The victim was just a hermit monk, but everyone from King Jigme Singye Wangchuck down to the humblest of his 600, 000 subjects wants desperately to solve the mystery before this ill-omened Year of the Tiger ends.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Bhutan's road to democracy was paved by the fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who decided that the country's destiny should not be left to accidents of birth.

WSJ: Lessons in Gross National Happiness

The former king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, had announced the end of the absolute monarchy three years earlier before an audience of yak herders in a remote mountain village.

FORBES: Uncovering Bhutan, Land Of The Mountain Gods

In the 1990s, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, then king of Bhutan, granted the takins freedom from the captivity of a zoo.

BBC: Bhutan, the kingdom of the clouds