The Korea Trade-investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said Friday ahead of the possible outbreak of war in Iraq, a number of South Koreans have been evacuated from the Middle East, with the remainder set to join them when the United Nations evacuates its employees. A KOTRA official said the UN was known to be planning to evacuate most of its employees, except for a small number of key administrative staff, from the area within seven or eight days believing that war is likely to break out in the middle of March. The official added that this means the UN sees the war as unavoidable.