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Rescue workers fanned out across eastern Bhutan on Tuesday, one day after an earthquake shook the tiny, isolated Himalayan nation and killed at least 12 people, officials and a state-run daily said.
Tradition in this Buddhist Himalayan kingdom says that the people pay homage to a new king by lining up with the gift of a white scarf. Their new monarch, however, was having none of it.
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has formally adopted a new constitution that transforms it from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, a move initiated by its royal family.
In a March 24 story about Bhutan holding its first democratic elections, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Himalayan country's new prime minister. His name is Jigmi Y. Thinley, not Jigmi Kinley.
Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by electing a staunch royalist as its first prime minister.
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 isolated corner of the Himalayas: The age of monarchs is ending, he said, and power should be yours.
Bhutan will hold its first democratic elections in March, the latest step in the transformation of the Himalayan nation where Buddhist kings reigned supreme.
The secluded Himalayan nation of Bhutan will begin its transformation from an absolute monarchy to a democracy with several leaders fresh out of college at the helm, election officials announced.
Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
The isolated kingdom of Bhutan took another step toward democracy Monday as voters lined up for the final round of a mock parliamentary election, officials said.
Himalayan Blunder: The Perils Of Denying Glacier Melting Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh loves to challenge the dominant opinion (except in the case of Genetically Modified crops).
Bhutanese Refugees Stick Together to Make a Life in the Bronx - NYTimes.comBhutan refugees stick together in one apartment building in the Bronx. The older people do not learn English and dream of going back to Bhutan, while their older children take care of their parents and the younger children while trying to earn a living.
Bhutan hit by strong earthquakeAt least three people have been killed after an earthquake hit Bhutan and neighbouring Himalayan regions. The 6.3 magnitude quake damaged monasteries and caused homes to collapse in the mountain kingdom.
India Befriends Afghanistan, Irking PakistanKABUL -- After shunning Afghanistan during the Taliban regime, India has become a major donor and new friend to the country's democratic government -- even if its growing presence here riles archrival Pakistan.
China Should Break India Into Smaller PiecesA Chinese strategist finds that there is no single united India and that the country is actually made up of several competing power centers that can be easily split apart. This will surely abort the American-British plans for turning India into their new slave-soldier in Asia.
China's India policy: Murder with borrowed knivesNEW DELHI: Fears that China could employ a strategy of "murdering with borrowed knives" against India does not seem totally unfounded. A leading Chinese think-tank , whose views count with the Beijing's Communist administration
Javed Jabbar cautions India against ignoring immediate neigbours in media field NEW DELHI, July 14 (APP) : Javed Jabbar, former Information Minister and media expert has cautioned Indian media policy makers and media leaders from letting India become ignorant of its immediate neighbours even as India aspired to be a new global player.Speaking in the inaugura …
Mountains of concreteDawa Tsering and Tenzing are stuck in Gangtok since they began their indefinite fast nearly two years ago.
Condom facials Condom sales have rocketed after women began using them as budget Botox in Thimpu, Bhutan. They claim the lubricants used in the sex aids are better than any moisturisers available in the tiny mountain state.
From Farakka to Tipaimukh the Dams that KillIn recent days, Bangladesh seems to have wakened up to the danger posed by construction of the Tipaimukh Dam in the neighboring Manipur state of India.
Recalculating Happiness in a Himalayan Kingdom"Greed, insatiable human greed," said Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan, describing what he sees as the cause of today's economic catastrophe in the world beyond the snow-topped mountains. "What we need is change," he said in the whitewashed fortress where he works.
Bhutan: A Maoists Getting More ActiveIn a major ambush of a vehicle carrying forest guards, in Sarpang, four were killed and two injured. The forest guards were returning to their camp at Phibsoo when an IED device blew up the tractor on which they were travelling. The occupants were also fired at.
Kathmandu: Diplomatic WatersReporting from the developing world, traveling science writer Gaia Vince relays her first dispatch from the meltwaters of the Himalaya.
Economists Appraise Bhutan's Happiness ModelThimphu, Bhutan - In the thick of a global financial crisis, many economists have come to this Himalayan kingdom to study a unique economic policy called Gross National Happiness, based on Buddhist principles.
Giant painted penis fights evil Yes, this house has a huge phallus on it. But there is a good reason why. In the country of Bhutan in south Asia, the giant penis has an important job. It is scrawled on homes to ward off evil spirits.
Bhutan gets young king to guide young democracyTHIMPHU – In the Chamber of the Golden Throne, a 28-year-old with an Oxford education will assume the Raven Crown of Bhutan Thursday, to guide the world's newest democracy as it emerges into the modern world.
Nation of Bhutan celebrates coronation of kingNomadic yak herders trekked for days from icy Himalayan peaks to join thousands of people in the capital as Bhutan prepared to celebrate the coronation of the fifth king of the Land of the Thunder Dragon.
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl.
Bhutanese temple thieves get lifeSeven people in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have been sentenced to life in prison for stealing precious artefacts from monasteries and temples.
Bhutan voters demand return of the king Hundreds of people gathered in Thimpu, the capital, on Wednesday to petition the "Dragon King" to bring back absolute monarchy.
Bhutanese vote sees rejection of king's in-lawsLandslide winner was Jigmi Thinley, a man very closely associated with the country's revered and loved kings
Monarchy Loyalist Party Wins Bhutan ElectionIn Bhutan's landmark elections that ended a century of absolute monarchy, the party widely perceived as most loyal to the monarchy won by a landslide. .
Bhutan reluctantly makes leap to democracy: Himalayan nation's people vote Monday, but they prefer kingThe command came from the king, as commands normally do in a nation where royalty has ruled for a century.
King drags Bhutan into democracy Bhutan's fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck... actually imposed democracy against the will of many of his subjects
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