A South Korean medical team flew over to Laos over the weekend to give the displaced a helping hand.... following the collapse of a dam last Monday.
Our Cha Sang-mi has this story.
The 20-member South Korean medical team dispatched to Laos will set up a clinic at the local health center in Sanamxay, in the southern province of Attapeu where the dam collapsed last week.
They arrived on Sunday at the airport in Pakse.
Over the next ten days, 15 doctors and five support staff will treat displaced residents of Attapeu Province and help prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
The medical have different specializations, including internal medicine, pediatrics and emergency medicine.

After setting up their clinic, they'll be joined by doctors from the Attapeu state hospital.
Their services are likely to be in high demand... from the roughly 35-hundred displaced residents being housed in temporary shelters.
The team is lead by Roh Dong-hwan from Korea's National Medical Center who said they will work to (quote) "cure the wounded hearts of the Laotian people" and do their best to start giving treatment as soon as possible.
Doctor Roh, who has ample experience in disaster areas abroad, said he organized the team based on the information the advance party had sent.

More than a hundred-and-30 people are still missing after last week's dam collapse, which has so far claimed nearly 30 lives.
The reason the dam broke has still not been discovered.
It was built by a joint venture that included two Korean companies, SK Engineering & Construction Company and Korea Western Power Company.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.