Five Koreans Among Nine Killed in Himalayas in Nepal

Five Koreans Among Nine Killed in Himalayas in Nepal
HIMALAYAS, NEPAL, 2015. Reuters
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KATHMANDU—Five South Korean climbers and their four Nepali guides have been killed after their basecamp in the Himalayas was ravaged by a storm, local police and hiking officials said on Sunday.

The disaster, which claimed the life of record-breaking Korean climber Kim Chang-ho, is the worst climbing accident to hit the Himalayan nation in two years.