Kyrgyzstan’s president-elect Amazbexk Atambayev has declared that the United States must shut down its base in the central Asian country when the lease expires in 2014.
Kyrgyzstan’s former Foreign Minister Rosa Otunbayeva was sworn in as president on Saturday, becoming the first woman president in ex-Soviet central Asia.
Kryrgyzstan's interim government is to hold a referendum on a new constitution on Sunday, just weeks after ethnic clashes left hundreds of people dead.
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday that more than half of the ethnic Uzbeks who fled to neighbouring Uzbekistan during ethnic clashes have returned in a mass influx across the border.
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday that 35,000 refugees had returned to the country from neighbouring Uzbekistan after fleeing there during deadly ethnic clashes.
RFI's Susan Owensby takes a look at what's making the news in Asia, including the ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan, China labour protests and tensions between North and South Korea.
The interim leader of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva, says the death toll from ethnic clashes may be ten times higher than official figures during her first visit to the southern city of Osh.
