A new generation of Tibetan leaders, more highly educated and technologically capable than their predecessors, is emerging in the Tibetan government. According to Xinhua, Jampa Phuntsog, one of the Tibetan Deputy Party Secretaries
Nepal may have decided to take a tough new line on Tibetans fleeing their China-ruled Himalayan homeland for the neighbouring kingdom. On April 17, the Nepalese authorities ordered 18 Tibetan refugees
A much expected change of leadership is currently taking place in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to a report from the official news agency Xinhua, Jampa Phuntsog (Chinese: Qiangba Puncog)
Playing host to a large Tibetan population from the other side of the Kanchenjunga, Sikkim has decided to stand behind the Union government in dealing with the delicate issue of who should head the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, the headquarter-in-exile of the Karma Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism.
We would like to point out an error in the ABC Radio Australia's news report of 20 May, regarding His Holiness the Dalai Lama's response to an invitation to visit Taiwan.
In a sad and an irreparable loss to the Tibetan Medical tradition, Dr. Lobsang Wangyal la, the senior personal physician to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, breathed his last at around 7 PM yesterday.
An early resolution of Sino-Indian differences on Sikkim could lend the much-needed political substance for the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's long-awaited visit to China, sources here say.
An international coalition of Human Rights and environment groups today called on Australian mining company, Sino Gold Ltd, to cease all exploration in Tibet until Tibetans are in a position to freely express their wishes about the use of their resources.
Three Australian climbers were rescued by helicopter Monday from a mountain in Tibet, but the body of their leader, who died of altitude sickness, was left behind, Australian officials said.
