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THIMPU 20250331After decades of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan is now opening its doors to the outside world - with a bold vision for the future. The hypermodern city of Gelephu Mindfulness City is set to attract AI experts, entrepreneurs and young Bhutanese back home. Picture: People praying at the National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu.Photo: Eva Tedesjö / DN / TT / Code: 3504

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THIMPU 20250331After decades of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan is now opening its doors to the outside world - with a bold vision for the future. The hypermodern city of Gelephu Mindfulness City is set to attract AI experts, entrepreneurs and young Bhutanese back home. Pictured: 22-year-old Namgay Pelmo. We meet her at a rooftop bar in Thimpu on a Saturday night as she plays billiards with her friends.Photo: Eva Tedesjö / DN / TT / Code: 3504

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BHUTAN

THIMPU 20250331 After decades of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan is now opening its doors to the outside world - with a bold vision for the future. The hypermodern city of Gelephu Mindfulness City is set to attract AI experts, entrepreneurs and young Bhutanese back home. Picture: Lotay Tshering, the country's former prime minister and now governor of the enormous futururistic project, shows the plans for the new city on a large map.Photo: Eva Tedesjö / DN / TT / Code: 3504

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BHUTAN

THIMPU 20250331After decades of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan is now opening its doors to the outside world - with a bold vision for the future. The hypermodern city of Gelephu Mindfulness City will attract AI experts, entrepreneurs and young Bhutanese back home. Image: National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu.Photo: Eva Tedesjö / DN / TT / Code: 3504

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THIMPU 20250403 After decades of self-imposed isolation, Bhutan is now opening its doors to the outside world - with a bold vision for the future. The hypermodern city of Gelephu Mindfulness City will attract AI experts, entrepreneurs and young Bhutanese back home. Image: Ujjwal Deep Dahal, CEO of Druk Holding Investment, DHI.Photo: Eva Tedesjö / DN / TT / Code: 3504

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Bhutan trounce Montserrat 4-0 in worst team playoff

THIMPU, Bhutan - Two players from Bhutan and Montserrat compete in a game touted as the ''other World Cup final'' in Thimpu on June 30. In the match, approved by the Asian Football Confederation to celebrate football at the lowest level, the Himalayan kingdom beat the Caribbean island nation 4-0 to maintain their second-to-last position in FIFA's official world rankings at 202nd, with Montserrat propping up the rest of the world at 203rd. (World Cup 2002)

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Bhutan trounce Montserrat 4-0 in worst team playoff

THIMPU, Bhutan - Two players from Bhutan and Montserrat compete in a game touted as the ''other World Cup final'' in Thimpu on June 30. In the match, approved by the Asian Football Confederation to celebrate football at the lowest level, the Himalayan kingdom beat the Caribbean island nation 4-0 to maintain their second-to-last position in FIFA's official world rankings at 202nd, with Montserrat propping up the rest of the world at 203rd. (World Cup 2002)