S. Korea's foreign ministry to dispatch consul to quake-stricken Mandalay

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The Korean government has decided to dispatch a consul from its embassy in Yangon to Mandalay to aid Korean nationals affected by the earthquake.

According to the Foreign Ministry, there are some 2-thousand South Koreans residing in Myanmar, most of them in Yangon, and about 70 in Mandalay.

No Korean casualties have been reported thus far.

Authorities here are also offering some two-million U.S. dollars worth of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar as part of relief support.