Korea's First Emergency Relief Team to Return from Nepal on September 11... Government Preparing to Dispatch Second Team

Schedule and Size of Second Team to Be Decided by Emergency Relief Council

The first contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), dispatched to Nepal to search for people missing after the massive flooding, is scheduled to return to Korea on the 11th. Meanwhile, the government is preparing to deploy a second contingent to continue the search operations.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 9th, the first team of the KDRT is preparing to return in accordance with the decision made by the Public-Private Overseas Emergency Relief Council. The team will return to Korea on the 11th via a KC-330 military transport aircraft. The initial planned deployment period was ten days.

A truck carrying equipment and supplies of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) moved into downtown Kathmandu on the 9th (local time). Photo by Yonhap News Agency

On the KC-330 bound for Nepal to bring back the first team, relief items such as blankets, clothing, and tents—donated by private organizations with support from Korean companies—will also be delivered to the local area.

The first team established a base camp in Batar, Bagmati Province, in central-northern Nepal, the site of the floods, and has been conducting search operations at locations including the Upper Trishuli (UT)-1 Hydropower Plant construction site, where nine missing Korean nationals had been working.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it is preparing to dispatch a second KDRT team to continue the search for the missing individuals. Details regarding the deployment schedule and team size will be finalized and announced after a decision is made by the Public-Private Emergency Relief Council.

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