Seoul, September 6, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
A South Korean corporate response team continued searching on Sunday for nine nationals who have been missing since devastating floods and landslides struck Nepal near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, officials said.
Korea South-East Power Co. deployed four teams comprising 46 personnel to conduct ground searches across mountainous terrain around the construction site where the nine South Koreans were working when the disaster occurred. The search force was nearly doubled from two days earlier, when 25 personnel in two teams had been sent to the area.
“We are pinning our hopes on the possibility that the missing fled to the highlands at the time of the accident and are carrying out search operations focused on mountainous areas,” a Korea South-East Power official said.
The company is using drones equipped with thermal imaging and infrared cameras, along with search dogs, to locate the missing workers.
Separately, Doosan Enerbility Co. deployed a helicopter and two drones to search the main camp of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower plant construction site in Rasuwa District.
The missing group comprises six employees of Doosan Enerbility and three employees of Korea South-East Power.
The government-dispatched Korea Disaster Relief Team has also been conducting search operations in areas near the locations where the nine South Koreans were last known to be.
Meanwhile, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met his Nepali counterpart Shisir Khanal and sought Nepal’s special attention and support for the ongoing search and rescue operation, according to Cho’s office.
Cho, who arrived in Nepal on Saturday for a three-day visit, expressed sympathy over the extensive destruction caused by the floods and conveyed his deep concern over the nine missing South Korean nationals.
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