South Korea Sends 44-Member Emergency Relief Team to Nepal
Summary
South Korea is sending a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search and rescue operations in flood-hit Rasuwa. The team will work for about 10 days after a request from the Nepali government, while an advance Korean team is already searching for missing workers at a hydropower project.
Key Points
- South Korea is dispatching a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal after floods hit the Rasuwa region.
- The team includes officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the fire control agency and will stay for about 10 days.
- South Korea had already sent an advance team to search for nine missing Korean workers at a hydropower project.
- Aerial search operations have begun after the necessary approval was received for the mission.
