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Several of the tunnels start near a vast bazaar in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Residents of the hub are being lured through generous tax incentives.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

Law enforcement sources have said Dzhumagulov might have been plotting to wrest power from gangland leader Kamchybek Kolbayev.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

After seizing the country’s most profitable mine, Kyrgyzstan is using new regulations to drive out more private mining companies and place the bulk of the industry into the hands of a single state firm.

Kazakhstan says it expects to produce up to 13.5 million tons of wheat this year.

The five presidents could not seal a friendship deal or agree on which challenges face their region.

Kyrgyzstan’s main hydropower reservoir is being depleted rather than filled for the winter ahead.

Climate change and human activity threaten to drive the apple from its native soil by the end of the century, new research warns.

Turkmenistan is difficult to access, but it is a strategic location. In this week’s briefing we examine the assorted flavors of “north-south” corridor, trade with neighbors, and much more.

Inflation on foodstuffs has hit nearly 20 percent and some commodities have gone up by 80 percent.

Authorities see Zhetim-Too as an opportunity to pare down debt to Beijing, arguing that environmental risks can be mitigated.

Locals say authorities are arbitrarily seizing their homes to make way for a road from China.