SeoulSouth Korea’s anti-piracy unit would double its radius to 1,930km.
The expansion answers pressure from US President Donald Trump to back the war on Iran.
The anti-piracy mandate would reach Duqm in Oman, 650km from Hormuz, with 75 more personnel and a P-8A aircraft.
“It is not a clever solution but a deceptive workaround,” said Kim Joon-hyung, floor leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party.
The cabinet endorses the motion next week, then the National Assembly votes before the mandate lapses.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 70+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online
- frames the expansion as US-pressured, citing Duqm's 650km distance and a doubled operating radius to about 1,930km
- TRT World
- notes President Lee ruled out combat troops and that the unit grows to 395 personnel, with annual parliamentary renewal
- France 24
- lists the package (destroyer, P-8 patrol aircraft, EOD team, unmanned surface vessels) and stresses Seoul rules out military intervention
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, TRT World, France 24