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Uzbekistan, that way. (Photo: Kyrgyz security services)

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan border, a crisscross of smuggler tunnels

The four smuggling tunnels found so far may only be a small part of the total.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 27, 2022
gasoline

As Russian economy sputters, UK lures Central Asian labor migrants

More than 7,000 Kyrgyz nationals applied for seasonal farming jobs in Britain.
Joanna Lillis Jun 15, 2022
Logjams are frequent (Kyrgyz government handout)

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan spar over trade on China gateway

Can customs data from either side be trusted?
Joanna Lillis Jun 13, 2022
rubles

Kyrgyzstan National Bank predicts 20% decline in remittances

The drop is far greater than what the country saw at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 10, 2022
Olivier De Schutter

Q&A | UN warns crises may force 70% of Kyrgyzstanis into poverty

Reliance on migrant remittances has left Kyrgyzstan especially vulnerable to the pandemic and Russia’s war.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 4, 2022
Out of control: President Japarov inspecting machinery during a visit to the Kumtor mine in January 2022. (Photo: Presidential website)

Kyrgyzstan: Pit wall cracks raise questions over future of giant Kumtor gold mine

The president has preventively denied any future responsibility for accidents that might happen at the mine.
Aigerim Turgunbaeva Jun 3, 2022
Children’s rights groups protest outside the Education Ministry in Bishkek on June 1. (Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: After teacher assaults pupil, lawmakers rush to protect educators

The moral development of young people is a recurring concern of President Sadyr Japarov.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 1, 2022
asses in spring

Kyrgyzstan’s donkeys-to-China trade courts controversy, corruption

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.
Aigerim Turgunbaeva, Chris Rickleton May 30, 2022
Chinese delegation

Kyrgyzstan’s big-dollar deal with newbie Chinese company raises questions

Bishkek is pinning its industrial hopes on a small Chinese company with no past. The opaque arrangement reflects how Kyrgyzstan’s government does business.
May 27, 2022
canal

As Kyrgyzstan officials convey mixed messages on food security, farmers struggle on

Bad weather and a Russian export ban have set Kyrgyzstan up for another lean year.
Bakyt Ibraimov May 26, 2022
China aid

Uzbekistan: China comes bearing gifts

Will a railway connecting the two countries via Kyrgyzstan ever happen?
Joanna Lillis May 25, 2022
Kazakhstan's ageing canals are not delivering enough water to the fields. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Officials upbeat on irrigation water supply, farmers less sure

Kyrgyz experts and politicians are unsure their country is in a strong position to be of use.
Almaz Kumenov May 25, 2022
Jalal-Abad province (Flickr/Ninara/CC)

Kyrgyzstan workers strike for better pay at Chinese mine

Most strikes to hit Kyrgyzstan’s mining sector involve Chinese companies.
Aigerim Turgunbaeva May 18, 2022
Shamiyev’s supporters

“I avenged my father”: A saga of crime and bloodshed in the highlands of Kyrgyzstan

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva May 16, 2022
Osh

Kyrgyzstan: Desperate homebuyers fall prey to speculative cooperatives

Fraudsters preying on rural migrants seem to be operating in a legal vacuum.
Bakyt Ibraimov Apr 28, 2022

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