All South Korean diplomats and citizens in Afghanistan were evacuated and the embassy closed

August 17, according to Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on the 17th, stayed in the South Korean Embassy in Afghanistan, three staff members and a South Korean citizen in the morning by plane left the capital Kabul.

As a result, all South Koreans who remained in Afghanistan were evacuated. It is reported that most Of the South Korean expatriates were evacuated in June at the request of the government.

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on the evening of the 15th, due to the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan, decided to temporarily close the embassy in Afghanistan, all embassy staff evacuated to a third country in the Middle East.