{
  "id": 7501015,
  "title": "Korea's 2nd disaster relief team to deploy drones in Nepal search operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/koreas-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-deploy-drones-in-nepal-search",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T07:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20260915/koreas-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-deploy-drones-in-nepal-search-operations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nOn 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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Second Korea Disaster Relief Team to deploy drones in Nepal search operations",
    "First KDRT contingent returned home after 10-day mission, rescued one Chinese survivor"
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's 2nd disaster relief team to deploy drones in search operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/s-koreas-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-deploy-drones-in-search",
        "published": "2026-09-15T06:56:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea's 2nd disaster relief team to deploy drones in Nepal search operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/koreas-2nd-disaster-relief-team-to-deploy-drones-in-nepal-search-7503103",
        "published": "2026-09-15T08:02:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}