First Batch of Relief Workers to Return Home As Scheduled... "Pushing for Dispatch of 2nd Team"

[Anchor]

While families of the missing are desperately pleading for additional searches at the site of the severe floods in Nepal, the operation period for our emergency relief team dispatched to the area is coming to an end. Let's connect with our correspondent in Nepal to find out more about the situation.

Correspondent Choi Go-un, the families of the missing have requested additional searches, but is our emergency relief team withdrawing as scheduled?

[Reporter]

Our government's emergency relief team, which arrived in Nepal on the 2nd, set its operation period at ten days, which runs until the 11th, the day after tomorrow.

For now, the team that came this time has decided to return home aboard a military transport aircraft on the 11th in accordance with that schedule.

Here in Bhatar, where the relief team's base camp was located, the dismantlement of the base camp began this afternoon (the 9th).

On my way back to Bhatar after meeting with families of the missing in Kathmandu, I was able to see vehicles carrying our relief team members and equipment heading toward Kathmandu.

Considering the dangerous terrain and other conditions in the flood-hit areas of Nepal, the relief team has concluded that they did everything they possibly could through yesterday's operations.

[Lee Gyu-ho / Head of Korea Disaster Relief Team: Despite various constraints, we made our best efforts to find the missing persons through tunnel searches, foot searches, and drone searches. We have a heavy heart as we prepare to return home with feelings of regret.]

[Anchor]

Does that mean there will no longer be any search operations by our side in Nepal?

[Reporter]

Rather than ending with the first dispatch, the government is pursuing the dispatch of a second relief team to continue search operations.

However, the scale, timing, and specific roles of the dispatch will be finalized and announced by the Public-Private Joint Disaster Relief Council in accordance with relevant laws.

The government joint rapid response team and the Embassy of Korea in Nepal stated that they will continue to closely cooperate with Nepalese authorities and perform necessary tasks, such as supporting the families of South Korean nationals who have lost contact.

(Camera Reporter: Cho Chang-hyun, Yang Ji-hoon | Video Editor: Lee Seung-yul | Designer: Kim Ye-ji)
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