TAIPEI, July 1 -- Despite Taiwan's success in controlling the spread of the new coronavirus, it has not been included in the list of countries that will be exempted from the European Union's (EU) COVI... Read More
TASHKENT, July 1 -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $12.5 million long-term loan to JSC Indorama Kokand Fertilizers and Chemicals to finan... Read More
DUSHANBE, July 1 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million grant to Tajikistan to strengthen the skills of the country's youth, women, and labor migrants to improve their employab... Read More
BISHKEK, July 1 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov "to uphold fundamental rights" and veto laws recently approved by parliament that "violate the country's ... Read More
BISHKEK, July 1 -- Faced with a spike in coronavirus cases in Central Asia's most populous country, officials in Uzbekistan say they have reimposed measures in some areas, reversing course after slowl... Read More
BISHKEK, June 30 -- China is forcing women to be sterilized or use contraceptive devices in an attempt to limit the population of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minority groups in the western Xinjian... Read More
NUR-SULTAN, June 30 -- Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company in cooperation with the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Singapore continues negotiations with the Singaporean company Infrastructure... Read More
NUR-SULTAN, June 30 -- Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered the Kazakh government to outline a new package of coronavirus restrictions after a recent sharp rise in infections, RFE/RL... Read More
NUR-SULTAN, June 30 -- Kazakhstan has set the goal of bringing the level of the shadow economy to below 20% of GDP by 2025. As a result of the measures taken, the share of the unobservable economy in ... Read More
TAIPEI, June 29 -- Taiwan's Taipei has won the "best leisure destination in Asia" Leisure Lifestyle Award hosted by Global Traveler magazine for the third consecutive year, the Los Angeles office of T... Read More