Search for South Korean National Missing in Nepal Produces No Results; 44-Member Rescue Team Deployed
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- A South Korean government team and Nepalese soldiers searched near Dhunche and Ramche for a missing Korean worker but did not find the missing person.
- South Korea deployed a 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team to Nepal at the Nepalese government’s request for help with flood searches and rescue operations.
A joint South Korean and Nepalese search for a missing Korean worker in Nepal produced no results, despite ground operations and searches by drone and helicopter.
The team focused on Dhunche, about two kilometers from a weir dam where a Doosan Enerbility employee had worked, and Ramche, about two kilometers from the camp where the missing people had been staying.
South Korea also sent a 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team to Nepal on a military transport aircraft. The deployment followed a request from the Nepalese government for assistance with search and rescue operations in flood-hit areas.
Led by Lee Kyu-ho of South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, the team makes South Korea the third country to send relief personnel to Nepal, after China and India.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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