According to the International Women's Meditation Center Foundation, Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck was born in Punakha, Bhutan, in 1959, and was educated in Bhutan and India. She is the ...

The former king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, envisioned democracy in the country in 2006 – after the rule of an absolute monarchy for over a century. The first elections were held in 2008, and ...