Intensive Search Underway for Nine South Koreans Missing in Nepal Floods

A South Korean ground search team has reached a base camp in Nepal to join the intensive search for nine South Koreans missing in devastating floods, as hopes dwindle and rescue efforts face challenges from heavy rain and lack of heavy equipment.

2 Sept, 12:29 — 2 Sept, 12:29

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Intensive search under way for 9 S. Koreans missing in Nepal floods

A South Korean disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to help bolster the ongoing intensive search for nine South Koreans and other victims missing in massive floods and landslides, the foreign ministry said. The 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), comprising personnel from the ministry, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and fire authorities, arrived in Kathmandu earlier in the day aboard an Air Force KC-330 Cygnus multirole tanker transport aircraft, accord

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