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April 25, 2016 | Pulitzer Center

Nepal's Khumbu Climbing Center

Jeremy Rellosa

Nepal's April 2015 earthquake scared many tourists away from the country, hurting the country economically since Nepal thrives on tourist money. However, locals still lead climbing expeditions with the hopes that the number of tourists will rise.

April 24, 2016 | Nature

Listening for Landslides

Jane Qiu

A year after a devastating earthquake triggered killer avalanches and rock falls in Nepal, scientists are wiring up mountainsides to forecasts hazards.

January 06, 2016 | Slant News

In Nepal, Where Have All the Men Gone?

Pankaj Khadka

As young adult men leave for foreign employment opportunities, how is a Nepali village transforming? And how is the absence of young adult men affecting those who are left behind?

November 01, 2015 | Pulitzer Center

Nepal: Waiting for Water

Pierre Kattar

A water tunnel project that promises to deliver clean drinking water to Nepalis living in Kathmandu is seven years behind schedule.

October 05, 2015 | Pulitzer Center

Nepal: Absence of Youth in Kala Bang

Pankaj Khadka

As you wander the village of Kala Bang, the absence of men—particularly young men—is starkly evident. Almost every face you come across is that of a child, a young woman or an elderly person.

October 05, 2015 | Pulitzer Center

Nepal Youth: Time to Leave?

Pankaj Khadka

Hundreds of Nepalese migrant workers die every year in pursuit of prosperity and income, yet thousands leave the country daily for foreign employment. This is the story of one young adult.

Children at Risk

Kem Knapp Sawyer

Across the world more attention needs to be focused on children's needs so that girls as well as boys will attend school and learn to read, and that all will have safe water and access to healthcare.

Nepal: Married Before They’re Ready

Hanna Ingber, Anna Tomasulo

In Nepal, child marriage affects every aspect of a girl’s life, from her education prospects to her physical and mental health to her chances for escaping poverty.

Nepal: Rebuilding Lives after Trafficking

Anup Kaphle, Habiba Nosheen

After being sold in the brothels of India for as little as $300, many Nepali girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking are now finding ways to empower themselves in their home country.

Nepal: Rebels with a Reason

Anup Kaphle

Nepal is in the midst of historic change, from the abolition of a centuries-old monarchy to the re-integration of Maoist revolutionaries after a decade-long insurgency. The road ahead is not likely to be clear, or easy.

South Asia's Troubled Waters

Anna-Katarina Gravgaard, William Wheeler

The majority of India's water sources are polluted. A lack of access to safe water contributes to a fifth of its communicable diseases. Each day in the booming, nuclear-armed nation, diarrhea alone kills more than 1,600 people.

The regional scenario is even more grim given the projected...

Nepal: Olga's Girls

Meredith May, Carlos Avila Gonzalez

Every January, 83-year-old Olga Murray of northern California goes to southwestern Nepal for the annual Maghe Sankranti winter festival. That's where she can find impoverished Tharu farmers selling their daughters to higher caste families to work as domestic slaves. In the illegal trade, families get about $50 for what is...

Nepal: The Road to Peace

Jason Motlagh

In April 2008 Nepal turned a corner. More than 60 percent of eligible voters turned out for elections to choose a new government tasked with abolishing the monarchy and forging a stable republic after a decade-long insurgency that claimed over 13,000 lives. Despite pre-election violence and intimidation, international observers...

India: Conflicts Within

Jason Motlagh

Today Maoist insurgents keen to exploit the state's enduring weaknesses stalk the Hindu heartland. They are waging their "people's war" in under-policed areas where conditions are most fertile.

June 20, 2013 | General news

This Week: Mine Control

Tom Hundley, Senior Editor

Chinese dollars and the Chinese themselves have been pouring into Africa, mining the continent’s abundant resources, opening businesses, building infrastructure and generally making everyone nervous.