bhutan troubles
Posted by Clarity on 15 Jun 2003 at 11:49 am | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Fast forward into trouble
Four years ago, Bhutan, the fabled Himalayan Shangri-la, became the last nation on earth to introduce television. Suddenly a culture, barely changed in centuries, was bombarded by 46 cable channels. And all too soon came Bhutan’s first crime wave - murder, fraud, drug offences. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy report from a country crash-landing in the 21st century