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…
Editorial
Democratic days of Bhutan heralded with the transfer of power from fourth to fifth kings with new king accepting the fact that governance should be through the peoples’ elected representatives….
Statelessness Among Former Bhutanese Citizens: A Public Issue of Concern
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…
Citizenship and Marriage Laws of Bhutan
Citizenship of a state is the right of the holder to have the same rights as any other member of the state. In contrast, categorization of citizenship creates distinct groups…
LDC Graduation: Opportunities and Challenges for Bhutan
Bhutan is graduating from Least Developing Country (LDC) status in 2023. It was granted LDC status in 1971. Bhutan has maintained fair political stability, consistent economic growth, and improved social…
Gender Violence Within Bhutanese American Community
Gender violence is an old problem worldwide. It is not an exception in the Bhutanese Community. However, the severity of the problem has grown substantially within the Bhutanese American Community…
Interview with Father David Townsend
Father David Townsend worked with the refugee education of the Bhutanese refugee students in Nepal. His contribution to the students deserves historical archiving. I P Adhikari and Govinda Rizal of…
The Bhutan Journal 3.1
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…
Mutiny or personal collusion
Introduction In a new ‘democratic’ Bhutan, a lady’s failed attempt to overthrow the army chief and influence the highest authority in the county’s legal system raised questions if the country…
Bhutan, the USA, and the Bhutanese Refugees
Abstract Today, more than 80,000 Americans are Bhutan-born. It took about three decades and billions of dollars in the process to move them from Bhutan to America (the USA and…