In a new report, Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan’s extremist materials law is vague and open to easy abuse.

A group of teenage girls want to make Kyrgyzstan the next country to launch a microsatellite.

Since 2016, Turkey has pressed for Kyrgyzstan to close Gulen-linked schools. So far, Bishkek continues to resist.

India’s soft power push could be threatened by tension stemming from medical students’ bumpy integration in Kyrgyzstan.

The Kyrgyz say several leaders, including the president of Uzbekistan, are set to attend the third World Nomad Games.

A group of ethnic Kyrgyz who moved to Kyrgyzstan last year from Afghanistan have returned to the Pamirs -- why?

Central Asian countries are betting on the BRI for long-term benefits, despite the apparent risks.

Aitmatov and Altay are “beacons to guide those willing to bear a price to be free.”

The last five consecutive mayors of Bishkek have been accused of corruption -- not a great record.

The SCO is not a platform for harmony or discord per se, rather it is what the members make of it.

The apparent scheme wasn’t carried out, but implicates former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev.

In Central Asia, Chinese companies can score financing from both Beijing and local capitals. But is anyone profiting?

The failure of the Bishkek power plant in January has had domestic fallout, but its bilateral dimension could scorch Beijing too.

Burulai Turdaaly Kyzy was reportedly stabbed to death inside a police station by the man who had abducted her.

Sapar Isakov stands accused of lobbying for the interests of the Chinese company that modernized the Bishkek power plant.

In 2018, both the Bishkek power plant and the Atambayev-Jeenbekov relationship began malfunctioning.