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Prince Philip s light shines on: King and Queen of Bhutan light 1,000 lamps and pray in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh King Jigme Khesar Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan paid tribute to Prince Philip after his death Royals lit 1,000 candles in tribute to the 99-year-old and prayed for him at a fortress in the country s east Another 1,000 candles were lit and prayers offered by government ministers at fortress near the capital The king also instructed monasteries across Bhutan to offer special prayers for the Duke of Edinburgh Bhutan s royal family shares close ties with Britain because UK helped them come to power in the 1800s ....
The dragon bites its tail – Part II FROM THE ARCHIVES: A longform piece on Bhutan’s Lhotshampa question [1992]. A Lotshampa refugee at a camp in Jhapa District of eastern Nepal showing his Bhutanese passport. Photo: Alemaugil / Wikimedia Common (This article was first published in our July-August 1992 print issue. Also read Part I and Part III of the reportage.) No more a backwater Bhutan was still an economic backwater at the end of the 1940s. The economic, cultural and social interaction and sustenance was almost exclusively with the north. The forested southern hills, the malarial jungles of the Duars and, beyond, the India of the British Empire, held little charm to the pastoralists of high valleys. ....
its unity. asean is developing into an economic by 2015, working for integration through measures liken hansing infrastructure and standardizing customs procedures. noda will announce the aid at a summit meeting with the block s leaders friday. he hopes the support will expand infrastructure exports and investment in the region. japan will participate in 33 projects. these include improving major roads and airports, introducing efficient customs procedures and long term disaster satellites. japan will engage in fund-raising efforts in cooperation with the asean development bank. aside from that plan, he will back the support for research on a road building project to link a port town in southern myanmar to the thai border. the assistance is to encourage construction of roads crossing that region. through the measures, the japanese government hopes to boost relations to asean to counter china s growing influence in southeast asia. asean leaders in bali awarded myanmar fo ....