(3rd LD) S. Korea to dispatch disaster relief team to Nepal to support flood recovery efforts
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean disaster relief team was set to leave ...
South Korea plans to dispatch a disaster relief team to Nepal to aid in the search and rescue efforts following devastating floods that have killed over 800 people and left around 3,000 others missing. The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), consisting of 44 personnel from various agencies, including the foreign ministry and Korea International Cooperation Agency, will depart for Nepal late Tuesday aboard a KC-330 Cygnus multirole tanker transport aircraft.
The team is expected to arrive in Nepal at 5:55 a.m. Wednesday (local time) and will stay for about 10 days, bringing 700 pieces of equipment and five search-and-rescue dogs. President Lee Jae Myung has instructed officials to consider deploying additional resources, including helicopters and rescue personnel, to accelerate the search for the nine missing South Koreans who were working at a hydroelectric power plant construction site in Nepal's Rasuwa district when the floods hit.
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