Yonhap, quoting the foreign minister: A South Korean ship is crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
SEOUL/SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The supertanker Universal Winner, flying the South Korean flag and carrying 2 million barrels of Kuwaiti crude oil, is transiting the Strait of Hormuz, shipping data from the London Exchanges Group showed on Wednesday.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said today that a South Korean oil tanker is transiting the Strait of Hormuz in cooperation with Iranian authorities. He made the statement before a parliamentary hearing in Seoul.
