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- ↑ Wangchhuck, Lily (2008). Facts About Bhutan: The Land of the Thunder Dragon. Thimphu: Absolute Bhutan Books. p. 149. ISBN 978-99936-760-0-3.
- ↑ "Journalists Association of Bhutan". www.jab.bt/. Journalists Association of Bhutan. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ↑ Bhutan News Service
