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supplies, and equipment, strengthening of emergency patient transport systems, and
joint responses to disasters with multiple casualties.

4. Establishing an International Cooperation System for Overseas
Disaster Reliefs

Overseas Disaster Relief Large scale disasters in several countries recently
Support have proven to be difficult for the affected coun-
tries to carry out recovery activities on their own
thus it has become necessary for the international community to take joint action
in the perspective of humanitarian assistance. In response to such needs, the MND
is promoting international disaster response cooperation activities by providing
support in the form of deploying the "Korea Disaster Relief Team" and transporting
relief supplies and equipment in case of a massive overseas disaster.
Overseas disaster relief activities carried out by the MND over the past 10 years
are summarized in Chart 3-10 .

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

Region
Date Activities
(Type of Disaster)
East Japan · 10 transport aircraft (C-130) (4 times ), 58.8 t of relief supplies;
March 2011
(earthquake and tsunami) transported 102 rescue personnel
October 2011 Turkey (earthquake) · 100 military tents
November Philippines (typhoon) · 9 transport aircraft (C-130) (4 times), 329 t of relief supplies;
2013 transported 2,022 personnel including a rescue team
Kumamoto Prefecture, · 2 transport aircraft (C-130), relief supplies worth USD 110,000
April 2016
Japan (earthquake) (tents, blankets, instant rice, and drinking water)
· 5 transport aircraft (C-130) (3 times), 23 t of relief supplies;
July 2018 Laos (dam collapse)
transported 20 medical personnel
· 3 transport aircraft (C-130) (between October 8 and November 30),
October 2018 Indonesia (earthquake)
170 tents, 456 t of international relief supplies
East Timor / Philippines · 1 transport aircraft (C-130), 200,000 and 400,000 quarantine masks
July 2020
(COVID-19) (6t) for each country

Establishing an Overseas Disaster and In 2019, the MND participated in
International Cooperation System six international conferences and
drills–including the ADMM-Plus
Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (ADMM-
Plus EWG on HADR) and its combined exercise, and the Regional Consultative

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