Significant progress has been made in healthcare delivery, particularly in the areas of infectious disease control, non-communicable diseases, and traditional medicine. There are also several challenges faced by the healthcare…
Editorial
This edition of The Bhutan Journal is solemnly dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Govinda Rizal—scholar, activist, and co-founding editor of this publication. Since the journal’s inception in…
Mental Health Among the Resettled Bhutanese
The resettled Bhutanese, most specifically in the US, have widespread mental health issues. The trend has improved in the last couple of year, though. The issue is not completely absent…
The Worldwide Media’s Impact in Addressing the Ethnic Cleansing in Bhutan
Ram Karki & Awatif Laouedj Introduction On 30 April 2021, the Japanese government announced to award Dago Tshering with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star to…
Human Rights Report 2022
A high-profile case involving the supreme court justice dominated the news outlets of the country for the majority of the year. The personal collusion between a lady and army chief…
Bhutan Human Rights Report 2021
Forward This is the third year BW publishing Annual Human Rights Report on Bhutan. This is our humble effort to promote human rights, equality and justice. We have been consistently…
Integration and Satisfaction Among Resettled Bhutanese in Australia
ABSTRACT Bhutan’s population design out of unfounded fears led to the eviction of over 20% of the country’s population, mostly Nepali speakers. It was not ethnic cleansing. It was Bhutan’s best effort to…
Fragmented Happiness
Introduction Bhutan has emerged well as a promoter of happiness parameter to measure the status of social wellbeing. However, the country failed to ensure that the principle becomes part of…