The Latest Breaking News from Central Asia

Nowruz, which literally means "New Day" in Persian, is the Persian New Year and one of the oldest celebrations in the world. It falls on the spring equinox, usually around March 20 or 21, marking the official arrival of spring. With roots going back over 3,000 years to Zoroastrian traditions,…

STEM subjects have long been encouraged in the region. But the recent boom in maths contests is new.

Snow-capped mountains, nomads on horses, and remains of the Silk Road, Radhika Aligh discovers Central Asia's hidden gem

A new album of rare grooves from Soviet Central Asia reveals an era when the region was a crucible for musical fusion.

Kazakhs looked Sunday to have voted in favour of building the first nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country, the world's largest producer of uranium but lacking electricity, in a referendum.

An 81-year-old Montana man is expected to be sentenced for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Asia

In the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia, neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at loggerheads over crucial water resources. This territorial dispute is exacerbated by climate change and the gradual melting of glaciers in the region. Is the future of the Ferghana Valley at risk? FRANCE 24's Marie Boyer and Germain…

Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a glacier just a few years ago.

The ‘Korean Wave’ has breathed new life into Korean communities first exiled to central Asia by Stalin – but at a cost.