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King visits flood affected south, avoids Lhotsampa settlements

King Jigme Khesar completed his weeklong tour to southern districts, inspecting the areas ravaged by the recent torrent rains. He turned to capital Friday

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Posted in Main News on 30 May 2009 Comments (5)

THIMPHU JOURNAL: Recalculating Happiness in a Himalayan Kingdom

THIMPHU, Bhutan — If the rest of the world cannot get it right in these unhappy times, this tiny Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains says it is working on an answer. “Greed, insatiable human greed,” said Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan, describing what he sees as the cause of today’s economic catastrophe [...]

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Posted in News Analysis on 07 May 2009 Comments (12)

King visits Lhuentse, Mongar

King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk, who is currently in visit to Lhuentse and Mongar districts, met and interacted with local people and students on several problems they face

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Posted in Main News on 21 March 2009 Comments (0)

On his second birthday as King

The youngest monarch of today’s world King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck turns 29 on Saturday celebrating his second birthday as king. Born on February 21, 1980 the fifth Dragon King and head of the Wangchuck dynasty became king on December 14, 2006, and was officially crowned on November 6, 2008

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Posted in Main News on 20 February 2009 Comments (2)

RUB convocation: King asks students to improve Math, English and Science

King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk has asked the students from Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) to concentrate more on Mathematics, English and Science

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Posted in Main News on 17 February 2009 Comments (0)

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