The Global Peace Prayer Festival has drawn to a close and it can be said that it was a grand success. Bhutan has always called itself the last Vajrayana Buddhist country and rightly so, but there was always a sense of insecurity about the term, almost like a last man …

By Carl Benedikt Frey OXFORD – When OpenAI recently committed $1.4 trillion to securing future computing capacity, it was merely the latest indication of irrational exuberance in 2025. By some estimates, US GDP growth in the first half of this year came almost entirely from data centers, prompting a flood …

A study published in Jama Oncology said that of 29,105 females (below 50 years) who underwent lower endoscopy in a long-term study, those with the highest consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) intake had a statistically significant 45% higher odds of early-onset colorectal conventional adenomas compared with the lowest quintile. The …

Milan Thomas (@drukonomist) Drukair Flight 541 from Singapore touched down in Paro to triumphant cheers, nearly a full day after its scheduled arrival. For my wife and me, it was our first time arriving in Bhutan as tourists after living in Thimphu for nearly two years. The landing in Paro …

By Khenrab Nima In the theater of global affairs, peace is often a celebrated arrival, a hard-won reprieve that follows the devastation of conflict. The world commemorates treaties signed in the aftermath of war, not the quiet wisdom that prevented war from ever breaking out. Bhutan, under the visionary leadership …

By Tashi Dema As Nishimizu wrote, “Fortunate are the people who beheld such a leader. Precious is the leader who receives such a tribute.” At the tender age of sixteen, amid mourning for the late king, his father, and trepidations of the future unseen, the young prince anchored to peace, …

By Rigxel Yangchen “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is indivisible to the eye,” the simple secret from the fox to the little prince in the book, ‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.  In the world where outward success is given …

Thimphu, Bhutan – In this momentous celebration of legacy, leadership, and profound national reverence, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan will introduce a new series of currency banknotes on November 12th 2025 to commemorate the 70th auspicious Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the …

By Dorji Dhradhul “…….   It was suggested to us then that Bhutan would benefit economically from bringing in as many tourists as possible into the country. At that time, Bhutan was largely unknown to the outside world. And yet, with Drukgyal Zhipa at the helm, we had the confidence to …

By Jigme Wangmo My thoughts of His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, always return to a single, humbling realization. At 16, an age when most of us are still children figuring our own identities, he shouldered the weight of an entire nation. Sometimes I think about what I …