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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 » Government: Critics Skeptical of Kyrgyzstan Plans To Develop Uranium Reserves
Plans to develop uranium reserves near Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan spark discontent among citizens, who fear environmental damage and government reprisals for speaking out. President Japarov attempts ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory on Issyk-Kul Launched in Kyrgyzstan
TAMCHY, Kyrgyzstan, July 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, has inaugurated the Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory (SFIT), a new international ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: 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 » Government: Kyrgyzstan: Officials brush aside uranium anxieties over Kyzyl-Ompol field
Plans by Kyrgyzstan’s government to develop reserves of uranium and dozens of other rare earth metals around the cherished Lake Issyk-Kul are generating discontent, although few are prepared to ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: Once protected by its remoteness, a sacred lake in Kyrgyzstan is threatened by change
(RNS) — On the shores of Issyk Kul are more than 130 sacred sites, including trees, mountain peaks, hot springs and tombs of important figures. But the region itself, says one local expert, represents ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: A lost 'Silk Road' city found beneath Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan stuns archaeologists
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a large medieval settlement on the lakebed of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, that rewrites our understanding of trading routes in Central Asia. The ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: Kyrgyzstan Seeks A Restart Of Uranium Mining, And A Russian-Built Nuclear Plant
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan’s decision to ban uranium mining in 2019 was a hard-won victory for civil society and an acknowledgement of the tortured environmental legacy of industry during the ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Issyk-Kul » Government: Kyrgyzstan's 'warm lake' Issyk-Kul freezes over
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz. The name was given because the water never freezes due to the lake's depth and ...