Nestled in the high-altitude heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Naryn region is on the brink of a cultural renaissance. With a transformative approach to regional development, Kyrgyzstan aims to ...

The life cycle of a social media scandal is brief, but a recent episode raises key questions about freedom and gender equality. Last week in Kyrgyzstan, a social media scandal played out between a ...

The dramatic landscape of Central Asia provided the backdrop as traditionally dressed horsemen delighted the crowds with their skills at the Kyrgyz Culture Festival held in Naryn. Visitors were able ...

MINSK, 1 May (BelTA) - Chargé d'Affaires of Belarus Natalia Kislekova met with Deputy Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy Chyngyz Esengul of the Kyrgyz Republic, BelTA learned ...

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to change the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower, which in the ...

BISHKEK -- It was an event meant to highlight the many problems and pressures women in patriarchal Kyrgyzstan and elsewhere face in society. The Feminnale of contemporary art in Bishkek was able to ...

Some worry that the push for matronymics, the use of a second name derived from a person’s mother rather than their father, has enabled a concentration of presidential power. In late June, ...

The ministry is seeking to shut down 'Radio Azattyk' because of a 2022 video report about clashes on the Kyrgyz/Tajik border in the Batken region. The media outlet's websites have been blocked since ...

Kyrgyz author and former diplomat Chingiz Aitmatov, whose mythical novels and stories were widely acclaimed in the former Soviet Union, has died at a clinic in Nuremberg in southern Germany. He was 79 ...