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Nepal's New PM Vows to Act on Demands to End Corruption
The Straits Times
|September 15, 2025
Nepal's new leader vowed on Sept. 14 to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.
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KATHMANDU —
Ms. Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, has been tasked with restoring order and addressing protesters' demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in six months.
Protests, sparked by a ban on social media and feeding into long-standing economic woes, began on Sept. 8 and quickly escalated, with Parliament and key government buildings set ablaze.
"We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation," Ms. Karki said in her first public comments since taking office on Sept. 12.
A fifth of people in Nepal aged 15 to 24 are unemployed, according to the World Bank, with gross domestic product per capita standing at just US$1,447 (S$1,900), in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people.
"What this group is demanding is the end of corruption, good governance and economic equality," added Ms. Karki.
This story is from the September 15, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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