Korean Rescue Teams Struggling to Reach Nepal Flood Site as 9 Still Missing
Rescue teams have secured six helicopters, but Nepalese authorities have not yet approved flights to the remote site, officials said.
- On Friday, South Korean government and corporate response teams struggled to reach a Nepal hydropower construction site where nine South Koreans remain missing after Wednesday's flash flood.
- Flash floods and mudslides near the Nepal-Tibet border have killed nearly 500 people and left more than 1,500 unaccounted for, according to foreign media reports.
- Six helicopters were secured for search operations, but Nepalese authorities have restricted flight approvals due to concerns about the possibility of additional flooding.
- Families urged the government to deploy helicopters, saying "we believe today is the golden time," while Seoul considers dispatching an emergency relief team.
- Separately, all 10 Doosan Enerbility workers isolated elsewhere reached safety, with nine airlifted by Nepalese military helicopter Thursday and the final manager relocated Friday.
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The whereabouts of nine South Koreans who lost contact due to the massive floods in Nepal have not been determined for three days, but the search is progressing slowly. On the 28th (local time), the government's rapid response team stated, "The search for the nine missing persons was conducted with the mobilization of the Nepalese military and one civilian helicopter," adding that "additional search operations must continue."
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Dong-hyun and Min Seon-hee = The accident of the government rapid response team dispatched to the site to support the search and rescue of the nine South Koreans missing due to the great flood in Nepal...
The government's joint rapid response team is preparing to search for nine citizens who have lost contact due to the massive floods in Nepal by chartering six civilian helicopters. They are currently awaiting flight permission from Nepalese authorities at Kathmandu Airport, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed Park Jae-kyung as the new Ambassador to Nepal to swiftly resolve the situation and is strengthening the local response syste…
A helicopter operated by the South Korean government has begun a search at the site of the massive floods in Nepal.
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