{"id":255069,"date":"2026-04-02T23:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/02\/south-korea-denies-rumors-paying-transit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:33","slug":"south-korea-denies-rumors-paying-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/02\/south-korea-denies-rumors-paying-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Denies Rumors of Paying Transit Fees to Iran for Hormuz Strait Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ynaobject\" ynaimage ynatype_01>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0139\/image-68df8dbd-805e-4a51-8d7b-352582eb162f.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp; Reuters\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp; Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"yna_title\">Tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz<\/span><span class=\"yna_caption\">[Reuters=Yonhap News file photo. Resale and database use prohibited]<\/span><span class=\"yna_description\">[Reuters=Yonhap News file photo. Resale and database use prohibited]<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Blue House has strongly rejected reports that South Korea is considering paying Iran a transit fee to allow its vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release on April 2, the National Security Office called reports that the government is \u201ccarefully considering\u201d paying such a fee baseless and said the idea is not under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The office said Seoul maintains that, consistent with international norms, freedom of navigation and the safety of all vessels \u2014 including South Korean ships \u2014 in the Strait of Hormuz must be guaranteed, and that the normalization of global energy supplies should be achieved quickly.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the government is engaging in communication and cooperation with relevant countries to that end.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on April 2, one news outlet cited a senior Blue House official who said the government was, from a practical standpoint, carefully weighing the possibility of paying Iran a transit fee to secure passage through the strait.<\/p>\n<p>#StraitOfHormuz #BlueHouse #TransitFee #Iran #NationalSecurityOffice<\/p>\n<p>Yonhap News TV inquiries and tips: KakaoTalk\/LINE jebo23<\/p>\n<p>Mina Kim (goldmina@yna.co.kr)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Korean government denies reports of considering payment for passage fees for ships through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0139\/image-68df8dbd-805e-4a51-8d7b-352582eb162f.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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