{"id":11337,"date":"2026-05-10T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/11337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:11:33","slug":"unidentified-aircraft-hit-korean-cargo-ship-in-hormuz-on-monday-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/11337\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unidentified aircraft\u2019 hit Korean cargo ship in Hormuz on Monday: Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A South Korean cargo ship hit in the Strait of Hormuz six days ago was struck by unidentified aircraft, the foreign ministry in Seoul said on Sunday, days after the fire-damaged HMM Namu arrived in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran had \u201ctaken some shots\u201d at the Panama-flagged vessel and urged South Korea to join US operations aimed at restoring normal shipping through the strait.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The vital waterway has been virtually closed since the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, with Tehran responding with attacks across the Middle East and imposing a chokehold on the strait that has rattled global energy markets.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201c&#8230;two unidentified aircraft struck the outer plate of the port-side ballast tank at the stern of the HMM Namu at roughly one-minute intervals, causing flames and smoke,\u201d foreign ministry spokesman Park Il told a news briefing.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He did not specify what kind of aircraft were involved, saying they \u201cwere captured on CCTV footage, but there are limitations in identifying the exact type, launch origin and physical size of the objects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iranian ambassador to South Korea Saeed Koozechi leaves the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sunday 10. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/03671de1-f48c-4466-8636-2c442deea316_939da4b8.jpg\" title=\"Iranian ambassador to South Korea Saeed Koozechi leaves the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sunday 10. Photo: AFP\"\/>Iranian ambassador to South Korea Saeed Koozechi leaves the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sunday 10. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tehran has denied responsibility for the attack, with its embassy in Seoul posting a statement on its website saying that it \u201cfirmly rejects and categorically denies any allegations regarding the involvement\u201d of its forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A South Korean cargo ship hit in the Strait of Hormuz six days ago was struck by unidentified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74,5593,1377,114,31,325,1325,8641,126,112,33,116,125,444,8645],"class_list":{"0":"post-11337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-korea","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-dubai","10":"tag-hmm-namu","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-korea","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-panama","15":"tag-park-il","16":"tag-project-freedom","17":"tag-seoul","18":"tag-south-korea","19":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","20":"tag-tehran","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-us-led-maritime-freedom-construct"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}