As the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), which was urgently dispatched to Nepal, is set to return on the 11th, the second KDRT contingent will arrive in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the 11th (local time). The mission is to support searches at large-scale flood sites in Nepal and help with reconstruction and recovery.
Park Doo-soon, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing on the 10th, "The second KDRT contingent, composed of a small number of search-and-rescue personnel and reconstruction-and-recovery teams, is scheduled to arrive in Nepal tomorrow (the 11th) local time aboard a military transport aircraft (KC-330)."
The second KDRT contingent consists of a total of eight people, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, firefighters, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and a medical team. After arrival, they will carry out tasks in Nepal for seven days to support damage recovery and remaining searches.
Park, the Spokesperson, explained the additional dispatch as "a humanitarian move at the request of the host country (Nepal) for reconstruction and recovery."
According to Article 4 (Basic Principles of Overseas Emergency Relief) of the Act on Overseas Emergency Relief, overseas emergency relief must be carried out swiftly and effectively on humanitarian grounds, taking into account the requesting government's request and Korea's international and economic standing, in close cooperation with the affected country or international organizations.
In addition, an estimated 4 tons (t) of relief supplies (tents, winter clothing, blankets, etc.) worth 180 million won that our NGO received as donations from our corporations will also be delivered to the Nepalese side.
Meanwhile, the first KDRT contingent is scheduled to return on the 11th after completing a 10-day relief mission. As the Nepalese government effectively ended the missing-person search procedures, the first KDRT contingent halted follow-up searches starting the previous day.