Korea's 2nd disaster relief team to deploy drones in Nepal search operations
A Korean relief team dispatched to Nepal was set to deploy drones Tuesday as part of their search efforts for nine Koreans who remain missing following last month's devastating floods, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), who arrived in Kathmandu on Friday, was seeking to employ drones for the rescue operation in coordination with Nepali…
A second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is set to deploy drones in Nepal as part of their search efforts for nine missing Koreans, according to Seoul's foreign ministry. The KDRT arrived in Kathmandu on Friday and aims to employ drones in coordination with Nepali authorities for the rescue operation.
The nine Koreans, comprising six employees of Doosan Enerbility and three from Korea South-East Power, went missing on August 26 during massive floods and landslides near the Nepal-Tibet border while working at a hydropower plant construction site. The eight-member KDRT contingent had previously conducted on-site inspections for reconstruction and recovery efforts in Nepal.
On Saturday, the first 44-member KDRT contingent returned home after a 10-day search-and-rescue mission, rescuing one Chinese survivor but failing to locate the remaining unaccounted Koreans.
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