Politics

Demonstrators hurl stones at riot police during a protest against the $500 million U.S infrastructure grant in Kathmandu on Feb. 20.
International relations

U.S. grant to Nepal swept up in superpower rivalry with China

Kathmandu in turmoil as Beijing turns 'coercion' accusation back on Washington

24 February 2022
Disinformation from some of Asia's ruling elites can thrive on Facebook, TikTok and Twitter due to inequality-driven distrust and democratic declines, new academic research says. (Source photo by AP and Reuters)
Politics

Viral lies spread democratic decay from Thailand to Nepal: report

Asia needs structural change, not just tech crackdown, USAID-backed scholars say

9 January 2022
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug.16.
Afghanistan turmoil

Asian countries rush to bring back citizens from Afghanistan

India evacuates embassy staff while Chinese mission 'operating normally'

17 August 2021
India's monstrous second wave of COVID-19 caused most of its over 400,000 fatalities during the pandemic and derailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vaccine diplomacy.
Asia Insight

India's COVID second wave disrupts vaccine export plans

Asia faces shortage as world's biggest jab producer still battles outbreak at home

20 July 2021
Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba faces the immediate task of procuring vaccines and controlling the spread of COVID-19.
Politics

Nepal's new prime minister wins confidence vote amid COVID crisis

75-year-old Sher Bahadur Deuba has held the office four times before

19 July 2021
The announcement comes after a presidential statement said neither the caretaker prime minister nor the opposition leader were able to demonstrate a majority to form a new government by the Friday deadline. 
22 May 2021
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli speaks to Nikkei Asia during an online interview on May 21. 
The Future of Asia 2021

Nepal's Oli wants China and India to step up with vaccines 'first'

Pro-Beijing PM has warmed to Delhi but laments 1m promised doses haven't arrived

21 May 2021
Nepalese supporters of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party celebrate the Supreme Court order in Kathmandu.
Politics

Nepal's top court orders reinstatement of parliament

Judges say prime minister's move is unconstitutional

23 February 2021
India has allowed transit by rail of Bangladeshi fertilizer to Nepal as it mends relations with its Himalayan neighbor. (Source photo by Reuters)
Trade

India mends Nepal ties with transit of Bangladeshi fertilizer

New Delhi improves regional connectivity as it normalizes neighbor relations

19 February 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the launch of the pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive via video conference in New Delhi on Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of Government of India)
Coronavirus

Vaccine diplomacy: Indian supplies reach Bangladesh and Nepal

New Delhi's aid shipments come amid China's own COVID outreach to the region

21 January 2021
Protesters affiliated with a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party demonstrate against the prime minister's dissolution of parliament in Kathmandu on Dec. 29.
Politics

Nepal slips toward anarchy as India and China seek Himalayan edge

Protests erupt over parliament dissolution, raising COVID and economic risks

31 December 2020
Nepalese demonstrate for the restoration of the institution of the monarchy in Kathmandu on Nov. 30, chanting slogans such as "King, please come back and save the country."
Politics

Nepal nationwide protests to call for restoration of monarchy

Home office warns force may be used, as right-wing party pushes for Hindu state

2 December 2020
Nepal and India are looking to mend fences as the landlocked Himalayan country tries to maintain balance between its huge neighbors, India and China. (Nikkei montage/AP)
International relations

String of Indian officials visit Nepal, hoping to warm chilly ties

Trip by No. 2 diplomat aimed at easing tension as New Delhi vies with Beijing

20 November 2020
Vital relationship -- Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, left, was welcomed to India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2016. 
International relations

Nepal warms to India on territory spat, cools to China

Nepali textbook with contentious map dropped amid talk of Chinese incursion

5 October 2020
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a signing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People in June 2018.
International relations

China mediates Nepal ruling party split and sidelines India

Beijing calls on Himalayan nation's leaders to honor their election pledges

31 July 2020
Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, left, has been the subject of Indian propaganda built around the fears of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Source photo by Reuters) 
International relations

Nepal broadcasters block Indian news over 'insulting' propaganda

Tensions rise over tabloid-like smear targeting Nepalese prime minister

14 July 2020
Students in Kathmandu tell India, which had just issued a new map of a disputed area, to back off in an earlier round of tit for tat politics that now has Nepal moving to cut off a route some Indians have taken to Nepali citizenship.
International relations

Nepal cranks up anti-India politics with cross-border marriage bill

Amendment would force Indian wives to wait seven years to gain citizenship

30 June 2020
Nepal recently issued a map highlighting an area to its northwest long disputed with India. (Photo courtesy of Government of Nepal)
International relations

Nepal wages war of maps against India in disputed area

Himalayan territorial spat comes as Beijing and Delhi spar again over Ladakh

26 May 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have their hands full as the pandemic batters an already slumping economy. (Nikkei Montage/Source photo by Reuters) 
Coronavirus

Modi buried under avalanche of COVID-19 cases and 120m jobless

India struggles as slumping economy takes another hit from spreading pandemic

23 May 2020
Indians wait to board a repatriation flight from Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, on May 9: There are reports that more than 400,000 Indians worldwide are trying to return home. © AFP/Jiji
Coronavirus

Coronavirus wrecks South Asian migrant livelihoods in Middle East

Some 900,000 stranded workers to test health care systems and economies

20 May 2020
The number of foreign students in Japan has increased to 310,000 in 2019, from 164,000 in 2011. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Education

Japan's foreign students struggle to stay and study amid pandemic

Vanishing part-time jobs upends government strategy to recruit young talent

10 May 2020
Firefighters spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease in Jakarta.
4 April 2020
A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana at a temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Politics

Nepali lawmakers push marijuana legalization

Ruling Communist Party sees export opportunities in medical demand

24 March 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the White House South Lawn on Tuesday.
Coronavirus

Trump weighs adding Japan to coronavirus travel restrictions

India, Thailand and cities in China announce measures to limit travelers

4 March 2020
A doctor walks out of an isolation ward at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center in Karachi that was set up as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus

Stuck in Wuhan: Pakistani students' cry for help falls on deaf ears

Islamabad fears nation's medical facilities cannot handle coronavirus patients

13 February 2020