Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods swept through Nepal's northern Rasuwa district on Wednesday. (AFP/Yonhap) Eight South Korean workers were missing and 10 others were stranded in Nepal after sudden flooding struck the Rasuwa region on Wednesday morning, according to Seoul's Foreign Ministry.The eight missing workers are employees of the Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility who had been working at a hydroelectric power plant construction site in the area.Nepali authorities dispatched a rescue team consisting of military and police personnel to the affected area and are carrying out search and rescue operations, the ministry said.Another 10 South Korean employees of Doosan Enerbility were stranded at the site awaiting rescue. The Nepali government had sent a helicopter, according to the Foreign Ministry.Doosan Enerbility separately confirmed that five of its employees remained out of contact following the flooding at the construction site of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower plant.The company, which is carrying out engineering, procurement and construction work for the hydropower project, said it had immediately set up an emergency response headquarters and planned to dispatch a team, including CEO Jung Yeon-in, to Nepal.Korea South-East Power Co. also said three of its employees at the site could not be reached. The state-run power company said it had set up an emergency situation room and was closely monitoring developments.South Korea's embassy in Nepal also notified authorities there immediately after learning of the incident and requested swift search and rescue efforts for the eight missing nationals. A consular official was also dispatched to the scene.President Lee Jae Myung ordered an all-out response, prompting the government to establish an emergency task force for the protection of overseas nationals, consisting of officials from the Foreign Ministry, the National Fire Agency and the National Police Agency.The task force will be headed by Foreign Minister Cho Hyun. The team is expected to be dispatched to Nepal as soon as possible.According to local reports, heavy rain triggered severe flooding across parts of Bagmati Province in north-central Nepal.Nine people were killed, while 384 travelers, including 291 foreign nationals, were reported missing, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.Among the missing foreigners were 105 Indian nationals, the agency added.The affected area lies about 120 kilometers north of Kathmandu, near Nepal’s border with China’s Tibet Autonomous Region in the Himalayas.