Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existential crisis
With an economy hit hard by COVID, many Bhutanese have left for jobs abroad. Bhutan's government, which for years has ...
Bhutan has made happiness a national priority. So why are so many citizens leaving the country?
Bhutan, a country that prioritizes happiness, has seen 9% of its population leave in recent years. Now the king is launching ...
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Bhutan’s ‘Gross National Happiness’ Contributes To Global Success – But Also Loss
Bhutan a small landlocked kingdom situated in south Asia that had introduced the concept of Gross national Happiness to the ...
What Bhutan Got Right About Happiness – And How It Faces an Existential Crisis
Bhutan, the small Himalayan kingdom known for introducing Gross National Happiness (GNH), is grappling with an alarming trend ...
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Bhutan's "Gross National Happiness" backfires as 9% of its population flees
Bhutan is the only country in the world that uses Gross National Happiness to measure its success. But it looks like the ...
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Fostering civic engagement in Bhutan’s democratic evolution
A webinar titled “Citizen Participation and Engagement in Bhutan”, organised by the Bhutan Media Foundation, German-Bhutan ...
Meet the Women Chefs Helping Revitalize Bhutan’s Rural Villages, One Recipe at a Time
High atop the hills of Bhutan’s lush Punakha Valley, Nobgang B&B is a women-run community restaurant—and is set to become a template for regenerative tourism projects across the country.
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From the Himalaya to Holland
For two decades, more than 100,000 refugees driven out of Bhutan lived in camps in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal.
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Dungkar Dzong: Beyond a fort – A testament to Bhutanese identity
Dungkar Dzong, gracefully perched on a landscape resembling the sacred dungkar, or conch shell, exudes serene majesty as it rests on a lotus-like tableland. Located at an altitude between 2,500 and 3, ...