Kyrgyzstan News » Issyk Kul News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Nomad Games draw to an end in Kyrgyzstan after a week of celebrating nomadic culture
After a week of celebrating nomadic culture and heritage with sports contests and cultural programmes, 6th Nomad Games end in their birth place Cholpon Ata in Kyrgyzstan. In traditional sports ...
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: World Nomad Games: Music festival in Kyrgyzstan draws 38 countries
Artists from 38 countries gathered for the “Kochmondor Sanaty” traditional music festival in Kyrgyzstan, part of the 6th World Nomad Games. The event aimed to preserve musical heritage and strengthen ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Issyk-Kul’s High-Altitude Glow: Why Ysyk-Kol Captivates Travelers
At Issyk-Kul, the vast alpine lake near Cholpon-Ata in Kirgisistan, Ysyk-Kol shimmers between desert shore and snowcapped peaks—offering U.S. travelers a rare mix of Silk Road history, Soviet ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Scenery of Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan
People enjoy themselves at Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, on July 24, 2026. Issyk-Kul Lake, located in the northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan, covers an area of more than 6,000 square kilometers and ranks ...
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: Issyk-Kul’s High-Altitude Lake That Feels Like an Inland Sea
On the shores of Issyk-Kul, or Ysyk-Kol, near Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan, a vast alpine lake, petroglyph fields, and nomadic culture converge into one unforgettable journey for U.S. travelers.
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory on Issyk-Kul Launched in Kyrgyzstan
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan--(Newsfile Corp. - July 3, 2026) - The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, has inaugurated the Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory (SFIT), a new ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Photos from Kyrgyzstan show traditional hunters with eagles at the Salbuurun festival
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Hundreds gathered Saturday on the southern shore of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul for the annual Salbuurun Festival. Held in the village of Bokonbaevo, the festival ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul: Kyrgyzstan: Slow-motion Oil Spill Threatens Issyk-Kul
A slow-motion ecological calamity is unfolding at Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. An underground plume of refined oil products – the result of a spill back in the 1990s – is migrating toward the lake ...
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 ...