Turkmenistan, often referred to as the "North Korea of Central Asia," is one of the most isolated and enigmatic countries in the world. With a tightly controlled government, strict censorship, and a ...

BEIJING, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana from June 16 to 18, where he and the leaders of the five Central ...

The pilot in the January incident, who also ejected safely, experienced an "in-flight malfunction" during the landing stage ...

The Kyrgyz Nomad Trail (KNT) is a 1,243-mile (2,000-kilometer) long-distance hiking trail in northern and eastern Kyrgyzstan, which make it the longest trail network in Central Asia.

The Central Asian states are prisoners of their geography: all are landlocked and must go through a second country to reach an ocean; Uzbekistan is double landlocked and needs to go through two ...

In a head-to-head comparison of perceptions, Central Asian respondents held a significantly more favorable view of China than the United States. (Photo: gov.kg) Among Central Asian citizens, China now ...

In East Asia, South Korean national security officials have discussed nuclear options for many years, and public support for a nuclear program in the face of a nuclear North Korea remains strong.

On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Central Asia and Afghanistan in ...