US-Iran cease-fire raises new questions for Seoul

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• ·South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (first from left) and First Lady Kim Hea Kyung speak with US President Donald Trump ahead of the official dinner at the Group of Seven summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday.
• ·(Pool photo via Yonhap) The US-Iran ceasefire agreement is set to ease economic pressure on South Korea, but observers say the deal could present Seoul with a new set of challenges ranging from military contributions to pressure to participate in a multibillion-dollar reconstruction initiative.
• ·US President Donald Trump said this week that the Strait of Hormuz would be "completely open" from Friday, as Washington and Tehran prepared to formally sign a ceasefire memorandum of understanding in Geneva.
• ·US officials have described the agreement as one that would reopen the strategic waterway in exchange for the lifting of a US naval blockade on Iran.
• ·For South Korea, the ceasefire could help restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, where 24 South Korean-linked vessels remain stranded after months of disruption, and eventually pave the way for the return of some US military assets redeployed from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East.