SEOUL, Nov 1: North Korea is poised to close as many as a dozen embassies including in Spain, Hong Kong, and multiple countries in Africa, according to media reports and analysts, in a move that could see nearly 25 percent of Pyongyang's missions close worldwide.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today said initiations would be taken to induct people from music and art field into Nepali embassies in various foreign countries in a bid to spread Nepali music and art across the world.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: Amid reports of scores of Nepali migrant workers in foreign land particularly Gulf countries and Malaysia awaiting repatriation for various reasons, millions of rupees meant for their welfare in foreign countries are reported to have been misused.