Government Searches for Additional Temporary Housing for Returning Wuhan Residents... Asan and Jincheon Likely Excluded

Overseas Koreans who returned from Wuhan, China by chartered flight are moving to a temporary accommodation set up at the Chungnam Asan Police Human Resources Development Institute on the 31st. / Asan = Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] As the government plans to deploy a third chartered flight to Wuhan, China, it has begun searching for new temporary living facilities. A third location, other than the existing Police Human Resources Development Institute in Asan and the National Civil Service Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, is being considered.

According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 9th, the third chartered flight for additional transport of Korean residents in Wuhan is expected to be deployed as early as next week. Accordingly, the government is looking for new temporary living facilities to accommodate the evacuees.

However, the Police Human Resources Development Institute in Asan, Chungnam, and the National Civil Service Human Resources Development Institute in Jincheon, Chungbuk, where evacuees from the first and second chartered flights are currently quarantined, have been excluded from consideration. This is because over 700 evacuees are already staying there, and the facilities cannot accommodate more people due to size limitations.

The government is reportedly considering state-owned educational training facilities with around 300 rooms, adhering to the principle of assigning one room per person. There is also a possibility that facilities in regions other than Chungnam and Chungbuk, where evacuees are currently housed, will be designated.

Therefore, it is expected that discussions on which facility will be selected will take place only after the scale of the third repatriation group is determined.

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