The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has crowned it’s 5th king in an elaborate Buddhist ceremony.

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.The nation’s king, 28-year-old Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck, was the...

Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall.Bhutanese monks in.

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.

A political party seen as the more royalist of two groups seeking power swept the first parliamentary elections ever held in this secluded Himalayan kingdom, Bhutan’s election commissioner said Monday.The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party took 44 of the..

Election officials say a royalist party has swept the first parliamentary elections in the secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.Officials say the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party has taken 44 of the 47 seats in the new parliament. The group is seen as...

The secluded Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a land that’s made promoting happiness its paramount goal, became the world newest democracy Monday when it held its first parliamentary elections.And few, apart from the king who is giving up his power, seemed...

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...

A separatist group in India’s remote northeast has been forcibly recruiting people and taking them to camps in neighboring Myanmar for military training, Indian police said Thursday.The group, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, which has been...

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 vote caps a whirlwind year of...