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Overseas college students mourn these killed within the Itaewon crowd crush on the makeshift memorial in entrance of Exit No. 1 at Itaewon Station, Yongsan District, Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]
The Ministry of Overseas Affairs mentioned Tuesday that it has contacted the household of Natthicha Makaew, a 27-year-old Thai pupil who died within the Itaewon crowd crush, after native press in Bangkok reported that Makaew’s dad and mom had been struggling to pay the 15 million gained ($10,580) wanted for bringing their daughter’s physique again residence to Thailand.
Considerations and questions on how help to the households of foreigners who died within the Itaewon catastrophe was to be offered had been raised on Monday when The Bangkok Publish reported that Makaew’s household was desperately elevating funds to repatriate their daughter’s physique. The native newspaper quoted Makaew’s dad and mom, Sakhon and Nha Makaew, as saying that they had been borrowing cash from family to cowl the bills.
Minister of Overseas Affairs Park Jin promised Monday afternoon throughout a gathering on the Nationwide Meeting that international victims can be given the identical reduction and help as Korean nationals.
Vice Minister for Catastrophe and Security Administration of the Ministry of the Inside, Kim Sung-ho, mentioned households of the deceased will obtain 20 million gained in reduction cash and 15 million gained for funeral bills.
The international ministry mentioned on Tuesday that the 15 million gained will likely be obtainable to international households for the repatriation of the deceased.
Households of international victims can apply to obtain this cash on the district places of work of the place the deceased was registered. In the event that they had been on vacationer visas, functions will be filed on the Yongsan District.
The international ministry additionally mentioned that it contacted Makaew’s household to help with the method of returning her to Thailand, and that it was working carefully with the Thai Embassy to reply any questions that the sufferer’s household had.
Makaew was a pupil enrolled in a six-month superior Korean course at Sogang College in Seoul, in keeping with native experiences. She was amongst 26 foreigners taken by the lethal crowd crush in Itaewon that killed a complete of 156 individuals.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
