Second Nepal Relief Contingent Arrives, Prepares Medical Support for Week-Long Mission

Input: 2026-09-13 16:58:08

Updated: 2026-09-13 16:58:08

[Financial News] The second contingent of the South Korean government’s overseas emergency relief team has arrived in Nepal and begun full-scale operations.

The second relief contingent will depart for the flood-affected areas on the 13th local time to provide medical assistance. It consists of eight people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), firefighters, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and medical personnel. The contingent is one-fifth the size of the 44-member first contingent. Its relief mission is scheduled to last one week.

Meanwhile, the 44-member first relief contingent returned home the previous day after completing 10 days of relief work. It arrived at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, on the 12th aboard the KC-330 Cygnus military transport aircraft used by the second contingent.

The first contingent of the Republic of Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), which was dispatched to areas affected by massive flooding in Nepal and completed its search-and-rescue mission, is returning to South Korea through Seoul Air Base in Seongnam-si on the 12th. Provided by MOFA

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· This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.

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