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South Korea will not send military to support US war on Iran, defying Trump pressure

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Seoul resolves recent speculation over sending military to strait of Hormuz, saying ‘there won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war’ South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, has said he will not deploy the military to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into conflict, resisting calls from Donald Trump to support his war in Iran. “There won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war. I can tell you that very clearly,” Lee said at a news conference on Friday.

“We won’t deploy military assets in any form to that end.”

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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