Overview

• Government data shows 17 people killed and 11 reported missing after monsoon rains and landslides swept the nation over five days.
• President Lee Jae Myung ordered rapid designation of special disaster zones, enabling expedited government support for relief and reconstruction.
• Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung mobilized interagency recovery teams to carry out damage assessments and emergency restoration work in the hardest-hit areas.
• Sancheong recorded nearly 800 millimeters of rain, among the highest totals in South Korea’s modern records, prompting over 13,000 residents to seek refuge.
• Officials have logged almost 2,000 cases of public infrastructure damage and more than 2,200 incidents harming private property as recovery efforts ramp up.