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2. Overseas Disaster Relief Support System and International
Cooperation

| Broadening Overseas Disaster Relief Support and Cooperation | In a series of large

disasters that have recently struck several countries, the damage recovery and relief efforts by
the affected countries alone have proven to be insufficient. They require a joint humanitarian
response by the international community.

In response to such needs, the ROK government enacted the “Overseas Emergency Relief
Act” in 2007, and deployed the “Korea Disaster Relief Team” to countries and regions hit
Chapter 3
by major disasters to put humanitarian values and love for humanity into concrete actions as

a responsible member of the international community. The overseas disaster relief assistance
provided by the ROK Armed Forces in the past 10 years is summarized in [Chart 3-9].

[ Chart 3-9 ] Overseas Disaster Relief Support in the Past 10 Years

Region
Date Details of Support
(Type of Disaster)
3 transport aircraft (C-130), 26.6t of relief supplies including
May 2008 China (earthquake)
military tents
November 1 transport aircraft (C-130), 7t of relief supplies including daily
Cambodia (typhoon)
2009 necessities
January 2010 Haiti (earthquake) 1 Air Force rescuer (medical support)
March 2010 Chile (earthquake) 136 military tents
Eastern Japan
10 transport aircraft (C-130) (4 sorties), 58.8t of relief supplies;
March 2011 (earthquake and
transported 102 rescue personnel
tsunami)
October 2011 Turkey (earthquake) 100 military tents
November 9 transport aircraft (C-130) (4 sorties), 329t of relief supplies;
Philippines (typhoon)
2013 transported 2,022 personnel including a rescue team
Kumamoto
2 transport aircraft (C-130), relief supplies worth USD 110,000
April 2016 Prefecture, Japan
(tents, blankets, instant rice, and drinking water)
(earthquake)
5 transport aircraft (C-130) (3 sorties), 23t of relief supplies;

July 2018 Laos (dam collapse)
transported 20 medical personnel
Indonesia 3 transport aircraft (C-130) (between October 8 and November
October 2018
(earthquake) 30), 170 tents; transported 456t of international relief supplies
1 transport aircraft (C-130); provided transportation to 799 ROK
October 2018 Saipan (typhoon)
citizens marooned in disaster-struck areas

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