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New Nepal PM vows to follow protesters' demands to 'end corruption'
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.
Thai nationals in Nepal and Qatar ‘remain safe’
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 12/09/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that around 100 Thai nationals in Nepal remain safe despite the recent unrest in the country.
Prachin Buri mulls EEC inclusion
News, Published on 12/09/2025
» Prachin Buri is currently at the centre of a heated debate over whether the eastern province should be added to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a special economic zone along the country's eastern seaboard.
Indonesia and Nepal's 2025 wake-up call
Oped, Published on 12/09/2025
» Two nations with different characteristics -- Indonesia and Nepal -- experienced identical severe storms when 2025 arrived. The people of Jakarta took to the streets to express their discontent about elite advantages, economic difficulties and government secrecy. The Nepalese government issued a ban on 26 social media platforms, which triggered youth protests that evolved into violent civil unrest throughout Kathmandu.
Nepal’s young protesters find an unlikely partner: the army
New York Times, Published on 11/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — When protesters in Nepal torched parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, the chief of the Nepali army, appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.
Nepal army patrols after deadly protests oust PM
AFP, Published on 10/09/2025
» KATHMANDU - Nepali soldiers patrolled the streets of Kathmandu on Wednesday, seeking to restore order after protesters set parliament ablaze and forced the prime minister to quit in the worst violence to hit the Himalayan nation in two decades.
Villagers protest exhumation order
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/09/2025
» Over 300 villagers from Ban Lao Chee Kuay, led by Lahu community leaders, staged a protest at Mae Chan district office in Chiang Rai over an order to exhume an ancestral grave amid a dispute with the owner of the land where the grave is located.
RFK Jr 'endangering' all Americans, health agency ex-chiefs warn
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health".
Indonesia accepts protesters' demand to cut lawmakers perks amid unrest
Published on 31/08/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesian political parties have agreed to revoke a number of perks and privileges for parliamentarians, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a major concession to anti-government protests that left five people dead.
Demonstrators denounce Pheu Thai's attempts to stay in power
Online Reporters, Published on 31/08/2025
» Demonstrators gathered at Victory Monument in Bangkok on Sunday to announce their opposition to the ruling Pheu Thai Party's attempts to retain its power to run Thailand's national administration.