{"id":26333,"date":"2021-01-05T15:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T06:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/05\/south-korean-forces-arrive-in-waters-near-strait-of-hormuz-amid-iran-tensions"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T06:32:01","slug":"south-korean-forces-arrive-in-waters-near-strait-of-hormuz-amid-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=26333","title":{"rendered":"South Korean forces arrive in waters near strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Destroyer moves into region one day after Revolutionary Guards seize a South Korean tanker<\/p>\n<p>South Korean forces have arrived in waters near the strait of Hormuz as pressure builds on Iran to free a South Korean tanker it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/04\/iran-resumes-enriching-uranium-breach-nuclear-deal\">seized<\/a> along with its crew on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they had taken control of the South Korean vessel, the Hankuk Chemi, and its 20 crew because it was \u201cpolluting the Persian Gulf with chemicals\u201d. The tanker is being held at Iran\u2019s Bandar Abbas port city.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/05\/south-korean-forces-arrive-in-waters-near-strait-of-hormuz-amid-iran-tensions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Destroyer moves into region one day after Revolutionary Guards seize a South Korean tankerSouth Korean forces have arrived in waters near the strait of Hormuz as pressure builds on Iran to free a South Korean tanker it seized along with its crew on Mon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,448,212,222,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-iran","category-middle-east-and-north-africa","category-south-korea","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26334,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions\/26334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}