10 East Timor Koreans, chartered to Philippines through Korea

In the second month, 10 Koreans from East Timor, whose international flights were cut off, are on their way to the Philippines as a multinational charter flight.

They will change to Korean Air and return to their homeland after arriving in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

According to the Korean Embassy in Judong Timor on the 19th, as a result of cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Judong Timor and the Korean Embassy in the Philippines, on the afternoon of the 21st, 10 South Koreans boarded a chartered flight from the East Timor capital Dili to Manila, Philippines.

Timor-Leste declared an emergency on March 26 due to the Corona 19 incident, and since March 29, all passenger planes have been suspended and are in a state of blockade.

In the chartered flight of Pan Pacific Airways, about 60 Filipinos, 12 Japanese, 1 American, and 10 Koreans were tied to East Timor.

The one-way airfare per person was set at $ 433 (KRW 530,000).

After arriving in Manila on the 21st, Korean residents return home on Korean Air flight KE624 to Incheon at 11:55 pm on the same day.

Of the 220 Koreans in East Timor, 110 of them, including 94 members of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), returned to Korea and about half of them remain.

The ten people returning to this time are Koika officials, teachers dispatched by the Ministry of Education, Catholic investigations, and private businesses.

East Timor's corona19 confirmed is a total of 24 people so far, all recovered.

Timor-Leste sends samples to Darwin's hospital in Australia for analysis.

East Timor was independence in 1975 after receiving Portuguese colonial rule for over 450 years, but after ten days, it was captured by Indonesia, and 24 years later, it became independent again after a referendum under UN supervision in August 1999.

Ambassador Dong-Tim Joo-dong Lee said, “As a result of our best efforts to lower the cost of charter for those who are unable to return due to lack of economy, it is not much different from when we return to Korea. I feel it. "