Two Korean Climbers Die In A Fall On Everest

Two South Korean climbers were killed in a fall while trying to climb Mount Everest.

Two South Korean climbers were killed in a fall while trying to climb Mount Everest, Nepal's tourism ministry said on Thursday.

It gave their names as Lee Hyun-Jo, 34, and Oh Hee-Joon, 37, and said they died on Wednesday on the difficult southwest face while climbing the world's highest mountain, which stands at 8,850 metres (29,035 feet).

At least 202 people are known to have died on the slopes of Mount Everest.

Nearly 2,000 people have climbed the mountain since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953.