South Korea sends second aid team to Nepal
South Korea has sent a second emergency aid team to Nepal for recovery work following the large-scale floods and landslides that occurred in August. Eight members of the Korean Disaster Relief Team departed for Kathmandu aboard a KC-330 military transport aircraft, Korea Herald reports.
Recovery assistance
The aircraft also carried about four tonnes of humanitarian supplies worth 180 million won, or $134,200. These included tents, blankets and clothing. The aid was provided by South Korean companies and other organizations.
The second team will work in Nepal for seven days and focus on recovery and disaster response. It includes representatives of South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Fire Agency, Korea International Cooperation Agency and National Medical Center.
Search for missing people
The first contingent of the Korean Disaster Relief Team, comprising 44 people, arrived in Nepal on September 2 for a 10-day search-and-rescue mission. Its return to South Korea was scheduled for Saturday morning.
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After the disaster, Nepal shifted its priority from searching for people to recovery efforts. At the same time, South Korean authorities said they would continue searching for nine missing citizens together with Nepali authorities and corporate search teams.
Six employees of Doosan Enerbility Co. and three employees of Korea South-East Power Co. went missing on August 26 in Rasuwa District near Nepal's border with Tibet, where they were working on the construction of a hydropower plant. South Korea's government task force sent to Nepal after the floods will be reorganized into a seven-member team. It will include, among others, police officers and forensic specialists who will help identify victims at a Nepalese forensic laboratory.
As of Thursday, more than 1,400 people had died and over 5,600 were considered missing as a result of the disaster in Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region, according to foreign media reports.
