Korea will send its second overseas emergency relief team to Nepal this week as the country shifts from search and rescue to recovery after devastating floods. The eight-member Korea Disaster Relief Team will arrive Friday and work on reconstruction and recovery during a seven-day mission. Nine Koreans remain missing, and the first 44-member team will return after its 10-day search mission. President Lee Jae Myung has told officials to listen to the families’ concerns.
Vehicles loaded with equipment of the Korea Disaster Relief Team, dispatched to Nepal for search-and-rescue operations, move to Kathmandu from the team's base camp in Batar in the Nuwakot district, Wednesday. Yonhap
Korea will send its second overseas emergency relief team to Nepal this week to support the country's shift of its focus from search and rescue to recovery following devastating floods, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.
The eight-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) will depart aboard a KC-330 military transport aircraft and arrive in Nepal on Friday, consisting of officials from the ministry, firefighters, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) personnel and medical staff, according to the ministry.
