Korea's 2nd Nepal relief team to return; efforts to locate 9 missing Koreans to continue
Korea will maintain a joint government response team in Nepal to continue efforts to locate nine Korean nationals who have remained missing since massive floods hit the country last month, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. The move comes as the second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is set to wrap up its seven-day mission later in the day and return home, in line with a…
The Korea Times reports that Korea will maintain a joint government response team in Nepal to continue efforts to locate nine missing Korean nationals who were working on a hydropower plant construction site when massive floods hit the country last month. The second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is set to return home later in the day, concluding its seven-day mission as per a decision made by a joint public-private emergency relief council.
The government response team, which has been working alongside the KDRT, will remain in Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations, closely collaborate with Nepalese authorities, and provide assistance to the families of the missing.
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