TWO MORE SOUTH KOREANS KILLED ON CHOLATSE

TWO MORE SOUTH KOREANS DIE IN FALL OFF CHOLASE IN NEPAL HIIMALAYA.
Kathmandu, 12 Nov.:: Two South Koreans fell to their deaths while climbing a treacherous course in the Himalayas, weeks after three colleagues went missing and were presumed dead, according to mountain authorities, AFP reports.
Kim Hyung-Il, 43, leader of the K2 Extreme team, and Chang Ji-Myeong were killed on Friday when they fell as they were ascending on the notorious Cholatse north face, the Korean Alpine Federation said.
Their bodies were later recovered by two colleagues who left the base camp in search of them after radio contact was lost.
Kim and Chang, who had set an ambitious goal of covering the roundabout course to reach the 6,440-meter (21,252-feet) Cholatse's summit within 36 hours, were killed at an altitude of 5,100 meters.
Earlier this month, Kim postponed a plan to climb Cholatse and joined rescue efforts for the three South Korean mountaineers who went
missing on October 18 and were presumed dead while trying to scale the Annapurna peak.
South Korean climbers reportedly feel pressure from
their sponsoring companies to achieve outstanding feats by setting some records or attempting ascents on dangerous courses.
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BRITISH MUSEUM ASKED TO THE BIRTH COUNTRYOF THE BUDDHA

Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: The Nepal Information Correction Task Force of the World Federation of Nepali Literature has suggested the Museum of United Kingdom to correct the birthplace of Lord Buddha, RSS reports.
The letter signed by former ambassador to Britain and Convener of the Task Force Murari Raj Sharma and Task Force Member Dr. Govind Raj Bhattarai states that the British Museum should take the fact as a basis that Lumbini is in the world heritage list.
The Task Force has urged the Museum to correct the information as it is objectionable to make wrong publicity that there are evidences of Buddha’s birth in Nepal.
Federation Member Biswas Deep Tigela said the information had been received to the Federation that it had been taken to the process of correction on the basis of suggestions of the Literary Federation and other organizations.
Buddha was born in India has been mentioned under the topic ‘The Life of the Buddha’ in the Department of Asia Chamber of the British Museum in London that is visited by six million tourists every year from all over the world.
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MAOISTS USING THE [ARTY FR FINANCIAL BENEFITS
Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli blamed the UCPN (Maoist) for taking financial benefit in the name of the Maoist combatants, RSS reports from Dandelhhura..
The peace and constitution writing processes were lengthened as the UCPN (Maoist) bargained for power and took financial benefit showing its combatants, he said.
Oli, who has come to address the First District Council Meeting of the Baitadi District Committee of the CPN-UML and mass meeting in Gothalapani, on Saturday, blamed at a press meeting organized in Dadeldhura that the UCPN (Maoist) created the nonexistent combatants and cantonments, and has been collecting large amount of financial benefit.
He said the national political condition was complicated as the Maoist leaders signed agreements time and again, but ignored to implement them.
He said the UCPN (Maoist) will have no existence at all if the party failed to implement the recently signed seven-point agreement, adding the government´s talk of austerity ended with the expansion of the cabinet.
At the press meet, UML leader Oli said the Constituent Assembly term will be extended if the environment of confidence for the promulgation of new constituent was created within November 23.
"The latest activities of the government have affected the environment of confidence that was built after the seven-point agreement," Oli said. The agreement will only be implemented if other parties remain aware of the UCPN (Maoist), he added.
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GOVT. TO OPEN CULTURE CENTERS NATION-WIDE
Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs, and Culture is set to prepare a strategic plan in a bid to preserve the religions and cultures of various ethnic communities, The Himalayan Times reports.

According to Minister for Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs, and Culture Gopal Kiranti, the government will establish cultural centers in various places across the country which will help recognise and protect religions, cultures and languages of the ethnic communities.

According to the plan, a Newari Cultural Center will be set up in Kathmandu valley in a bid to promote and for protection of their cultural and religious practices.

The government has also planned to provide necessary support to Jyapu Academy that is under construction in Lalitpur, Kiranti said.

Similarly, the government has been planning to establish a Gurung Cultural Center in Kaski, Tharu Cultural Center in Dang and Magar Cultural Center in Rolpa.

Minister Kirati said that the government has been doing the feasibility study for other centers that can be established in the Mountainous, Hilly and Terai regions.

Minister Kiranti also claimed that the government will forward the process to establish the centers within the next two months.
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WILF ELEPHANTS OF KOSHITAPPU DESTROY SETTLEMENTS AROUND RESERVE

Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: A herd of wild elephants, which are in Koshitappu Wildlife Reserve in course of reproductive cycle, have destroyed paddy plantation entering the human settlement in Prakashpur 8 and 9, RSS reports from Ihahari.

The rampaging wild tuskers that entered the human locality destroyed paddy farming in five bigahs of land of local people including Leela Ghimire, Gopi Krishna Paudel, Gangaram Ghimire, Setuman Karki and Man Bahadur Gurung, according to the victim farmers.

The elephants that entered the banks of the Saptakoshi for reproductive process from India via Charkose forest have been panicking locals of Prakashpur and Mahendranagar areas in the season every year.
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