Eight Koreans Missing and Ten Isolated in Nepal Floods... Government to Dispatch Rapid Response Team
Countermeasures Headquarters for the Protection of Overseas Nationals Established
Led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun
It was reported on August 26 that floods in Nepal have left eight South Koreans out of contact and ten others isolated in the area. The government plans to dispatch a rapid response team to the site as quickly as possible.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a flood occurred in the Rasuwa region of Nepal this morning (local time), resulting in eight South Korean employees, who were working on the construction of a hydropower plant for Korea Southern Power and Doosan Enerbility, going out of contact. The ministry stated that the Nepalese government has deployed a rescue team consisting of army and police personnel to carry out search and rescue operations in the affected area.
In addition, ten other South Koreans affiliated with Doosan Enerbility remain isolated nearby, awaiting rescue. The Nepalese government has sent a helicopter to rescue them.
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nepal immediately notified the Nepalese government of the eight missing South Koreans and requested prompt and active search and rescue efforts. A consular officer from the embassy was immediately dispatched to the scene.
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The government has established a Countermeasures Headquarters for the Protection of Overseas Koreans, headed by Foreign Minister Cho Hyun. In accordance with President Lee Jaemyung’s directive for an “all-out response,” the government announced that a joint rapid response team, composed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Fire Agency, and the National Police Agency, will be dispatched to the site in the shortest possible time.
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