Opposition to sending troops to the Strait of Hormuz outnumbers support in South Korean public opinion poll

[Seoul Jiji] According to the South Korean public opinion poll ``National Indicator Survey'' released on the 10th, 45% of people opposed the dispatch of troops to the Strait of Hormuz, exceeding the 36% who supported it. Opposition is growing even within the progressive ruling party, the Democratic Party of Japan, and the South Korean government appears to be taking a more cautious stance.

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According to a national index survey, among supporters of the ruling party, 31% were in favor and 55% were opposed, with the gap widening further.

Dispatch of troops requires the consent of the National Assembly, but Rep. Song Young-gil, who recently ran for the ruling party's representative election, pointed out on the 9th, ``There is no UN resolution, and both NATO member countries and Japan are refraining from (dispatch).There is no more good reason than the Iraq War.'' Ruling party lawmaker Kim Byeong-ju, who used to serve in the military and served as deputy commander of the US-South Korea Combined Forces Command, also declared, ``This is a war of aggression between the United States and Israel, and we must not get dragged into it.''