China-Tajikistan-Afghanistan corridor: New transit route for regional trade
By Kuban Abdymen BISHKEK: Tajikistan has proposed practical measures for the construction of road and railway routes along the “China-Tajikistan-Afghanistan” corridor. The proposal is linked to the improving overall security situation in the region, which is creating new opportunities for expanding trade and connections between countries. Afghanistan, with its advantageous geopolitical position in Asia and […]
In Kyrgyzstan, all defendants in Kempir-Abad case acquitted
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: A court in Kyrgyzstan has acquitted the defendants in the so-called “Kempir-Abad case”. In the fall of 2022, the defendants were taken into custody after expressing disagreement with the transfer to Uzbekistan of Kempir-Abad reservoir lands, located on the border between the two countries in the south of the country. Law […]
Korea and its striving for unity remains unabated
By Kuban Andymen SEOUL: It is possible that even clairvoyant predictors of the future could not have foreseen that the temporary division of Korea in 1953 along a line almost coinciding with the 38th parallel would remain unchanged for more than 70 years. To the north of this line, one system of government was established, […]
Kyrgyzstan purchases record number of cars
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: In the first three months of 2024, vehicle registration fees in Kyrgyzstan reached 438.7 million soms (about $5 million). This is significantly higher than last year’s figures for the same period when 238.7 million soms were collected, representing an increase of 84%, , statistics from the country’s Ministry of Finance indicate. […]
Special Korean Zhenped in Incheon – KIWU
By Kuban Andymen INCHEON – BISHKEK: Before gaining independence in Kyrgyzstan, the only Women’s Pedagogical Institute named after Mayakovsky successfully operated in the country, briefly known as Zhenped. The institute graduated many female pedagogical specialists, and no one was particularly surprised by this. At that time, all educational institutions were state-owned and fully funded from […]
Uzbekistan to cover part of costs of migrant workers for visas, flights
By Kuban Andymen TASHKENT: Uzbek authorities will cover expenses for work visas, travel tickets, foreign language proficiency testing, and professional qualification of its labour migrants. This was announced at a presentation of proposals to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, centralasian.org reports. The document notes that labor migrants will be reimbursed for part of the expenses incurred for […]
China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway: start of construction in 2024?
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: On December 28, 2023, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s National Investment Agency announced the commencement of the construction of the “China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan” railway in 2024. This railway is intended to be a crucial part of the new Eurasian railway corridor, as stated in a material by Boris Kushkov, working in the Korea and […]
2.5-million-year-old camel skull discovered in Tajikistan
By Kuban Andymen DUSHANBE: Paleontologists from Russia and Tajikistan have made a unique discovery in the Kuruk Say ravine (Tajikistan) – the complete skull of a camel from the early Pleistocene period (2.5 million years ago). The find is highly valuable since usually only separate parts of the skull or bones are discovered, whereas this […]
Kyrgyzstan invites China’s Sinomach to set up electric vehicle assembly plant
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiev said that China might consider the possibility of establishing assembly production and dealership networks in the Central Asian state. During talks in Beijing with the Chairman of the Board of China Hi-tech New Energy Auto Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Sinomach Corporation, […]
Tajikistan sounds alarm as dust storms increase
By Kuban Andymen DUSHANBE: Dushanbe has sounded the alarm after the National Hydrometeorology Agency of Tajikistan recorded 49 days with dust storms or persistent haze in the country over the last four months. Tajikistan has almost no major sources of dust storms, but they invade from other countries, which has prompted the local authorities to […]
Kyrgyzstan, Former Head of Kyrgyz state news agency Kabar. Ph.D, Moscow State University 
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