In the photo, the King and Queen of what's considered the happiest country in the world appear together. Bhutan measures the ...

Often dubbed ‘the Kate Middleton of the Himalayas’, the sovereign of Bhutan is as popular as ever among royal fans ...

Sikkim was annexed by India in what can be called a colossal display of intrigue and treachery in which India’s foreign ...

In 2003, as part of the U.S. government’s economic sanctions against Myanmar (Burma) funds belonging to Bhutan’s national ...

May 16 is annually commemorated as Sikkim Day, marking the former kingdom’s integration with India in 1975. On its 50th anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to the people ...

Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan country wedged between ... it is obvious that the country’s polity is deeply rooted in tradition and its monarchy that continues to be a paternalistic guiding force.

In the late 1980s into the 1990s, Bhutan’s monarchy pushed over 100,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese out of the country, revoking their citizenship and labeling them enemies of the state.

Bhutan is a democratic constitutional monarchy and has made significant improvements in its human rights record, however, the ongoing detention and mistreatment of political prisoners is held against ...

Bitcoin mining is one of the few ventures that allows Bhutan, a constitutional monarchy, to grow its economy while aligning with its values as a country, analysts say. “The number of private ...

Bhutan opened its borders just over 50 years ago — but the once-isolationist monarchy continued to guard fiercely against overtourism. The self-styled “low-volume, high-quality” policy is ...

Bhutan was an association of local fiefdoms until the 18th century; following British intervention, it became a hereditary monarchy in 1907. The country became a two-party parliamentary democracy ...