All 10 South Koreans stranded at a hydropower construction site in Nepal due to flooding have been moved to safety.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that on August 28, "one of our citizens remaining at the temporary shelter and one embassy staff member were transported to a safe area using a Nepalese military helicopter." The evacuated citizen is a site manager from Doosan Enerbility.
Previously, the South Koreans had been isolated since August 26 when roads around the site were washed away by the floods. Nine of them were evacuated the day before via a Nepalese military helicopter, but the site manager chose to stay until local staff were rescued, remaining at the temporary shelter.
To support the safe evacuation of the site manager, one staff member from the South Korean embassy in Nepal also stayed at the site. Both individuals were successfully transported to a safe area, completing the evacuation of all 10 stranded South Koreans.
Meanwhile, the whereabouts of nine South Koreans who lost contact following the floods remain unconfirmed.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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