S. Korea to send 44-member disaster relief team to flood-hit Nepal

South Korea will dispatch a 44-member disaster relief team to flood-hit Nepal to support search and rescue operations, including efforts to locate South Koreans who remain missing, after the Nepali government formally requested Seoul's assistance, the Foreign Ministry here said Tuesday. The ministry said Tuesday it approved the deployment of the Korea Disaster Relief Team following a decision by the public-private Overseas Emergency Relief Council, an interagency body comprising government agenc