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The flower guy

The flower guy

A Nepali returns from Korea to expand family’s horticulture business

Bringing Korea’s prosperity to Nepal

Bringing Korea’s prosperity to Nepal

In small ways, many migrant workers are returning with skills to start businesses back home

Karnali to Korea dream dashed in Kathmandu

Karnali to Korea dream dashed in Kathmandu

Desperation to migrate collides with excessive police force

Speaking the language of overseas work

Speaking the language of overseas work

Raju at Tilicho Lake while guiding Korean trekking guests. All Photos: RAJU SUBEDI.This is the 18th instalment of Diaspora Diaries, a regular…

Nepal-Korea polytechnic

Nepal-Korea polytechnic

Nepal and Korea have signed an agreement worth $8.6 million to establish a polytechnic institute for construction workforce development in…

Long wait over, Nepalis return to Korea

Long wait over, Nepalis return to Korea

Aakash KC finally flew to Korea on 13 December to rejoin his job after being stranded in Nepal for two years. Photo: AAKASH KCWhen Aakash KC…

Delayed dreams for Korea-bound Nepalis

Delayed dreams for Korea-bound Nepalis

One of many rallies organised by the EPS Struggle Committee in which Nepali migrant workers prevented from going to Korea have taken part.…

Counting what counts in Nepal

Counting what counts in Nepal

The state of the toilet at Kathmandu airport is a better indicator of progress than the Human Development Index

Ama Khando: a different road trip film from Nepal

Ama Khando: a different road trip film from Nepal

Road-trips are not an established genre in Nepali films, like romance, action or comedy even though they may have all these elements. But in the…

Dead end of the Korean Dream

Dead end of the Korean Dream

Bandana Timalsina reaches out to touch her husband‘s face one last time before his cremation at Pashupati in August. Kedar Timalsina hung…

Nepal’s electric transport future is here

Nepal’s electric transport future is here

RENEWABLE TRANSPORT: Symbolic gestures like President Bidya Devi Bhandari using an electric limousine, and more practical tax breaks for EVs…

Coming soon: two-way migration to Nepal

Coming soon: two-way migration to Nepal

No more afno manche or hamro party ko manche, Nepal now needs ramro manche from all over the world

“Nepal can create a business-friendly environment”

“Nepal can create a business-friendly environment”

Korean Ambassador to Nepal Park Young-sik, spoke to Sangmin Kim of Nepali Times about tourism, Nepali workers, development assistance,…

Hiking up the benefits of tourism

Hiking up the benefits of tourism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71XPUVKrJr4&feature=youtu.beEver since trekking first started in Nepal 60 years ago, social entrepreneurs have…

Korean women mitigate climate change

Korean women mitigate climate change

Kim So-young, a leader of Seongdaegol energy transition movement in climate litigation fundraising night. Photo: SEULKI LEEHelplessness and…

K-Pop in K-Town

K-Pop in K-Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP37ii8ujc8&feature=youtu.beSusmita Silwal is from a younger generation of Nepalis that is addicted to Korean…

The new normal

The new normal

Diwakar ChettriIt does not matter who advised Prime Minister K P Oli about attending the dubious Asia-Pacific Summit in Kathmandu last week…

Changing the headlines on migration

Changing the headlines on migration

Photo: OM ASTHA RAIThe road to the Global Compact on Migration in Marrakesh this week has not been smooth in a politically tense global…