Nepal Prime Minister Resigns. Parliament / Ministires Set on Fire.

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Amidst protests by Gen-Z against yesterday's inhumane killing of 19 student protesters, the country's capital is on fire.

The prime minister of Nepal has resigned, and fleed on an army helicopter - probably abroad. Many other ministers have been evacuated. The parliament building, ministries, and all of the top political parties have been burnt down.

Submitted this because yesterday evening there was a post and many of you were concerned for Nepal.

Coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/nepal-pm-oli-quits-as-anti-corruption-protests-spiral-his-aide-says/ar-AA1Mb480

The Prime Minister of Nepal resigned amidst violent protests against corruption and the killing of 19 student protesters, sparking discussions on the role of social media and government accountability.

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adyashakti

4 months ago

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i visited Nepal several times over the last decade. the country was a mess. of course it’s a developing nation, but i’m talking about the culture. Chinese influence is growing, and with it the atheistic materialist Communist view. Nepal’s deep Buddhist and Vedic culture is being devastated, state intelligence and surveillance is pervasive, even in the villages. not a fun place to visit anymore. the corruption culture runs deep, and the people are fed up; something like this crisis was inevitable.

factorialboy

4 months ago

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To be fair, the evangelical Christians — mostly from the United States — have played as important a role in destroying Nepal traditions as the Chinese.

newyankee

4 months ago

Evangelical Christians have penetrated most tribal societies in South Asia though as this is like multiple generations since they made transformations in many places

devoutsalsa

4 months ago

The trekking is great though!

curionymous

4 months ago

Seems more like you are against atheism and made up a scenario to fit your bias. State intelligence and surveillance? really? There were no phone service in the last trekking route, yaks and donkeys carried much of everything to remote places.

You also suspiciously don't mention India's bullying making life miserable to people in Nepal while pushing propaganda.

I've loved Nepal and its people ever since I visited in the 80s. People never actually consider their religion as something more than an evolving culture. It was there, but always in the background often mixing with eachother, unlike being very forced in India or against in China.

It's bullying from both its neighbors that brought upon the situation it is in. But, I hope there's a smooth transition.

I do very much recommend people to travel once all this boils over. The food is great too but less options once you leave the city.

pjc50

4 months ago

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Reminded of Euromaidan; murdering demonstrators is often the final trigger for overwhelming numbers of the public to turn against the government.

Compare Serbia, where peaceful protests have been ongoing for some months - also against corruption.

FirmwareBurner

4 months ago

What are peaceful protests achieving in Serbia?

Chudjak said he's not doing anything what the protestors want.

contrarian1234

4 months ago

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Given the toxic effect of social media in the region (Myanmar comes to mind), trying to force social media companies to have legal presence in the country seemed sensible.

When the choice is a stream of inane fake news and viral sensationalist ragebait, or only government approved news.. I'm not entirely sure which is better?

I'm guessing probably the latter. At least you know it's bullshit and your neighbors aren't trying to murder some minorities or shooting up ivermectin or whatever

Hope Nepal comes out of this alright and more people don't get hurt. A collapse of the government (even a bad one) usually leads to nothing good.

MangoToupe

4 months ago

Social media seems like a distraction in this case from blatant corruption

spacebanana7

4 months ago

> When the choice is a stream of inane fake news and viral sensationalist ragebait, or only government approved news.. I'm not entirely sure which is better?

I suppose it depends on how much you dislike your government.

liampulles

4 months ago

The government murdering my neighbours is something I want to know about, even if I have to filter out other social media noise.

latexr

4 months ago

Original report (MSN is just repackaging):

> https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-oli-quit...

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