Seoul, Sept. 14 -- South Korea and the United States will hold their senior-level regular defense talks this week, with Seoul weighing a possible military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz amid pressure from Washington to join efforts to secure the strategic waterway.
The biannual Korea-US Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) will be held in the southeastern port city of Busan from Wednesday to Friday, South Korea's defense ministry said on Monday.
Kim Hong-cheol, deputy defense minister for policy, and George Lemeur, US deputy assistant secretary of war for East Asia, will lead the talks, which will also be attended by other senior defense and foreign affairs officials.
The KIDD talks are also expected to focus on Seoul's efforts to rega...