Following allegations of fraudulent paperwork, several countries have suspended child adoption from Nepal, leaving hundreds of children in need of new homes waiting in orphanages.
In Nepal, the promise of employment lures thousands of girls out of their homes in remote villages and thrusts them into the booming sex industry in India.
The U.S. State Department estimates that 12,000 Nepali women and children are trafficked into sexual exploitation in Indian brothels - many are victims of internal sex trafficking in the region.
Nepal is promoting tourism for homosexual couples in order to revitalize its economy. But many Nepalis oppose the initiative for cultural and religious reasons.
In an effort to boost the country's tourism industry after years of Maoist insurgency, Nepal is marketing itself as a destination for gay and lesbian visitors.
Nepal's conservative Hindu society proves less progressive than its legal system in recognizing gays and lesbians.
Claims of former rebels training Indian Naxalites have deepened the disagreements between Maoist rebels and the government of Nepal.
The uneasy co-existence of a Maoist rebel army and the national army leaves Nepal and its neighbors on edge.
Poltical deadlock in Nepal has meant continuous delays for the election of a new prime minister, not to mention a major impediment to passing the country's budget and promulgating a new constitution.
Nepal’s former Maoist insurgents from the People's Liberation Army pass their time in camps where revolutionary ideology is thriving. Are they integrating or preparing for the next fight?
A heated debate between Nepal's government and the Maoists over how to integrate thousands of former rebels into the national forces has brought the Himalayan nation to a standstill.
For a decade, he carried a 9mm pistol and battled government forces in almost every corner of Nepal as part of a Maoist insurgency that ravaged this majestic Himalayan nation.
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