Foreign Ministry: Remaining Korean National and Embassy Staff Transported to Safe Area in Nepal

All 10 Stranded Koreans Moved to Safety
Whereabouts of 9 Missing Still Unconfirmed

All 10 Korean nationals who were trapped at a hydropower plant construction site due to flooding in Nepal have been transported to a safe area.

On the 28th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, "The one Korean national who had remained at the temporary shelter, as well as one embassy staff member, were also transported to a safe area by a Nepalese military helicopter this afternoon."

On the 28th, amid ongoing flood and landslide rescue operations, a helicopter is moving at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The Korean national transported this time is a site manager belonging to Doosan Enerbility.

Ten Koreans affiliated with Doosan Enerbility had been isolated at the site since the 26th after flooding washed out surrounding roads. Of these, nine were moved to a safe area by a Nepalese military helicopter the previous day.

The site manager chose to stay behind at the shelter until all local employees were rescued. One staff member from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nepal also remained on site to assist the manager's evacuation.

With the evacuation of the two people by helicopter on this day, all 10 Koreans who had been stranded at the construction site have now been relocated to a safe area.

Meanwhile, the whereabouts of nine other Korean nationals who lost contact after the flood have yet to be confirmed.

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