Lee pledges coordination with India on efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz

IANS | April 20, 2026 9:07 AM

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) President Lee Jae Myung stressed the need for South Korea and India to work together to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in an interview published on Monday, also highlighting the need for joint efforts to stabilise global supply chains.

Pak's mediation may led to US's humiliation rather than victory in West Asia conflict: Report

IANS | April 19, 2026 8:54 PM

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) "By relying on Pakistan to mediate the most acute national security concerns, US President Donald Trump essentially does the equivalent of hiring a child molester to teach in a kindergarten," Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in The Sunday Guardian about Islamabad's mediation in the West Asia conflict.