Among the visitors who flew in to Katmandu for King Mahendra’s coronation last week (see above) were three sturdy men wearing swords, embroidered knee-length felt boots and striped wrap-around coats.

PUNAKHA, Bhutan (Reuters) - Bhutan's "Dragon King" married a young commoner in an ancient Himalayan monastic fortress on Thursday, sipping a chalice of ambrosia symbolising eternal life in a Buddhist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remote Himalayan mountain kingdom nestled between China, India and a bunch of clouds may be about to get more distant. Bhutan is ...

Hidden amid the towering peaks and shaded valleys of the mighty Himalaya, even in today’s ultra accessible world Bhutan remains a country shrouded in mystery and magic. One of the reasons for this ...

A remote Himalayan mountain kingdom nestled between China, India and a bunch of clouds may be about to get more distant. Bhutan is known as the "Land of the Thunder Dragon" and for its deeply Buddhist ...