EditorialGrowing active role of the monarchy in daily governance and creating new agencies outside the constitutional jurisdiction to take over development activities usually mandated for an elected government are testimonies of the king’s interest in being a pro-active politician and weaken the mandate of an elected government. Weakening of an elected government results in death of democracy and returning to the order of absolute monarchy. That’s has been the repeat history of Bhutan under Wangchuk Dynasty. Citation: Bhutan Watch. (2022). Editorial. The Bhutan Journal, 3(1); 1-3. Statelessness Among Former Bhutanese Citizens: An Issue of Public Concern  By Ram Karki Much has been studied and written on Gross National Happiness (GNH) and Bhutanese Refugee Issue in the past decades, but scholars and researchers are yet to write on the issue of statelessness among the former Bhutanese Citizens. This paper attempts to find a suitable answer of how a country that propagates the philosophy of happiness could revoke the citizenship of its people and escape from crime.   Citation: Karki, R. (2022). Statelessness Among Former Bhutanese Citizens: A Public Issue of Concern. The Bhutan Journal, 3(1); 4-21. Citizenship and Marriage Laws of Bhutan  By Govinda Rizal Citizenship of a state is the right of the holder to have rights as any other member of the state. Categorisation of citizenship creates distinct groups with different limitations, rights, and privileges and makes citizens unequal before the law. In Bhutan, there are three major and seven subcategories of citizens created by the government. This article highlights the background of promulgation of citizenship and marriage laws and their implication.  Citation: Rizal, G. (2022). Citizenship and Marriage Laws of Bhutan. The Bhutan Journal, 3(1); 22-40. LDC Graduation: Opportunities and Challenges for Bhutan By I P Adhikari Bhutan is graduating from Least Developing Country (LDC) status in 2023. Fair political stability, consistent economic growth, and improved social indicators in the last few decades helped the country achieve this status early on. However, Bhutan will face tough challenges following graduation as the resources allocated…