Former king Gyanendra Shah has 'reaffirmed his belief in multiparty democracy and a constitutional monarchy'.

Thailand has one of the world's strictest laws against criticizing the country's powerful monarchy. Foreigners are very rarely charged under the law, which prescribes up to 15 years in prison for ...

Monarchy hardens into despotism. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers. — Lord Acton ...

Nepal is celebrating the 19th Lokatantra Diwas or Democracy Day on Thursday to offer tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed ...

In this complex system, even though a new constitution was drafted and democracy was introduced, the monarchy was still the leading actor, certainly more than a constitutional one with no checks ...

However, under a monarchy, questioning or filing a case against the king was impossible," he stated. Reaffirming that autocracy is no alternative to democracy, he urged all stakeholders to operate ...

KATHMANDU: Former king Gyanendra Shah has ‘reaffirmed his belief in multiparty democracy and a constitutional monarchy’. Releasing a video message on the eve of Nepali New Year, Shah said ...