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A full-scale evacuation operation has begun to rescue our people from Sudan, where
the civil war has taken place. It is known that the Blue Sea Force in Oman has been dispatched and our Air Force's multi-purpose transport aircraft is also heading for a vehicle.

Youngjae Hong is a reporter.

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Black smoke enveloped the city.

The bloodshed caused by warlord clashes in Sudan, Africa, shows no signs of abating.

All 28 of our citizens and embassy staff in Sudan have gathered at the Korean Embassy in the capital, Khartoum, and are reportedly waiting for a safe evacuation route.

In order to evacuate civilians, our military transport plane arrived at the US military base in Djibouti, a country near Sudan that day (22nd).

Initially, government forces and rebels, who are engaged in a civil war, said they would partially open the airport to evacuate their citizens from overseas countries, but fighting is taking place throughout the city center, making it unclear whether they are safe.

The Blue Sea Force in Oman was also dispatched to waters near Sudan.

Yesterday evening it was reported that another multi-purpose aerial refueling transport aircraft, Cygnus, was also heading to Sudan for evacuation assistance.

However, it is said to be carefully considering safer routes, whether the transport plane will enter the country directly or overland to neighboring countries.

Countries around the world are also rushing to evacuate their citizens.

The U.S. deployed special forces to evacuate more than 170 embassy staff and civilians by helicopter.

Saudi Arabia transported its citizens overland from the capital Khartoum to the port city of Port Sudan and then boarded ships bound for Saudi Arabia.

European countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands have also launched evacuation operations of their citizens.

(Video editing by Kim Jun-hee)