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South Korea and the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) will hold their third ministerial meeting on disaster management for discussions on cooperative projects and efforts to enhance post-disaster restoration.
According to Seoul’s interior ministry on Wednesday, the two-way ministerial meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday in Brunei’s capital of Bandar Seri Begawan. East Timor will participate as an observer.
South Korea and the ten-member regional bloc launched talks on disaster management cooperation on the occasion of their leaders’ special summit in 2019, followed by the inaugural ministerial meeting in 2022.
The participants at the upcoming meeting are expected to check up on progress made in the disaster management work plan for the years 2021 to 2025, and discuss future cooperation.
Seoul also plans to introduce the regional bloc to the country’s disaster text messaging system and science as well as technology-based flood forecast and alert systems.