Koreatimes iconKoreatimesSep 28, 2026 ~1 min source read

When Nepal asks the world to pay up, whose bill is it?

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah made his first foreign trip six months into office when he led a delegation to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. His purpose was to ask wealthy nations with high emissions what they owe Nepal after flash floods killed more than 1,450 people and left nearly 6,000 missing.

When Nepal asks the world to pay up, whose bill is it?

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Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah made his first foreign trip six months into office when he led a delegation to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

His purpose was to ask wealthy nations with high emissions what they owe Nepal after flash floods killed more than 1,450 people and left nearly 6,000 missing.

26, when a mass of water, mud and ice broke loose near the Nepal-China border and tore through villages and infrastructure.

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Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah made his first foreign trip six months into office when he led a delegation to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. His purpose was to ask wealthy nations with high emissions what they owe Nepal after flash floods killed more than 1,450 people and left nearly 6,000 missing. 26, when a mass of water, mud and ice broke loose near the Nepal-China border and tore through villages and infrastructure.

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  • China has reported 43 dead and more than 500 missing on its side of the border.
  • Nepali police list many Indian nationals among the missing — the largest foreign contingent — and floodwaters are reported to have carried some victims' bodies roughly 240 kilometers downstream into Indian...

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Nepal observed a national day of mourning 13 days later. India has been drawn into the disaster on several fronts.

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