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The command came from the king, as commands normally do in a nation where royalty has ruled for a century. But when the Precious Ruler of the Dragon People spoke that day, he stunned this deeply ...

On the 77th International Human Rights Day, the Global Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB) has ...

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has leapt in one day from an absolute monarchy to a democracy. Bhutan is a tradition-bound land, where people revere their monarch — so much so that the young ...

Simon Denyer is the India bureau chief for Reuters, with responsibility for Bhutan and Nepal as well. He visited Bhutan last May when it had a dry run of its first real democratic elections, and last ...

THIMPU (Reuters) - The people of the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have delivered a stunning verdict in their first ever parliamentary polls, embracing democracy but overwhelmingly rejecting ...

On March 3, Sonam Tshering, a Buddhist monk, was sentenced to three years in prison in the Himalayan nation of Bhutan. His crime? Trying to smuggle $2.50 worth of chewing tobacco into Bhutan from ...

THIMPHU, Bhutan, March 22 -- The journey of this tiny, tranquil Himalayan kingdom from a hereditary monarchy to a modern democracy has not been without pitfalls. One candidate had to scrap his ...

There’s a story, probably apocryphal, that Warren G. Harding, surveying his presidency, lamented that “in this job I am not worried about my enemies. It is my friends that keep me awake at night.” THE ...

Join us for a screening and discussion of The Monk and the Gun by Oscar-nominated Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji. Uplifting, humorous and thoughtful, the dramedy plays out during Bhutan's ...

I have a promise to break. Like any self-respecting writer visiting Bhutan, I solemnly swore on a stack of travelogues to avoid clichd references to Shangri-la, the mountain paradise of James Hilton’s ...

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