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Bhutan News
The Kuensel is back online!
Another authentic Bhutanese web site. Bhutan's national
weekly newspaper "Kuensel" is now hosted outside Bhutan as www.KuenselOnline.com.
http://www.kuensel.com.bt is
a redirect to the above.
The Kuensel is new and improved! You can
now make comments for each article, all you want, here on their new
message boards.
http://www.kuenselonline.com |
The Bhutan Times claims to provide counterbalancing
news and information and opinion. "Whatever your leanings already
are, we would urge you to consider that there always are two sides to
every story and that the truth often lies somewhere in between. Don't
blindly accept everything you hear just because you hear it from someone
you like or because it's the first thing you heard. The wise person always
digs a little deeper."
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Bhutan
Times
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BBC:
Bhutan's love affair with chillies
Even the Indian
palate, so fond of hot food, may find the idea of eating
Bhutanese chilli cheese curry a spice too far. [...more] |
Slate:
Bhutan,
The
First Nonsmoking Nation
Could the rest of the world follow?
[...More]
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NO US Travel Warnings for Bhutan!
The US State department has issued no specific travel
warnings for Americans traveling to the countries of Bhutan, India,
Thailand. Aside from the normal warning to avoid large crowds,
Americans are simply urged to exercise caution world wide. The border
between India and Pakistan on the opposite side of the Indian subcontinent
is very tightly controlled and far from Bhutan. The people and the
governments of Bhutan, India, Thailand and even Nepal are very friendly
towards Americans and have demonstrated their solidarity with the USA
during this time of mourning and resolve. Flights on Druk Air have always
had the strictest security and the best pilots in the world. Many of
Bhutan's pilots were trained by the world famous American pilot
"Captain George."
Bhutanese tour operators encourage all visitors to
continue with their travel plans and consider travel to the Kingdom of
Bhutan to be extremely safe for Americans and all visitors at every step
of the way. Be sure that security is as tight as it ever has been and
means that this is the safest time of all to travel and Bhutan is one of
the safest places for anyone to be.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
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TRAVEL
WARNING FOR NEPAL
United
States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This
information is current as of today,
Mon May 23 08:58:59 2005.
This
Travel Warning is being issued to alert Americans to continuing security
concerns in Nepal. [More] |
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Bhutan expresses
solidarity
with the U.S.
As
an expression of condolence for the victims of the
September 11 terrorist attacks on American targets,
His Majesty the King and the royal family attended a
prayer ceremony and lit butter lamps in Tashichhodzong
at noon on September 12... [more
from the Kuensel]
His
Majesty the King, the Head of Government, Lyonpo
Khandu Wangchuk and the UNDP officer in-charge, Mr.
Herbert Behrstock at the butter lamp ceremony... [more
from the Kuensel]
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News groups on Bhutan
News
on Google New updates everyday!
Note:
During your newsgroup search on
Bhutan, you will come across some interest groups on the political situation in
Bhutan. A good example is the Kathmandu
post, a Nepalese newspaper, which has become a "mouth-piece" for
these groups and there is one or two articles every other day. Please note that
we have deliberately left out these websites from the list here because their
content is mostly propaganda. Most of the information is grossly distorted and
biased and in our opinion misinformed. There
are two sides to every story.
Information for this note by Thinley Namgyel
The Cup is Bhutan's
entry as foreign film in Academy Awards
The movie is the directorial debut of
38-year-old Bhutanese filmmaker Khyentse Norbu, a prominent
Llama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
By Jyotirmoy Datta, January 14, 2000
http://www.finelinefeatures.com/thecup/frameset.html
 Bhutan:
Out of the loop, and proud of it
by K.E.S. Kirby, Special to The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/travel/html98/bhut04_20000604.html
CBS NEWS, 60 Minutes:
"Gross National Happiness," (Feb. 6, 2000) The recent 60
Minutes segment shown on American CBS TV News. No article on website, just a
listing. We will put up more about this as we get transcripts and permission to
publish it.
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Bhutan&sp-k=CBS+News&sp-a=sp091c5300
(Searches for "Bhutan" on US CBS news)
Australian Broadcasting Company, Foreign Correspondent
"If Pigs Could Fly," (17 August 1999) Reporter Andrew Clark visits
the tiny himalayan Kingdom for the Kings silver jubilee...
http://abc.net.au/foreign/1999/ep7-9.htm#second
 Loney Planet, "SCOOP," travel
news review: Bhutan
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/scoop/asi/bhu.htm
 Soccer
World Cup brings TV to Bhutan for the first time
July 11, 1998
By Subir Bhaumik http://www.ya.co.za/WorldCup/bhutan.htm
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