The tiny kingdom of Bhutan lies in the Himalayan Mountains, with Tibet and China to the north and India to the south.

This remote and isolated country has been described as the Eldorado of the East, the last Shangri-la.

Five years ago, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck introduced a programme of modernisation with the introduction of television and the Internet. But he also warned that both mediums could be both positive and negative for the individual and society, as Bhutan risked losing its devout Buddhist identity.

Has the introduction of television been at the cost of the country's successful efforts to preserve its very unique culture and tradition? Can TV reasonably be accused of weakening spiritual values, of inciting fraud and murder among a peaceable people? Or is Bhutan's new anti-TV lobby just a cover for those in fear of change?

Background
Has TV changed Bhutan?
Bhutan gives TV cautious embrace

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Bhutan Government
Bhutan Toursit Informtation

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