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The president says his foreign-funded NGO critics are thieving money-grabbers.

The scope of foreign reporting on the region has seen a dismal decline too in recent years.

Prosecutors says Kloop is harming the public’s mental health and driving them to drugs and sexual depravity.

The rights group noted how journalists and activists have increasingly been targeted with arbitrary detentions and smear attacks on social media.

An update on environmental developments in Central Asia.

Topographers and legal experts from the two countries this week reached a resolution on another 3.71 kilometers of the border.

Ashgabat talks the talk on corruption, but evidence suggests this is all hot air. Details on this and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

The southern city of Osh is also experiencing a heating crisis following a fall in gas imports from Uzbekistan.

Figures don’t align with Central Asian official data.

The Bedel Pass is situated in a remote southeastern corner of Kyrgyzstan, sited roughly equidistantly from the Kyrgyz city of Karakol and Xinjiang’s Aksu Prefecture.

His team says he needs another term to complete the work of developing the country.

The news opens a new chapter in the ruling regime’s campaign to wrest all the levers of control in the country from shadowy, behind-the-scenes operators.

Diving into Dastur: A record-breaking horror film is bringing the conversation around gender-bases violence into the open. This and more in our latest podacast.

The latest outfit to be targeted by the authorities was the YouTube channel Temirov Live, founded by investigative reporter Bolot Temirov.

24.kg says GKNB officers confiscated computers and mobile phones.

Emil Zhamgyrchiyev is accused of conniving with a criminal kingpin in neighboring Uzbekistan.

The main suspect says he is the victim of a shakedown by the government.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in remarks broadcast on Tajik state television that a frontier demarcation agreement would be signed in March.

Officials say Arstan “Alai” Abdyldayev hanged himself and had been suffering from chronic delusions.

Also in this edition of our podcast, Uzbekistan rues poor education results, and Turkmenistan's ex-president basks in football glory (for now).

Officials have said that anybody spreading what they deem to be false information about the flag will be thrown behind bars.

Kazakhstan proving more adept at dodging blame than Kyrgyzstan.

An update on infrastructure development and investment in Central Asia.

An update on transport and infrastructure developments in Central Asia.

Proponents of the change say the new, bolder flag will enable the country to be more independent.