Genetic testing of people who died in Kyrgyzstan eight years before plague reached Europe reveals an ancient strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains in ...

Kyrgyzstan celebrates the spring equinox holiday, Nowruz, on March 21. This day is a public holiday in the country.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—Despite being forcibly repatriated ... Ogata, 28, said she is enchanted by Kyrgyz ornamental patterns handed down since ancient times, including sheep horns embodying wishes ...