South Korea to provide $5 million aid, dispatch rescue workers to Turkey

SEOUL — The South Korean government on Tuesday decided to provide $5 million in emergency humanitarian aid, dispatch rescue personnel and provide emergency medical supplies to support Turkey, which is suffering from massive casualties after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Monday.

President Yoon Suk Yeol also sent a message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing his special condolences and promising that “all possible assistance” would be provided for speedy recovery.

“I would like to express my deepest condolences to the people who lost their loved ones in the earthquake,” Yoon said at the Cabinet meeting in the morning, with deaths estimated at near…

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