The 2022 brutal invasion of Ukraine has sparked direct parallels with Russian and Soviet attempts to eliminate Kyrgyz culture over two centuries. Bishkek – then known as Pishpek – came under ...

Get a big bite of Kyrgyz culture and charm by visiting the Central Asia’s largest outdoor market, the Osh Market and Jayma Bazaar, the heart of local trading, for some local trinkets.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—Despite being forcibly repatriated from this central Asian nation, Kyushu native Misuzu Ogata returned to her “second home” here to promote the country’s culture 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. The life cycle of a ...