163 S. Koreans arrive home from Israel on military aircraft
More than 160 South Korean nationals arrived home from Israel aboard a military aircraft late Saturday, the foreign ministry said, after an armed clash broke out between the Jewish state and the Palestinian Hamas group.
A KC-330 military transport plane carrying 163 South Koreans landed at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, at 10:45 p.m., the ministry said.
The plane flew to Israel on Friday and departed from Tel Aviv early Saturday.
The plane also brought 51 Japanese and six Singaporean nationals, as part of Seoul's efforts to provide humanitarian cooperation, the ministry added.
It marked the first such transportation of South Koreans by a military plane and the second flight to bring South Koreans home from Israel following the return of 192 people aboard a Korean Air plane Wednesday.
The government decided to dispatch the military plane as air carriers increasingly suspended flight operations to and from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv amid the intensifying conflict, officials said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Koichi Mizushima, Japan's top envoy to Israel, expressed gratitude to the South Korean government for the emergency transportation of its people, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.
Of the 163 people on board, 82 were short-term travelers, while the rest were residents.
About 470 South Koreans remain in Israel. Most of them are residents living there long-term and have chosen to stay behind of their own accord, a foreign ministry official said, adding the diplomatic mission there continues to advise them to leave the area for safety.
Roughly 630 South Koreans had been staying in Israel before the military plane took the people aboard.
No South Korean casualties have been reported since the conflict began.
A rapid response team consisting of foreign ministry officials also boarded the military plane to assist with the transportation, the ministry said. (Yonhap)
(责任编辑:교육)
下一篇:MBK chairman makes donation to promote Korean art at New York's Met
- ·BIFF expands award categories beyond Asian content to global titles
- ·Daegu’s iconic opera festival set to attract operagoers with five tragic operas
- ·Satellite imagery highlights 'dramatic' increase in N. Korea
- ·For esports fans, more activities await beyond LoL matches
- ·Hyundai Motor chairman marks 3rd year of record earnings
- ·Yoon, doctors set to clash over medical school quota
- ·한동훈, 체포안 설명 8분 넘기자…“짧게 합시다” “왜 이리 시끄럽냐”
- ·[이번 주 리뷰]美 Fed 기준금리 동결…이재명 체포동의안 가결(18~23일)
- ·"KTX 꼭 타보고 싶다" 했던 김정은 "만족한 합의"…뭐길래
- ·Seoul subway workers vote for strike plan
- ·한동훈, 체포안 설명 8분 넘기자…“짧게 합시다” “왜 이리 시끄럽냐”
- ·야당 29명 반란, 이재명 방탄 뚫렸다
- ·합의문도 없는 희한한 북·러 정상회담…결국 비즈니스 관계였나
- ·이준석, 눈물의 회견…尹대통령 향해 "與 묵언 수행 저주 풀라"
- ·야당 29명 반란, 이재명 방탄 뚫렸다
- ·Supporters of Israel hold rally in Seoul, urge Hamas to stop atrocities
- ·한동훈, 체포안 설명 8분 넘기자…“짧게 합시다” “왜 이리 시끄럽냐”
- ·FSS issues advisories to fisheries cooperatives federation for W50b investment loss
- ·"KTX 꼭 타보고 싶다" 했던 김정은 "만족한 합의"…뭐길래
- ·이준석, 눈물의 회견…尹대통령 향해 "與 묵언 수행 저주 풀라"
- ·[이번 주 리뷰]美 Fed 기준금리 동결…이재명 체포동의안 가결(18~23일)
- ·FSS issues advisories to fisheries cooperatives federation for W50b investment loss
- ·야당 29명 반란, 이재명 방탄 뚫렸다
- ·S. Korea, US, Japan install trilateral communication hotline amid N. Korea, China challenges
- ·FSS issues advisories to fisheries cooperatives federation for W50b investment loss