Nepal rescuers search for missing trekkers

South Korean diplomats met with Nepalese police on Tuesday to discuss four South Korean trekkers who went missing since an avalanche swept across popular mountain trekking route. The avalanche hit part of the Mount Annapurna trekking route on Friday after heavy snowfall earlier in the week.

Special Nepalese army and government rescue personnel have since been searching for the South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides.

South Korea's foreign ministry said the missing trekkers are two women in their 30s and 50s and two men in their 50s and are teachers who were staying in Nepal for volunteer work.

All other trekkers who were in the area have been safely rescued and flown to safer areas, Department of Tourism official Mira Acharya said.