SOUTH KOREA PERSPECTIVE

Seoul covers Islamabad with the methodical attention of a country that depends on the Middle East for 70% of its oil. Yonhap reports Vance's real-time warning — 'don't play us' — and Iran's preconditions of a Lebanon ceasefire and frozen asset release. The Korea Times details Netanyahu's authorization for parallel Lebanon negotiations, a move Seoul tracks closely because any Levant instability affects South Korean supply routes. South Korea, which has reinforced its navy in the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began, reads every diplomatic development through a simple calculation: how many days before strategic petroleum reserves start depleting.