{"id":144035,"date":"2026-09-05T07:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/144035\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T07:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:01:10","slug":"seoul-weighs-hormuz-deployment-under-us-pressure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/144035\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Weighs Hormuz Deployment Under US Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1303723\/seoul-weighs-hormuz-deployment-under-us-pressure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/n01303723-b.jpg\" alt=\"Seoul Weighs Hormuz Deployment Under US Pressure\" title=\"Seoul Weighs Hormuz Deployment Under US Pressure\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; South Korea is considering a military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz following weeks of pressure from US President Donald Trump for Seoul to play a greater role in Washington\u2019s war against Iran, Bloomberg reported.Accordingly, Seoul is examining options that could include a naval support vessel and maritime patrol aircraft, marking a shift from its earlier resistance to greater military involvement in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean government has reportedly told Washington it is willing to consider joining the mission and is reviewing the parliamentary procedures required for an overseas deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Around 150 personnel could be needed, while officials are also discussing potential ports and operational bases with foreign governments. A request for National Assembly approval could be submitted as early as this month.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows repeated pressure from Trump, who has criticized Seoul for refusing to assume a larger role in the US-led war against Iran and has questioned Washington\u2019s security commitments to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>However, Seoul\u2019s presidential office has sought to downplay reports of an imminent deployment, stressing that \u201cno decisions have been made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Korea appears to be weighing a limited support mission rather than direct involvement in attacks on Iran, potentially allowing it to accommodate Washington while avoiding deeper confrontation with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the deliberations highlight the growing pressure on US allies to provide personnel and military assets for Washington\u2019s operations around the strategic Strait of Hormuz.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; South Korea is considering a military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz following weeks of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4377,50084,1217,33062,23147,25190,34177,3046,4871,72838,1374,4278,114,18915,5205,31,344,4275,3673,13767,61820,5221,3576,112,935,1761,3706,5206,494,1722,72837,1332,2991,72839,69900,72836],"class_list":["post-144035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seoul","tag-a","tag-against","tag-bloomberg","tag-considering","tag-deployment","tag-donald","tag-following","tag-for","tag-from","tag-greater","tag-hormuz","tag-in","tag-iran","tag-is","tag-islam","tag-korea","tag-military","tag-of","tag-play","tag-president","tag-pressure","tag-reported","tag-role","tag-seoul","tag-south","tag-strait","tag-the","tag-times","tag-to","tag-trump","tag-under","tag-us","tag-war","tag-washingtons","tag-weeks","tag-weighs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144035","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=144035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}