South Korea to send navy's antipiracy unit to Strait of Hormuz

South Korea said Tuesday it has decided to move its troops to the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East by temporarily widening the operational areas of its navy's antipiracy unit already deployed to the Gulf of Aden.The troops' main mission will be protecting South Korean citizens and vessels in the region, and they will be operating independently of a U.S.-led maritime coalition, the Defense Ministry said in a press release.But when necessary, they will cooperate with the coalition, it added. The South Korean military is assigning two liaison officers to the coalition.The U.S.-led coalition…READ FULL ARTICLE