The South Korean government announced on September 9 that the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), currently in Nepal for flood relief operations, is preparing to return home while also planning a second dispatch. However, specific details regarding the purpose and scale of the second dispatch have not yet been disclosed.
A representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this statement from Nepal. The KDRT had departed for Nepal on September 2 at the request of the Nepalese government, but their mission is set to conclude on September 11.
There had been discussions about extending the deployment of the 44-member KDRT, but this was ultimately rejected by the joint public-private overseas emergency relief council. The team achieved notable success, rescuing one Chinese survivor within ten days of the flooding, but they have not yet located nine missing South Koreans.
Meanwhile, the KDRT refrained from conducting search operations on the morning of September 9, considering the Nepalese authorities' transition to the conclusion of search and rescue efforts. In response, families of the missing South Koreans held a press conference in Nepal to express their criticism of the KDRT's actions.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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