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Re:U.S. mandates more foreign travelers to pay $15,000 visa ... by darth_avocado on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:22PM (#46557988)
Bhutan doesn’t have formal diplomatic relations with US. They’re the one of the two countries in Asia that doesn’t have a US embassy, the other being North Korea. (Not suggesting that they’re NK) It’s probably because they just don’t have relationship with the US.
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Re:U.S. mandates more foreign travelers to pay $15,000 visa ... by em-bee on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:47PM (#46558323)
bhutan has the lowest number of international relations

it appears that they intentionally avoid relationships with countries that could try to unduly influence them.

https://youtu.be/dA2laOQjZvQ

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