For thousands of years, monarchies have risen, collapsed, and vanished entirely. Yet a small number of royal families have ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has extended warm felicitations to the government and people of Bhutan on their National Day today ...

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 ...

In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a Bhutanese child sits as adults in traditional costume stand in a queue to cast their votes for the nation's parliamentary election outside a polling station at ...

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In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a Bhutanese child sits as adults in traditional costume stand in a queue to cast their votes for the nation’s parliamentary election outside a polling station at ...

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 ...

BARBARA CROSSETTE, a former New York Times correspondent in Asia, is the author of "So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas." IT OFTEN COMES as a bewildering surprise to ...

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Sabrina Soares explains how Bhutan progressed from a monarchy to a parliamentary democracy. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building ...

LAYA, Bhutan — Prayer flags whip in the wind, flying across steep valleys and roads. Buddhist temples, stupa shrines and majestic fortresses called zhongs dot the landscape. Giant water-powered prayer ...

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 ...