SEOUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - South Korea is preparing to deploy military assets to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and aims to dispatch them before the end of the year, media reported late on Thursday,

South Korea is also reliant on energy imports, and is the world’s third-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas. Roughly 70 per cent of the country’s crude oil and 20 per cent of its LNG came from the Middle East before the war in Iran, almost all of it shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Energy secretary spoke to CNBC's Brian Sullivan in Venezuela on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump announced a massive oil deal with Caracas.

Seoul reportedly seeking parliamentary approval to send military assets to Middle East but president’s office plays down claims

SEOUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - South Korea is reviewing practical options, including military measures, for supporting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and claims that Seoul had provided no assistance on the issue were "not true",

Trump says the US is helping around 30 ships cross the waterway daily, but ship-tracking data suggests it’s fewer.

Just how much oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz today since the start of the Iran war 187 days ago? No one can seem to agree. American Petroleum Institute vice president Mason Hamilton captured the mood of the crude tanker market in a single X post last month: “Might as well rename it

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, said on Wednesday that an Iranian attack on an oil tanker owned by its national shipping company had killed two Filipino seafarers. Sidr, owned by Bahri,

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that more than 17 million barrels of oil transited the strait on Monday, a wartime record.