South Korea to patrol Strait of Hormuz after oil tankers hit mines
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SBS News reports that South Korea will deploy maritime patrol aircraft and an explosive ordnance disposal team to waters near the Strait of Hormuz to help keep the waterway open, while stressing it will not deploy troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war. Two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the strait after reportedly striking mines, according to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. [1]
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