An old explosive device left during Nepal’s decadelong communist insurgency has killed four children in a mountain village, official said Friday.
Bodies of S Korean trekkers, local guides recovered in Nepal
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered the bodies of the last of four South Korean trekkers and their Nepali guide who died in an avalanche in January …
Four children die in blast in Nepal; abandoned weapon suspected
A blast in a remote part of Nepal has killed four children, police said on Friday, with suspicion it was caused by old ordnance left over from a decade-long Maoist insurgency. The children, aged from …
FN America, Colt’s awarded $383.3M to make M16A4s for Iraq, others
FN America and Colt’s Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon’s foreign military …
Bodies of 2 missing South Korean trekkers recovered in Nepal
Rescuers on Sunday recovered the bodies of two South Korean trekkers who had been missing since an avalanche in January buried them in Nepal’s mountains, an official said. An army helicopter flew the …
Two Bodies Found In Nepal Search For Missing Koreans
A wall of snow hit a trekking trail at about 3,230 metres (10,600 feet) near the Annapurna base camp in Nepal on January 17, burying four South Koreans and three locals. Avalanches and more snowfall …
Five Years After Nepal’s Quake, Lockdown Stops Reconstruction
The coronavirus epidemic has not only put Nepal’s people and economy in lockdown for a month, but also stopped the slow and desperately needed reconstruction of homes and other buildings devastated by …
‘Poor like us suffer’: Nepal quake survivors struggle in crammed homes
It has been five years since an earthquake devastated Nepal, but Krishna Maya Khadka is still struggling to come to terms with losing her husband and the home she lived in for generations. Like …
Quarantined and caring for 54 kids in rural Nepal: How one CNN Hero is doing it
In Nepal, CNN Hero Maggie Doyne is quarantined with her 54 kids and has mobilized her nonprofit, BlinkNow, to offer lifesaving food and aid to women and children amid the pandemic.
Learning from disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake
Now, Nepal’s nearly 30 million citizens have been mandated to stay at home since March 24, and the tourism trade and other international supply chains upon which the country depends are severely …