The catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China has sent reverberations through Korea, with Nepali residents mobilizing to support their flood-ravaged homeland by sending relief funds and arranging memorial spaces. Meanwhile, tour operators are growing increasingly concerned as cancellations and changes to Nepal travel packages mount ahead of the peak Himalayan trekking season. According to information gathered by the Hankook Ilbo on Monday, some 20 migrant workers belonging to an association of Nepalis from Sudurpashchim Province each contributed between 30,000 won (around $21) and 50,000 won, raising a total of 920,000 won, which they donated Saturday to the Nepali government’s Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund. Sudurpashchim lies at Nepal’s westernmost edge, around 900 kilometers from the flood-hit Nuwakot region. “I believe those of us earning money abroad should help our homeland when it is going through such hardship,” said one contributor, who participated even though he grew up far from the disaster area and had no family members affected by the flooding. Some 60 Nepali or