Korean response team heads to flood site in Nepal in search of 9 missing

KATHMANDU/SEOUL — Korean rescue officials dispatched to Nepal boarded two chartered helicopters Saturday to search for nine nationals missing from the catastrophic flash floods, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The helicopters, each carrying four from the government rapid response team, took off from Kathmandu and headed to the flood site where the nine missing may be located, the ministry said. Six employees of Doosan Enerbility Co. and three of Korea South-East Power Co. remain missing for a fourth day following the massive floods in Nepal’s north-central Himalayan border area. They were working at a hydroelectric power plant construction site in the Rasuwa district when the floods struck the region Wednesday. Ten other Doosan workers who had been isolated at a different location have been moved to safety. The government response team had been struggling to reach the flood sites as Nepali authorities are restricting foreign access to the area for search and rescue operations, citing unpredictable weather and risks of further flooding. Separate search teams from Korea South-East Power an

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