Diplomatic Authorities: Additional Presumed Bodies of Annapurna Missing Persons Found (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Additional body parts presumed to be from avalanche victims have been found in Annapurna, Nepal.

An official from the foreign affairs department stated on the 27th, "Locals and the Nepalese army searching the accident site discovered some body parts and are continuing to search the surrounding area."

The local search team believes that these body parts likely belong to one of the missing persons and is concentrating manpower at the location.

Earlier, on January 17, four teachers from the Chungnam Office of Education went missing after being swept away by an avalanche along with three Nepalese guides (including one from another group) while descending from the Deurali Lodge (3,230m above sea level) in the Annapurna region of the Himalayas.

The body of the Nepalese guide from the other group was found at the end of February, and the body of the Nepalese guide accompanying the Koreans was found on the 22nd.

Among the remaining missing, the bodies of two individuals, one male and one female, were found and recovered on the 25th. Three people, including Nepalese, remain missing. According to the Chungnam Office of Education, the four missing teachers are Lee Mo (56), Jung Mo (59), Choi Mo (37, female), and Kim Mo (52, female).

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