"All-Out Efforts for Search and Rescue"... Government Rapid Response Team Dispatched Locally

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President Lee Jae-myung has received reports on the situation in Nepal and ordered that all available means be mobilized to make all-out efforts for the search and rescue of the missing persons. The government is dispatching a government rapid response team consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Fire Agency, and the Korean National Police Agency to the site today (the 27th).

Reporter Kim Ayeong has the details.

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Starting at 10:30 PM last night, a meeting of the Overseas Korean Protection Countermeasures Headquarters was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul, presided over by Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and attended by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korean National Police Agency.

Minister Cho stated that immediately after becoming aware that South Korean nationals had lost contact locally due to floods in Nepal, he requested immediate rescue operations from the Nepalese authorities.

[Cho Hyun / Foreign Minister: Right after becoming aware of this accident, the (Korean) Embassy in Nepal immediately requested rescue, and the Nepalese government has stated that it has mobilized the army and police for rescue operations.]

Minister Cho conveyed that President Lee Jae-myung instructed them to cooperate closely with the Nepalese government and local authorities to support the families of the citizens who have lost contact and to take every possible measure to ensure the safety of our nationals on the ground.

The number of missing South Korean nationals has increased from the 8 initially announced by the government to 9.

The government has ascertained that another 10 South Korean nationals belonging to Doosan Enerbility, along with some 200 foreign employees including Nepalese nationals, are sheltering locally and awaiting rescue.

A consul from the South Korean Embassy in Nepal was rushed to the accident site, and the embassy explained that it has confirmed these 10 individuals are currently safe.

The government's rapid response team, headed by Lim Sang-woo, Consul for Overseas Korean Protection, will be dispatched to the site today.

Departing from Incheon this afternoon and transiting through Hong Kong, they are scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, this evening local time.

Minister Cho plans to hold a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Nepal later today to request swift search and rescue operations by the Nepalese government for our citizens.

(Video filming: Park Hyun-chul)
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