{
  "id": 7503103,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T08:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "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": "The second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) was poised to utilize drones in Nepal's search efforts for nine missing Koreans, following catastrophic floods last month, according to Seoul's foreign ministry. The team, which arrived in Kathmandu on Friday, aimed to collaborate with Nepali authorities in the rescue operation. The nine Koreans, comprising six employees of Doosan Enerbility and three from Korea South-East Power, disappeared on August 26 while working at a hydropower plant construction site near the Nepal-Tibet border during intense flooding and landslides. The eight-member KDRT contingent had been familiarized with ongoing search missions led by Korean firms and had carried out site inspections for reconstruction and recovery efforts in Nepal's flood-affected regions. On Saturday, the initial 44-member KDRT team returned home after a 10-day search-and-rescue mission, rescuing one Chinese survivor but failing to locate the still-unaccounted-for 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…",
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      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:47:02.000Z"
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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."
}