South Korea and Central Asian leaders seek deeper ties in minerals and industry
The inaugural summit in Seoul produced a declaration as the region pressed for investment in processing, technology and skills alongside raw-material trade.
Bishkek summit puts regional security and cooperation on the SCO agenda
The leaders approved 28 documents at a summit hosted by Kyrgyzstan, including the Bishkek Declaration and changes to the organisation’s charter.
Kazakhstan’s new parliament gives Adilet 110 of 145 seats
The official result gives the governing party a commanding majority, while international observers question the breadth of political choice.
Regional blackout exposes the fragility of Central Asia’s shared grid
Outages affected four countries on August 14, but officials have offered conflicting accounts of the initiating failure.
Kyrgyzstan leads talks on mountain preservation in Astana
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has used a landmark regional summit in Kazakhstan's capital to call for urgent international action on glacier loss and mountain ecosystem...
Uzbekistan taps Chinese tech for deep-well exploration
Uzbekistan is pressing ahead with an ambitious drive to unlock vast hydrocarbon reserves buried deep beneath its remote Ustyurt plateau, striking a major drilling deal...
Amazon’s Project Kuiper to provide satellite internet to Kazakhstan
Amazon's Project Kuiper has signed an agreement with the Kazakh state-owned telecommunications company, JSC Kazakhtelecom, to provide satellite internet services across the Central Asian nation....
Kazakhstan aims to revive Baikonur spaceport
In a bid to reassert its role in the global space industry, Kazakhstan is moving to take greater control of the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, the legendary launch site that was once the heart of the Soviet Union’s space program.
Kyrgyzstan enters global bond market with $700 million debut
The debut five-year bonds, priced with a coupon rate of 7.75%, were met with strong investor appetite, signalling growing confidence in the Central Asian nation’s financial trajectory.
What Trump’s tariffs mean for Central Asia
The specter of renewed trade protectionism under the second Trump administration is sending shockwaves across the globe, and the landlocked nations of Central Asia are no exception