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Multipronged search continues for 9 Koreans missing in Nepal floods

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Despite bad weather and rugged terrain, Korea continued a multipronged search Friday for nine nationals and others still missing after last week's...

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The Nepalese military has prohibited the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) from conducting a foot search in the area where nine South Koreans went missing during last month's massive floods, citing safety concerns due to the rugged mountainous terrain. A KDRT official told reporters in Kathmandu via video link from the Batar base camp in Nuwakot, Bagmati Province, north-central Nepal, on the afternoon of the 4th (local time) that they had met wi…

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(Kathmandu=Yonhap News) Correspondent Son Hyun-kyu = The Nepalese military, citing danger, [argued] the Korean Disaster Relief Team (KDRT)'s... in the area where nine Koreans went missing during the great flood

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The Korean Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) dispatched by the South Korean government to Nepal has been deployed to search for nine South Koreans who have lost contact due to the massive floods in Nepal, and plans to focus its search on the bridge connecting the office building and accommodations at the accident site on the 4th. A Foreign Ministry official met with reporters on this day and said, “The Yellow Bridge located upstream of the Trishuli Ri…

Korea South-East Power (KOSPO) is expanding its search area in Nepal by deploying drones and search dogs, in addition to helicopters and ground search teams, to locate employees who have lost contact. KOSPO announced on the 5th that it is searching for the missing employees by mobilizing two ground search teams, six drones (two drone teams), and four search dogs (two dog teams), centering the search on the Ramche area surrounding the UT-1 hydro…

Korea South-East Power is launching an all-out search operation utilizing helicopters, land search, rappelling, search dogs, and drones to swiftly rescue employees who have lost contact in Nepal, putting all efforts into employee rescue.

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The Korea Times broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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