Korea to dispatch disaster relief team to Nepal to support flood recovery efforts
Korea was set to dispatch a disaster relief team to Nepal on Tuesday to support search, rescue and other relief efforts following devastating floods, the foreign ministry said. The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), consisting of 44 personnel from the foreign ministry, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), fire authorities and other agencies, is scheduled to depart for Nepal aboard…
The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), comprising 44 members from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), fire authorities, and other agencies, will be dispatched to Nepal on Tuesday to support search, rescue, and relief efforts following devastating floods, the foreign ministry announced.
The KDRT, set to arrive on a Korean military transport plane later in the day, will remain in Nepal for approximately 10 days. Their primary tasks will include conducting search and rescue operations for the victims, including the nine Koreans who are still unaccounted for. The floods and mudslides, which struck Nepal's north-central Himalayan region near the Nepal-Tibet border last Wednesday, resulted in over 800 fatalities and left around 3,000 people missing, as reported by foreign media outlets.
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