protect its vessels passing through the strategic waterway, the defense ministry announced Tuesday. The forces, however, will not join a U.S.-led coalition, but conduct independent operations, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Friday passed a set of motions to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Lebanon, South Sudan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and off the coast of Somali by a year each. Two of the motions call for extending the terms of the troops’ [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Sunday it has opened an interim diplomatic mission on a Navy destroyer in waters off the Gulf of Aden to help support the safety of Korean residents who opted to stay in conflict-hit Yemen. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that an ad hoc diplomatic office was [...]