S Korea-vessel attack
Seoul official cites low possibility of non-Iranian actor involvement in attack on S. Korean vessel
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A senior South Korean government official said Thursday the possibility of a non-Iranian actor being behind last week's attack on a South Korean-operated vessel in the Strait of Hormuz appears low, while stressing that investigations are still under way.
The official said the government was focusing efforts on gathering evidence to support such an assessment regarding the strikes against the Panama-flagged cargo vessel operated by South Korean shipping firm HMM Co. on May 4.
"There may still be a possibility of another actor besides Iran, but common sense suggests it is not high. There were no pirates nearby," the official said.
This photo, released by the foreign ministry on May 10, 2026, shows a 7-meter-wide rupture in the hull of a South Korean-operated vessel, the Panama-flagged cargo vessel HMM Namu, operated by South Korean shipping firm HMM Co. South Korea has concluded that a strike by "unidentified airborne objects" caused the explosion and fire aboard the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz the previous week. (Yonhap)
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