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The government joint rapid response team will begin overland searches starting today (August 31) to find the nine South Korean nationals missing in the massive floods in Nepal. The Doosan Enerbility site manager, who was isolated and rescued last, stated that he will remain at the site, which he knows well, to assist the government and corporate search teams as much as possible.
Reporter Bae Seong-jae.
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Mr. A, the Doosan Enerbility site manager who was rescued after being isolated at a hydroelectric power plant construction site during the severe floods.
At the time of the floods, Mr. A, who was inside a tunnel under construction, stated that he had difficulty securing visibility.
[Doosan Enerbility Site Manager (Mr. A): It was already a situation where visibility was blocked in all directions by water spray, making it impossible to check the camp-side office building across the way. It wasn't until about three or four hours later that the site slowly began to come into view...]
Following the floods, Mr. A, along with nine South Korean employees and hundreds of Nepali employees affiliated with Doosan Enerbility, were rescued step by step starting on August 27.
Mr. A expressed his intention to stay behind until all employees were rescued, and only managed to leave the site via a Nepalese military helicopter a day later.
Though he was rescued to a safe place, Mr. A's heart remains heavy.
[Doosan Enerbility Site Manager (Mr. A): There are still employees we haven't been able to get in touch with, so psychologically I am simply devastated and heartbroken.]
Mr. A stated that he will remain on-site to help with the rescue operations.
[Doosan Enerbility Site Manager (Mr. A): Believing that I know the site conditions better than anyone else, I plan to stay here to provide maximum support to the search teams and government officials, so that the employees can return to the arms of their families...]
The nine missing individuals, including six Doosan Enerbility employees and three Korea South-East Power Co. employees whose whereabouts remain unknown, have not been found for five days despite helicopter and Nepalese military ground searches.
As the Nepalese government has not granted permission for helicopter operations today, the government joint rapid response team plans to launch overland searches early in the morning.
In addition, discussions are reportedly underway with Nepalese authorities to enable drone searches alongside the overland search efforts.
(Video by Lee Seung-yeol)
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