South Korea’s president rules out combat troop dispatch over Strait of Hormuz

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ruled out deploying combat troops in response to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying South Korea would not send military personnel in a manner that could draw it into an overseas conflict, Anadolu reports. “Let it be clear. There will be no dispatch of troops that will lead to involvement in a conflict. There will be no engagement or involvement in war,” he told a televised press conference Friday, according to Yonhap News Agency. Lee stressed that Seoul would maintain its principle of staying out of combat even as it considers measures to protect South Korean interests around the strategic waterway. “There will not be a dispatching of troops for involvement or […]