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Task Force Danbi[1](Korean: 단비부대[2]) is the South Korean military mission to Haiti for earthquake relief in the aftermath of the 12 January 2010 earthquake.
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This became South Korea's sixth UN Peacekeeping Mission.[3] The mission is expected to last until 31 December 2010.[3][needs update]
The name "Danbi" (단비) was chosen after a competition of 8 days. Danbi means "long awaited rain", or "sweet rain after a long drought". It won over the other two suggested names, "희망", "서애".[4]
On 13 January 2010, a 25-member military rescue team was sent as part of a 41-member Korean rescue squad to Haiti.[5]
On 18 January 2010, the South Korean government announced a peacekeeping mission (PKO) to help Haiti.[6]
On 5 February 2010, the UN announced that the South Korean military engineering teams would be deployed to Léogâne.[7]
On 9 February 2010, South Korea's National Assembly gave unanimous assent to the military mission to Haiti.[8]
On 10 February 2010, the first group of 30 troops left for Haiti.[9]
As of 18 February 2010, the force has started constructing a hospital.[10]
On 23 February 2010, the[clarification needed] announced that it would provide the Korean military task force with 400 portable toilets.[11]
On 27 February 2010, 190 PKO personnel were sent to Haiti.[12]
On 28 February 2010, the entire force had arrived in Léogâne.[1]
As of 8 March 2010, the name 단비 (Danbi) had been chosen for the mission.[4]
Koreans have criticized their own government over the slow response, and small and poorly equipped initial response to the earthquake.[13]
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