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Tag: Kyrgyzstan

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To Save His Shrinking City, a Mayor Turns to Koreans Uprooted by Stalin

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024Victoria KimComments Off on To Save His Shrinking City, a Mayor Turns to Koreans Uprooted by Stalin

Like many South Korean cities, Jecheon is being eroded by rapid aging and rock-bottom birthrates. Can ethnic Korean migrants from Central Asia turn it around?

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Biden, in U.N. Speech, Calls for Action on Ukraine and Other Crises

September 19, 2023Michael D. Shear and Peter BakerComments Off on Biden, in U.N. Speech, Calls for Action on Ukraine and Other Crises

As other major leaders skipped the annual opening session of the General Assembly, Mr. Biden used his address to try to counter war fatigue both at home and abroad.

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In Central Asia, Blinken Will Urge Distance From Russia, and Ukraine War

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023Edward Wong, Anton Troianovski and Stanley ReedComments Off on In Central Asia, Blinken Will Urge Distance From Russia, and Ukraine War

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is making the first trip by a Biden administration cabinet official to the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.

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A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere

October 8, 2022October 10, 2022Andrew Higgins and Sergey PonomarevComments Off on A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere

Russia’s domination of Central Asia and the Caucasus region is unraveling as the Kremlin focuses on the war in Ukraine — and border violence is flaring.

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Russians Fleeing the Draft Find an Unlikely Haven in Kyrgyzstan

October 5, 2022ANDREW HIGGINSComments Off on Russians Fleeing the Draft Find an Unlikely Haven in Kyrgyzstan

Tens of thousands of men have ended up in places like Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet territory, that normally see few refugees but are willing to take them.

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In Central Asia’s ‘Great Game,’ China Seeks the Advantage

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022KEITH BRADSHERComments Off on In Central Asia’s ‘Great Game,’ China Seeks the Advantage

Xi Jinping’s visit to Central Asia this week sheds a light on his country’s efforts to increase its sway in the vast, resource-rich region once considered Russia’s domain.

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These Herders Lived in Peaceful Isolation. Now, War Has Found Them.

July 29, 2021July 31, 2021ANDREW E. KRAMERComments Off on These Herders Lived in Peaceful Isolation. Now, War Has Found Them.

Accompanied by their livestock, hundreds tried to flee the Wakhan Corridor, a mountainous region of Afghanistan now threatened by the Taliban. But they were turned back by northern neighbors.

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Over 40 Dead in Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Clash as Death Toll Rises

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021ANDREW E. KRAMERComments Off on Over 40 Dead in Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Clash as Death Toll Rises

Fighting that broke out over water rights also injured more than 200 people, government officials said.

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Central Asian Border Dispute Casts Shadow Over U.S. Afghan Departure

April 29, 2021ANDREW E. KRAMERComments Off on Central Asian Border Dispute Casts Shadow Over U.S. Afghan Departure

Fighting between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan raised the specter of instability in the region as the United States prepares to leave Afghanistan.

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Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door

January 23, 2021January 24, 2021DECLAN WALSHComments Off on Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door

Few foreigners welcomed President Biden’s election victory as enthusiastically as the tens of thousands of Muslims who have been locked out of the United States for the past four years.

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