The second team of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), which will take on reconstruction and recovery work at the site of Nepal's devastating floods, arrived in Kathmandu with relief supplies on the 11th local time.
The Air Force multipurpose aerial tanker Cygnus (KC-330) carrying the second team landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at about 8:44 a.m. that day.
The KDRT second team consists of eight people in total, two each from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Fire Agency, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the National Medical Center (NMC). Centered on reconstruction and recovery activities, the team will also support some search and rescue operations and is scheduled to operate on the ground for seven days.
The transport aircraft also carried relief supplies worth 180 million won, including tents, winter clothing, and blankets donated by corporations to domestic nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
On the 2nd, the first KDRT team, consisting of 44 members, was dispatched to Nepal and has carried out search and rescue operations. The first team was set to depart Nepal on the Cygnus that day and return to Korea on the morning of the 12th.
After the first team returns, the government plans to continue working with Nepalese authorities through the Korean Embassy in Nepal and to support the families of missing Koreans.
The government joint rapid response team operating locally will change its name to the Government Joint Response Team starting on the 12th and will be reorganized with seven personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Korean National Police Agency, and the National Forensic Service. Depending on on-site conditions, the team plans to rotate personnel or dispatch additional members.
Personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will handle support for families of the missing at the Embassy of Korea in Nepal and, if needed, support the activities of the KDRT second team. Personnel from the Korean National Police Agency and the National Forensic Service will work with local officials at Nepal's Central Forensic Science Laboratory to help identify the deceased.