The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) will be dispatched to Nepal, where a massive flood occurred.

In the afternoon of the 31st (local time), the village of Betrabati, where Nepal's Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts meet, lies devastated by floods and landslides. /Courtesy of News1

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 1st that it decided to dispatch the KDRT to Nepal's flood-hit areas after a resolution by the public-private Joint Overseas Emergency Relief Council.

KDRT is a relief team dispatched based on personnel from government ministries and related agencies to support affected countries with disaster relief, search and rescue, and medical aid when large-scale disasters occur overseas.

The dispatch comes at the request of the Nepalese government for an emergency relief team to support search and rescue operations in the affected areas.

KDRT will consist of 44 personnel from related agencies, with Lee Gyu-ho, director-general for development cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as team leader, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the National Fire Agency.

The team plans to depart for Nepal this evening on a military transport aircraft and, for about 10 days on the ground, will communicate and cooperate with the Nepalese government to carry out search and rescue operations for victims, including Korean nationals.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "The government will continue to communicate with the Nepalese government and will actively seek ways to provide the support needed on the ground in Nepal."

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