
The Democratic Party counters that the expansion of the mission area is due to a surge in pirate activity.
When the Ministry of National Defense decided to expand the Cheonghae Unit's mission area to southern Oman and dispatch additional forces such as maritime patrol aircraft, the Progressive Party and the Fatherland Innovation Party criticized it, saying it was a 'diversionary dispatch of troops to the Strait of Hormuz.' The Democratic Party refuted this, saying it was due to a surge in pirate activities, and the National Assembly is planning to discuss consent.
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The Ministry of National Defense has decided to expand the Cheonghae Unit's mission area to southern Oman and dispatch additional forces, including maritime patrol aircraft. In response, the Progressive Party and the Fatherland Innovation Party criticized this, saying it was 'dispatch of troops to bypass the Strait of Hormuz', while the Democratic Party of Korea countered, saying it was due to a surge in pirate activities.
The Ministry of National Defense's decision to expand the Cheonghae Unit's mission area to southern Oman and dispatch additional forces, including maritime patrol aircraft, has been met with criticism among minor pro-Russian political parties that it is an "attempt to dispatch troops to bypass the Strait of Hormuz."
The Democratic Party of Korea immediately refuted the claim, saying that the mission assigned to the Cheonghae Unit is different from dispatching troops.
Regarding the expansion of the Cheonghae Unit's mission at the highest level on the 5th, Kim Jun-hyung, floor leader of the Fatherland Innovation Party, said, "We cannot send the unit sent to stop pirates into the sea of war," and said to the government, "Please do not entrust the lives and safety of our soldiers to a war without justification."
The day before, he also expressed his party-line opposition, saying, “The president’s principle of non-intervention in war should not be bypassed by expanding the mission of the Cheonghae Unit.”
Yoon Jong-oh, floor leader of the Progressive Party, also held a press conference on the same day and warned, "The government must completely stop its dangerous attempt to dispatch troops in a diversionary manner and completely return to the path of peaceful diplomacy. If the government pushes ahead with a diversionary dispatch of troops while ignoring the spirit of the Constitution, it will face historical and political judgment."
Regarding this, Democratic Party floor spokesperson Jeon Eun-soo said in a briefing after the policy coordination meeting that day, "Pirate activities in the Gulf of Aden have increased three-fold, so (the mission area) is being expanded," and "This is not a detour deployment to the Strait of Hormuz."
He emphasized again, "We need the consent of the National Assembly, so discussions will take place soon. There is criticism that this is a detour to the Strait of Hormuz, but I say again that this is absolutely not the case."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The National Assembly will discuss a motion to expand the Cheonghae Unit's mission area.
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