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Lim Sang-woo, head of the joint rapid response team, answers reporters' questions at Incheon International Airport on the 27th before departing for Nepal, where Korean workers from Korea South-East Power and Doosan Enerbility went missing in a landslide and flooding near a hydropower plant construction site. Yeongjong Island — Sung Hyung-joo - Seoul Economic Daily Politics News from South Korea](https://wimg.sedaily.com/news/cms/2026/08/27/news-p.v1.20260827.cbec5496ec35434daf4e9714d7e255d2_P1.jpg "Nine of 10 Koreans Stranded in Nepal Flood Airlifted to Safety")
Nine of the 10 South Koreans stranded by flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district have been moved safely to a secure area.
Nine of the 10, all except a site manager from Doosan Enerbility, were airlifted to safety aboard a Nepali military helicopter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 27th. The nine appeared to be in good health and were scheduled to travel to Kathmandu on the 28th. Remaining at the site along with the Doosan Enerbility site manager are a consul and a staff member from the South Korean Embassy in Nepal. About 200 other employees of various nationalities, including Nepali nationals, are still there awaiting evacuation on Nepali military helicopters shuttling to and from the location.
Nine other South Koreans remain out of contact. The offices and lodgings where they are believed to have been are in an area directly hit by the flooding. "The consul from our embassy in Nepal who was dispatched to the site has a satellite phone, but calls are barely getting through, and with roads and bridges washed away, only Nepali military and police can reach the area," a Foreign Ministry official said.
Meanwhile, a South Korean rapid response team that departed for Nepal the same day plans to assess the situation on the ground and consult with the Nepali government on whether search-and-rescue operations are feasible and how far they can extend.
