Tag: Nepal

When I first saw the videos of these deadly flash floods in Nepal, it looked like it was AI-generated, but it wasn’t. The wall of water caused by the glacial collapse created an incredible wall of water that led to mass destruction:

President Lee Jae Myung called for using all available means in response to deadly flooding in Nepal that left nine Koreans missing, leading a government-wide effort during an emergency meeting, Thursday.

He also underscored cooperation with the Nepali government, urging the authorities to activate every diplomatic channel.

“We have convened this unscheduled emergency meeting because the lives and safety of our citizens are at grave risk,” Lee said as he presided over the gathering at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in central Seoul, a day after the disaster struck Nepal.

The nine missing Koreans are three employees of Korea South-East Power Co. and six from Doosan Enerbility, all of whom were working on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in the Rasuwa region. They are among the more than 820 people missing. So far, the death toll has surpassed 270.

Another 10 Doosan Enerbility employees had been stranded in the affected area alongside about 200 Nepali and other foreign workers. 

Nine of them were evacuated to safety by a Nepali military helicopter later Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The remaining employee, a site manager, reportedly chose to stay behind with two Korean Embassy officials until all local workers were rescued.

Korea Times

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The four missing Koreans were teachers taking part in a program to teach kids in remote areas of Nepal:

Six people, including four South Koreans, remain missing in Nepal’s northwestern Himalayan region after an avalanche hit the area on Friday, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday. 

The Nepali authorities said they have mobilized an additional six to 10 specialized police officers for a search mission that is underway. But heavy snowfall and rough weather conditions are making the search difficult. 

Three search teams consisting of 13 locals who are familiar with the terrain and seven police officers have already conducted a land and air reconnaissance, but could not find the missing trekkers. 

Korea Herald

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This is a pretty horrible accident that has killed five Korean mountain climbers in Nepal:

At least nine climbers, including five Korean nationals, are reported to have been killed in a massive landslide at Mt. Gurja in western Nepal.

The Himalayan Times reported on Saturday that the organizer of the expedition team said that the climbers were buried after the landslide hit their base camp.

According to AFP, a Nepalese police spokesman confirmed that a South Korean expedition was among a group of eight people killed in a snowstorm. The spokesman did not confirm the number of South Koreans killed or the details of the landslide.

The victims include Mountaineer Kim Chang-ho, the first Korean to summit the fourteen peaks above eight-thousand meters without supplemental oxygen.

The climbers were awaiting fair weather when a heavy snowstorm triggered the landslide that buried their base camp.  [KBS World Radio]

Members of South Korea’s emergency response team arrive at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on April 27, 2015, before heading to Nepal to assist South Korean citizens in the earthquake-stricken country. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit two days earlier has devastated Nepal, leaving more than 2,000 people dead with some estimates putting the death toll as high as 4,500. (Yonhap)

Chinese media has sought to extract maximum propaganda value from the withdrawal of China's citizens from Kathmandu. http://t.co/HI472iP4bO

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 27, 2015