A Nepali migrant worker who had gone to Korea under the EPS system has died in South Korea.

Thakur Prasad Rai, 38, of Mane Bhangyang in Sankhuwasabha, died while he was asleep.

Kishor Rai, a friend of the deceased at a pig farm in Chollabuk-do, informed that he was fine until Sunday.

According to Rai, Thakur took a leave from work on Sunday. His friends had waked him up after he started snoring while he was asleep. He died before the ambulance arrived at the place.