Seoul, May 11 (IANS) South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Monday criticised the government for downplaying a strike on a South Korean-operated cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and refraining from describing it as an Iranian attack. A South Korean investigation team has concluded that two “unidentified airborne objects” caused an explosion and fire aboard the Panama-flagged cargo vessel Namu, operated by South Korean shipping firm HMM Co., in the conflict-hit strait last …
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Seoul, May 10 (IANS) A South Korean investigation team has concluded that a strike by “unidentified airborne objects” caused the explosion and fire aboard a South Korean-operated vessel in the Strait of Hormuz last week, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.”The investigation confirmed that unidentified airborne objects struck the stern of the HMM (vessel),” the Foreign Ministry said in a released statement.The announcement follows an on-site investigation by a seven-member government t…
Seoul, May 10 (IANS) The confirmed strike by unidentified objects on a South Korean-operated cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is expected to give Seoul grounds to consider joining U.S.-led missions aimed at safeguarding freedom of navigation in the strait, experts said on Sunday.Releasing the results of a government investigation, the foreign ministry said two “unidentified flying objects” were confirmed to have struck the cargo vessel, the Namu, one after the other in the Strait of Hormuz l…