Background Nepal is among the world’s least-developed countries. It has endured extreme political instability in recent years because of its transition from absolute monarchy to democracy and because of its years of struggle between the state and militant Maoist insurgents, who control large...

The Media Drop interviews the blogger from Radio Free Nepal, who claims that Nepal's Internet is back up and running. Filtering of some Web sites, such as those of the Maoist rebels, evidently remains in place. ...

Following reports that Nepal's Internet had been shutdown after King Gyanendra seized power, I tested 578 .np (Nepal) domains, retrieved from Google (site:.np) to determine if they were accessible. The results show that 278 .np domains, presumably hosted...

After dismissing the government in a coup, King Gyanendra of Nepal has suspended many of the country's constitutional guarantees, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press. This apparently extends to the country's Web sites as well. ...