South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood
Eight workers are unaccounted for and 10 others stranded following a disaster in the Rasuwa district.
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Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Wednesday. A massive flood swept through Nepal's northern Rasuwa district, damaging roads and power infrastructure as authorities scrambled to assess the scale of the destruction. AFP-Yonhap
Photograph: The Korea Times (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Eight South Koreans are missing and 10 others are stranded following a flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district, according to South Korea's Foreign Ministry.
- The missing individuals were employed on a hydropower plant construction project.
- South Korea has formed a task force and is preparing to deploy a response team to Nepal.
- Hundreds of tourists, including 291 foreigners, are also reported missing in Nepal.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
41/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Eight South Koreans are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district, near the Nepal-Tibet border. The workers were employed on a hydropower plant construction project. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force, led by the foreign minister, and plans to send a joint rapid-response team comprising government officials and police and fire authorities to Nepal. The disaster has also left hundreds of tourists, including 291 foreigners, missing.
Divergent reports on missing South Koreans
The Korea Times reported that nine South Koreans were unaccounted for, revising an earlier figure of eight. The ministry stated these nine were employees of Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility Co. working on a hydropower plant in the Rasuwa district. The same report confirmed that 10 other South Koreans affiliated with Doosan Enerbility were stranded but had been confirmed safe and had evacuated the area. Devdiscourse, citing the Foreign Ministry, reported eight South Koreans missing and 10 others stranded. Times Live also reported eight South Koreans missing and 10 stranded. The Hans India reported eight missing and 10 stranded. stefczyk.info reported at least nine people dead and 384 missing, including 291 foreign tourists. Unknown reported nine South Koreans out of contact and 10 isolated. tvp.info cited the South Korean Foreign Ministry reporting eight South Korean citizens missing.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the specific companies, Korea Energy and Doosan Enerbility Co., that employed the missing South Koreans, a detail included in the centre-rated report. The right-rated digests do not mention the establishment of a South Korean task force or plans to send a response team, facts reported by the centre and left-rated outlets.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 26 Aug 2026, 18:01, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The Korea Times reported that nine South Koreans were unaccounted for, revising an earlier figure of eight. It stated these individuals were employees of Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility Co. working on a hydropower plant in Nepal's Rasuwa district. The report also noted that 10 other South Koreans affiliated with Doosan Enerbility were stranded but confirmed safe and had evacuated. The article mentioned that President Lee Jae Myung ordered authorities to "mobilise all available resources" for an urgent search and rescue operation. It also stated that the government response team would be sent to Nepal on Thursday. The report included details about the flood killing 19 people and leaving hundreds missing, with 384 tourists, including 291 foreigners, reported missing.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Devdiscourse reported that eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant were missing and 10 others were stranded following a flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border. The workers were employed by Korea Energy and Doosan Enerbility Co. The report stated that Nepal had deployed a rescue team and that another 10 South Korean workers affiliated with Doosan Enerbility were stranded and awaiting evacuation. South Korea established a task force led by the foreign minister and planned to send a joint rapid-response team comprising government officials and fire and police authorities to Nepal.
Right
5 rated outlets
- Times Live reported eight South Koreans missing and 10 others stranded after a massive flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border. The Hans India reported eight South Koreans missing and 10 others stranded after devastating floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district. tvp.info cited the AP news agency, stating that 105 Indian citizens were among the 291 missing foreign tourists, with citizens of the US, Great Britain, and Malaysia also being sought. This report also mentioned the South Korean Foreign Ministry reporting eight South Korean citizens missing.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood biased?
- South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered South Koreans Missing After Nepal Flash Flood?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many South Koreans are missing or stranded in Nepal?
- Eight South Koreans are reported missing and 10 others are stranded following a flash flood in Nepal. The Korea Times reported a revised figure of nine missing South Koreans.
- What were the missing South Koreans doing in Nepal?
- The missing South Koreans were working on the construction of a hydropower plant. They were employed by companies such as Korea Energy and Doosan Enerbility Co.
- What is South Korea doing to help?
- South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a joint rapid-response team comprising government officials and police and fire authorities to Nepal to assist in search and rescue efforts.
- Are other tourists also missing in Nepal?
- Yes, hundreds of tourists are reported missing in Nepal following the flash floods. This includes 291 foreign tourists, with 105 Indian nationals among them.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
5- Flood in Nepal: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Is Looking for Ukrainians (opens Korrespondent.net in a new tab)
Korrespondent.net — is Korrespondent.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Eight South Koreans missing in massive flash flood in Nepal (opens Times Live in a new tab)
Times Live — is Times Live biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 9 South Koreans Out of Contact Due to Nepal Floods (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Flash Floods in Nepal Leave Hundreds of Tourists Missing (opens tvp.info in a new tab)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Hold Meeting on Missing Persons in Nepal at 10:30 PM, Presided over by the Minister (opens 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency in a new tab)
연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency — is 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
2- Eight South Koreans missing, 10 stranded in Nepal flood (opens The Hans India in a new tab)
The Hans India — is The Hans India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Flood in Nepal. Hundreds of People Missing, Including 291 Foreigners. (opens stefczyk.info in a new tab)
stefczyk.info — is stefczyk.info biased? Our profile of this outlet
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