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South Korea and the United States are set to hold their key defense meeting this week, as Seoul deliberates on the potential deployment of troops to the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The high-level Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) will take place in Busan from Wednesday to Friday, with Kim Hong-cheol, the deputy defense minister for policy, and George Lemeur, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of war for East Asia, leading the discussions alongside other senior officials.

The agenda will cover a broad spectrum of security concerns, such as regaining wartime operational control, joint defense posture, and cooperation in shipbuilding. While the possibility of a South Korean military presence in the Hormuz Strait is not explicitly mentioned, it is widely anticipated that this issue will be addressed, given Washington's urging on Seoul to collaborate in safeguarding the vital waterway.