A rescuer carries equipment as a team searches through the rubble of a destroyed building looking for survivors in Mandalay, March 29, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors after the huge earthquake , which also hit Thailand, killing more than 1,000 people. AFP-Yonhap

Korea plans to offer humanitarian aid worth $2 million to Myanmar to assist the country's people affected by the catastrophic quake earlier this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.

"We decided to provide $2 million worth of humanitarian assistance via an international organization to help speedy responses to damage caused by the quake in Myanmar," the ministry said.

The ministry added that it will review additional assistance, if necessary, depending on the situation in the Southeast Asian country.

On Friday, a 7.7 magnitude quake and an aftershock measuring 6.4 rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand , killing more than 1,000, according to foreign media reports.

The number of casualties is feared to increase. (Yonhap)