On the 10th local time, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung presided over a cabinet meeting to deliberate and pass amendments on expanding the Qinghae Force's mission area and deploying additional military assets. The plan will then be submitted to the National Assembly for review and the relevant approval process. According to the amendments, the Qinghai forces currently carrying out escort missions in the Somali Gulf will expand their mission area to the sea south of Oman and get closer to the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, South Korea will also deploy an additional maritime patrol aircraft, explosive ordnance disposal team, and unmanned mine clearance equipment to the Qinghai Sea Force, and listed “helping to restore freedom of navigation on international maritime traffic routes” as an additional task for the Qinghai Sea Force.

Zhitongcaijing · 1d ago
On the 10th local time, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung presided over a cabinet meeting to deliberate and pass amendments on expanding the Qinghae Force's mission area and deploying additional military assets. The plan will then be submitted to the National Assembly for review and the relevant approval process. According to the amendments, the Qinghai forces currently carrying out escort missions in the Somali Gulf will expand their mission area to the sea south of Oman and get closer to the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, South Korea will also deploy an additional maritime patrol aircraft, explosive ordnance disposal team, and unmanned mine clearance equipment to the Qinghai Sea Force, and listed “helping to restore freedom of navigation on international maritime traffic routes” as an additional task for the Qinghai Sea Force.