{
  "id": 6406684,
  "title": "S. Korea to send 2nd contingent of disaster relief team to Nepal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/s-korea-to-send-2nd-contingent-of-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T10:14:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260909011600320"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korea plans to dispatch a second team of disaster relief experts to Nepal, a foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. The initial team, which arrived in Nepal on September 2, is set to depart for home on September 11 on a KC-330 aircraft. The first group was only allocated a 10-day mission, as determined by a joint government-private council.\n\nThe second contingent, comprising 44 individuals from the foreign ministry, fire authorities, and other agencies, will also focus on search-and-rescue efforts in Nepal. They have already established a base camp in Batar, located in the Nuwakot district, which is a crucial stop along the route to the flood-stricken Rasuwa district.\n\nTragically, nine South Koreans have gone missing while participating in relief efforts at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower plant construction site in Rasuwa, a region severely impacted by massive floods and landslides. The second team will continue the ongoing search-and-rescue operations in the affected areas.",
  "summary": "KATHMANDU, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to send a second contingent of ...",
  "key_points": [
    "South Korea to send second disaster relief team to Nepal",
    "Initial team departed for home on September 11",
    "Second team of 44 to continue search-and-rescue operations"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}