Korea plans to send a second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to continue search-and-rescue operations in flood-hit areas on Wednesday. The first contingent, dispatched on Sept. 2, is preparing to return home after a government-private joint council decision. Its mission was originally scheduled to last 10 days, and it is set to leave on Sept. 11 aboard a KC-330 transport aircraft.
Trucks carrying equipment and supplies for the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), deployed to Nepal for search and rescue operations following devastating floods, leave the Bhaktapur base camp for downtown Kathmandu, Tuesday (local time). Yonhap
Korea plans to send a second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) to continue search-and-rescue operations in flood-hit Nepal, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.
The first KDRT contingent, which was dispatched to Nepal on Sept. 2, is preparing to return home following a decision by a government-private joint council, according to the official.
"The first KDRT contingent is scheduled to return home on Sept. 11 aboard a KC-330 transport aircraft," he said, adding that its mission was originally scheduled to last 10 days.
