TOKTOKHA, Bhutan, March 24 -- Without revolution or bloodshed, this tiny Himalayan kingdom became the world's newest democracy Monday, as wildflower farmers, traditional healers, Buddhist folk artists and computer engineers voted in their country's first parliamentary elections, ending a century of... -
In Bhutan, a Historic Trek to the Polls
TOKTOKHA, Bhutan, March 24 -- Without revolution or bloodshed, this tiny Himalayan kingdom became the world's newest democracy Monday, as wildflower farmers, traditional healers, Buddhist folk artists and computer engineers voted in their country's first parliamentary elections, ending a century of...-
By Emily Wax