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Bus plunges off highway in Nepal, killing 19 and injuring 25

A packed bus on its way to Nepal's capital drove off a mountain highway early Monday, killing 19 people, including a British national, and leaving another 25 wounded.

2026.2.23

Black smoke and flames are seen billowing from a fire that broke out at a household goods manufacturing factory in Eumseong County, North Chungcheong, on Jan. 30. [NEWS1]

Body found at North Chungcheong factory fire site identified as Nepali worker

A body found at the site of a factory fire in Eumseong County, North Chungcheong, has been identified as a missing worker from Nepal, according to police on Tuesday.

2026.2.10

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Spanish police officers seize a vehicle stored inside a warehouse in Isla Mayor, Seville, Spain, on Nov. 11. [EPA/YONHAP]

Police in Spain make 11 arrests over alleged smuggling of 300 foreign workers

Spanish police on Thursday said they had broken up a criminal network linked to smuggling 300 workers into the country, mostly from Nepal. The workers were placed illegally on farms in central and eastern Spain.

2025.12.5

Webtoonist Kian84, right, hugs Nepalese teenager Tamang. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

World Share to support Nepali teen featured on Korean TV travel show

A Nepali teenager who bonded with webtoon artist Kian84 on a TV travel reality show will receive support from international relief organization World Share.

2025.10.12

A snowcapped mountain range emerges over the valley as monsoon clouds clear following heavy rainfall in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 5. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Korean hiker dies in Himalayas in Nepal: Reports

A Korean trekker has died in the Himalayas in Nepal after climbing a popular trekking peak, according to news reports.

2025.10.7

Family members of protest victims participate in a candle light vigil outside the morge of Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sept. 11. [EPA/YONHAP]

Death toll in Nepal’s antigraft protests jumps to 72

The death toll from last week's anticorruption protests in Nepal has risen to 72, the country's health ministry said on Sunday, as search teams continued to recover bodies from shopping malls and other buildings damaged in the unrest.

2025.9.14

Local residents clean up the rubble of a burnt supermarket after it was set ablaze during protests in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 13. [AFP/YONHAP]

Curfew is lifted and calm returns to Nepal in wake of mass protests that killed at least 51 people

Nepalese authorities lifted the curfew in the country's capital and surrounding areas on Saturday as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation's first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week.

2025.9.14

Protesters celebrate at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices after it was set on fire during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 9. [AP/YONHAP]

Nepalese army moves to restore order after protest violence intensifies

Nepalese soldiers guarded the streets of the country's capital on Wednesday and ordered people to stay at home as they moved to restore order after tens of thousands of protesters stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked politicians.

2025.9.10

Demonstrators gather near the parliament during a protest against corruption and the government's decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 8. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Nineteen killed in Nepal in 'Gen Z' protest over social media ban, corruption

At least 19 people in two cities died on Monday in Nepal's worst unrest in decades, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger.

2025.9.9

Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal, on April 15. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Nepal waives climbing fees for some peaks to lure mountaineers

Nepal will waive climbing fees for nearly 100 peaks in the remote northwestern Himalayas for the next two years to try and lure more mountaineers to the less developed region bordering China, an official said on Monday.

2025.8.11