Kyrgyzstan News » Issyk Kul News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: A drowned city rising from a Kyrgyz lake is being hailed as the find of the century
Archaeologists and environmental scientists are tracking a rare event along the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, where receding water levels have begun to reveal structural remains consistent ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Kyrgyzstan to Return Issyk-Kul Resorts to Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan completed the work of delimiting their border in January 2023. While it’s now clear exactly where one country’s territory ends and the other’s begins, other disputes about ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Divers say a lost city lies beneath Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul
Divers working in the waters of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan claim to have found remnants of a submerged settlement on the lakebed, reigniting a decades-old debate about whether an ancient city lies ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory on Issyk-Kul Launched in Kyrgyzstan
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, has inaugurated the Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory (SFIT), a new international jurisdiction on the shores of alpine Lake Issyk-Kul.
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Along Kyrgyzstan's Campaign Trail: Issyk-Kul
"There is no way to pass all these cars," my driver, Daniyar, says as we slowly make our way along the southern road of Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan's giant lake in the northeastern corner of the country. I ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: How water is driving a pushback against authoritarianism in Kyrgyzstan
Once regarded as Central Asia’s “island of democracy”, Kyrgyzstan has seen that reputation fade in recent years. Now, water is strengthening local communities and encouraging cross-border cooperation, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: The Mountain Lake Of Issyk-Kul In Kyrgyzstan
Issyk-Kul Lake in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is surrounded by the snow-capped Tian Shen mountains. It is the second-largest mountain lake in the world behind Lake Titicaca in South America ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Kyrgyzstan: COVID-19 body blow leaves Issyk-Kul tourism operators reeling
One afternoon in late August, three half-empty minivans idled for hours outside the bus station in the center of Cholpon-Ata waiting in hope for passengers. Nearby, the teenaged children of guesthouse ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: B2Press BV: Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory on Issyk-Kul Launched in Kyrgyzstan
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, has inaugurated the Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory (SFIT), a new international ...