Military● Elevated2h ago · Nov 5, 2026, 12:07 PM
South Korea plans to extend anti-piracy patrols closer to Strait of Hormuz
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · Middle East
Seoul said pirates have recently ventured further from the Somali coast and added that it wanted to send a patrol aircraft to protect merchant ships off Oman while keeping its forces out of the ongoing Iran war.
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