The second team of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) arrived in Nepal on September 11 to assist with recovery efforts following severe flooding. The team, consisting of eight members, is scheduled to operate for seven days.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the KDRT Team 2 landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 8:44 a.m. local time. A government official explained the composition of the team, stating that it includes two members each from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Fire Agency, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and a medical team.
Additionally, the military transport aircraft carrying Team 2 also brought approximately four tons of relief supplies. Park Du-soon, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mentioned in a regular briefing the day before that the supplies, valued at 180 million won, were donated by a Korean NGO and will be delivered to Nepal.
Meanwhile, the first KDRT team, which consisted of 44 members and was dispatched on September 2, is preparing to return home. Their initial ten-day mission is concluding today. A foreign ministry official stated that the first team is expected to depart Nepal and arrive in South Korea early on September 12. They successfully rescued one Chinese survivor ten days after the flooding occurred.
However, nine South Koreans remain unaccounted for. Some family members of the missing have held a press conference in Nepal, urging the government to intensify search efforts.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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