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  "id": 6550770,
  "title": "Korea to send 2nd disaster relief team to Nepal over floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/korea-to-send-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal-over-floods",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T06:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260910/korea-to-send-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal-over-floods"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korea plans to dispatch a second emergency relief team to Nepal this week in response to devastating floods and landslides, according to the foreign ministry. The eight-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is set to depart on a KC-330 military transport aircraft and is expected to arrive in Nepal on Friday. The team comprises officials from the ministry, firefighters, personnel from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and medical staff, with a small number of rescue personnel as well. Their primary focus will be on reconstruction and recovery operations during their seven-day mission. The first 44-member KDRT contingent was previously dispatched to Nepal last week and is currently returning home after completing a 10-day search-and-rescue mission. Tragically, nine Koreans — including six employees of Doosan Enerbility and three from Korea South-East Power — went missing on August 26 after massive floods and landslides struck Rasuwa District near the Nepal-Tibet border while they were working at a hydropower plant construction site. The KDRT is working in collaboration with local authorities to provide necessary support to the affected communities.",
  "summary": "Korea's second overseas emergency relief team will be sent to Nepal this week to support recovery efforts following devastating floods and landslides, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The eight-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) will depart aboard a KC-330 military transport aircraft and arrive in Nepal on Friday, consisting of officials from the ministry, firefighters, Korea…",
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    "Korea plans to send second disaster relief team to Nepal.",
    "Eight-member team to depart on KC-330 aircraft Friday.",
    "First team completed 10-day search-and-rescue mission last week."
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/summer-has-shaken-us-nepals-flood-disaster-hits-close-to-home-in-the",
        "published": "2026-09-10T05:02:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea to send 2nd disaster relief team to Nepal over floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/s-korea-to-send-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal-over-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-10T06:00:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea to send 2nd disaster relief team to Nepal as flood response shifts to recovery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/korea-to-send-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal-as-flood-response",
        "published": "2026-09-10T07:07:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "S. Korea to Send Another Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to Assist Reconstruction Efforts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/s-korea-to-send-another-disaster-relief-team-to-nepal-to-assist",
        "published": "2026-09-10T07:42:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nepal flood death toll tops 1,410 as search for survivors continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/nepal-flood-death-toll-tops-1-410-as-search-for-survivors-continues",
        "published": "2026-09-10T08:36:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "MFA reached out to nearly 100 Singaporeans, PRs in Nepal and Tibet after disaster: Vivian Balakrishnan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/mfa-reached-out-to-nearly-100-singaporeans-prs-in-nepal-and-tibet",
        "published": "2026-09-10T09:48:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal for flood recovery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/rcmp-sends-disaster-victim-identification-specialists-to-nepal-for-6598772",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:05:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal for flood recovery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/rcmp-sends-disaster-victim-identification-specialists-to-nepal-for",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:05:09.000Z"
      }
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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."
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