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South Korea eyes role in Europe-led Hormuz security push after Gulf war SEOUL, April 16 (AJP) - South Korea is preparing to join a multinational force to restore maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz after hostilities between the United States and Iran end, the country’s top defense official said, in a move that could draw scrutiny from Washington given Seoul’s earlier caution over calls to reopen the waterway. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back told a parliamentary he
Sewol families still trapped in that day 12 years ago as closure never arrives SEOUL, April 16 (AJP) - The familiar ache — the rage, the self-hate, the gut-wrenching grief, and finally the emptiness — returns every April. It is, for Choi Soon-hwa, the cruelest month. Each night in the days leading up to April 16, she returns to that day, now twelve years ago. “Why did so many people have to die? Why weren’t they saved? Why didn’t anyone tell them to come
After Gulf war, Section 301 looms as next hit to Korean economy SEOUL, April 16 (AJP) — As South Korean markets price in a winding down of the Middle East conflict, another front is quietly opening — this time in trade. With the KOSPI hitting fresh highs on easing war concerns, attention is shifting to Washington, where a new round of investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act is gathering pace, raising the risk of fresh tariffs on key trading partners