The government of Kyrgyzstan is forming a special working group to review the contract for its Canadian-owned Kumtor gold mine.
A woman has set herself on fire in front of the Kyrgyz parliament in Bishkek, demanding justice for her son.
About 700 supporters of Kyrgyzstan's opposition Ata-Jurt (Homeland) party have taken part in a protest in the southern city of Jalal-Abad.
Government officials in Kyrgyzstan are threatening to scrap an agreement with a Canadian-run gold mine they say is bilking the country out of millions in tax revenues. But with the Kumtor mine serving as one of the single-largest contributors to Kyrgyzstan's struggling economy, Bishkek must proceed cautiously -- or risk losing a vital cash cow.
Afghanistan has climbed 22 places in this year's Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders "thanks to the fact that no journalists are in prison" there.
"White road" -- the words offered to travelers throughout much of Central Asia as they embark upon a journey. American Ivan Sigal, 43, was wished "white road" countless times between 1998 and 2005, as he and his camera crisscrossed the steppe. RFE/RL correspondents Richard Solash and Golnaz Esfandiari recently sat down with Sigal to discuss his new book, "White Road."
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has signed a bill to increase the maximum prison term for bride kidnapping.
The former deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan’'s interim government, Azimbek Beknazarov, has come under suspicion of embezzlement.
A new draft antismoking law could deprive Central Asian migrants in Russia of one of their few pleasures -- a smokeless tobacco called nasvai.
Uzbek trucks carrying food and gasoline have crossed the Kyrgyz border and reached Uzbekistan's Sokh and Shokhimardon districts.
Brahma Chellaney, a professor at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, has sounded alarms about the potential for conflict over water resources in Asia. RFE/RL talks to Chellaney about where the potential conflicts lie.
Kyrgyzstan's State Border Guard Service has rejected media reports that a Kyrgyz helicopter illegally entered the airspace of neighboring Uzbekistan earlier this month.
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