SEOUL, Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun promised Tuesday that the government will make sure it provides the necessary support to the families of the foreign victims killed in the battery plant fire, her office said. Kang made the pledge as she visited the site of the fire in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, after the deadly blaze at a lithium battery manufacturing plant took 22 lives, with one still unaccounted for. Of them, 17 were Chinese, five were South Koreans and one was Laotian. Rescue authorities found one more body Tuesday and work was under way to identify the victim. The foreign ministry held an emergency meeting in the wake of the fire Monday to review measures to support the foreign victims of the fire. Kang plans to preside over a second response meeting to continue discussions on the assistance measures and deal with its aftermath, foreign ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk said in a press briefing. Source: Yonhap News Agency
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