South Korea rejects Trump’s claim that ship was hit because it ‘decided to go it alone’

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday rebutted US President Donald Trump’s assertion that a South Korean-operated vessel was attacked as it was acting on its own without US protection in the Strait of Hormuz – a focal point of the ongoing Iran war. “For several days before the fire b
ORIGINAL SOURCE →via South China Morning Post
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