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BARBARA CROSSETTE, a former New York Times correspondent in Asia, is the author of "So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas." IT OFTEN COMES as a bewildering surprise to ...

THIMPHU, BHUTAN — In this idyllic Himalayan country that measures progress by its “gross national happiness” index, the stoplight just didn’t cut it. Residents here in the capital complained that ...

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The tiny Himalayan monarchy of Bhutan held its first democratic election, handing a parliamentary landslide victory to former Prime Minister Jigme Thinley’s party, according to unofficial results. The ...

The Himalayan nation of Bhutan, often described as a "Shangri-La" where happiness is equated to wealth, is holding elections this week. But the Lhotshampa people, brutally driven out of the small ...