(Updated: 2026-05-05 00:19:32)

The cargo ship, operated by South Korea‘s Hyundai Merchant Marine(HMM), was anchored outside port limits of the United Arab Emirates‘ Umm al Quwain in the strait, carrying six South Korean and 18 foreign nationals at the time of the incident.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said earlier that the vessel is presumed to have been attacked.

A Foreign Ministry official said the ministry’s consular bureau was checking whether the vessel had been attacked.