 
 
(LEAD) S. Korea plans to dispatch relief troops to Philippines 
2013/11/21 17:19
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is preparing to send some 
500 troops composed of doctors and engineers to the Philippines to help 
with relief efforts in Tacloban following Typhoon Haiyan, the defense 
ministry here said Thursday.
   The Philippines has asked Seoul to
 send troops to typhoon-hit Tacloban, where desperate survivors have 
been struggling to get food, water or medicine for nearly two weeks 
following the disaster.
   Seoul initially dispatched 46 members 
along with two C-130 transport planes to Tacloban last week to assist in
 medical support and transport operation.
 
 A South Korean military transport airplane is evacuating residents in 
the typhoon-hit Tacloban in the central Philippines as part of relief 
operations. (Yonhap)