Viktor Pak, of Korean descent, doesn't remember his parents well — they passed away when he was just two months old. His family story is rooted in a difficult past. In the 1930s, during Stalin's mass ...

With 2 million citizens abroad and €13.9 billion in remittances, Uzbekistan is expanding regulated labour migration, training ...

Quick on the heels of Uzbekistan’s constitutional referendum, President Shavkat Mirzoyoyev announced on May 8 that the country would hold an early presidential election on July 9. Mirziyoyev, in his ...

Upon arriving in the freezing capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, my priorities were to get a local SIM card and book a cab to my hotel — tasks I assumed would be straightforward. Little did I know that ...

Murod Rajabov, a renowned Uzbek actor and director, left an indelible mark on the film industry of Uzbekistan. His performances managed to touch people’s hearts. In 2008, he was awarded the title of ...

After a first attempt to tinker with the constitution went horribly wrong last year, authorities in Uzbekistan realized they needed a different approach. In anticipation of a referendum on amendments ...

Multiple international human rights organizations released a statement calling on Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to veto a controversial new law that would allow the deportation or entry ...

At the heart of Uzbekistan’s music scene, a legendary voice remained stifled for decades, hidden beneath a shroud of political censorship. Sherali Jo’rayev, one of the nation’s most prominent and ...

Khurshida Khad (left) and Sarvar Abdurashidov (right) stand in the dining room of Piyola, their Uzbek restaurant in Mt. Lebanon. If you’ve never tried Uzbek cuisine, Sarvar Abdurashidov recommends the ...

LAST WEEKEND MARKED the first anniversary of the horrific events at Andijan in Uzbekistan, a market town in the Ferghana Valley near the border with Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia. There, a year ago, a ...

TASHKENT (Reuters) - A military court in Uzbekistan sentenced 10 defendants to lengthy prison terms for the attempted murder of the former presidential press secretary, the country's supreme court ...