Bring home a hand-crafted Khuru dart and try out one of Bhutan’s most popular games, Khuru, with your friends! You could also ...

Paro-Bhutan’s economy, traditionally anchored in the hydropower, tourism, and service sectors, is at a crossroads, and to achieve sustainable growth, the country must pivot toward innovation and ...

The Kingdom of Bhutan is considered a development success story, with decreasing poverty and improvements in human development indicators. The Bank's engagement in Bhutan is aimed at supporting the ...

King Jigme of Bhutan recalls that when he was studying in America, his classmates would scoff in disbelief when he told them there were tigers and elephants in his Himalayan homeland. Like many ...

The mystery-cloaked Himalayan kingdom seeks Gross National Happiness, loves its king and wards off evil spirits with phallic ...

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places in Bhutan. Shop till your feet hurt. From carpets to clothing, every item here ...

Singers at the Thimphu Tshechu wear typical clothes of Bhutan. Women dress in their finest attire for festivals. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Bhutan’s elaborate religious festivals, called tshechus ...

Two weeks before my first International Folk Art Market as executive director, I got an unexpected email. I was invited by the U.S. Embassy in India to speak about female ...

But even as Bhutan modernised, its political prisoners ... and the prisoners have had to resort to using rice sacks for clothing and bedding because those that are provided are insufficient ...

This week’s political headlines were eerily similar in feel to those of early July, following that momentous Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate. It’s the feel of a Democratic Party realizing (again ...

The inauguration ceremony marked a triumphant apotheosis for the former general, who was elected in a landslide in February.