News about Asia

Chinese water parks with shocking number of people Videos taken in Chinese water parks have shocked the Internet users by the number of people that gather there.
30 August 2014 15:42
Kazakhstan toughens punishment for corruption The new Kazakhstan Criminal Code that will enter into force next year introduces a tougher punishment for bribes.
29 August 2014 18:32
Russian political party slams ad depicting Russian poet kissing Kazakh composer The poster of Kazakh composer Kurmangazy and Russian poet Pushkin kissing produced by an Almaty-based ads agency is in the eye of a hurricane of outrage from both Kazakhstan and Russia.
28 August 2014 02:14
What is to be expected from Kazakhstan during Minsk talks? Kazakhstan is taking part in the talks in Minsk on August 26. These will address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine among others. Poroshenko is to meet with Putin, Lukashenko and Nazarbayev, as well as with EU reps.
25 August 2014 20:43
Kazakh smartphone produced in China may enter international market Zerde smartphone designed by Kazakhs from Urumqi, China may enter the international market.
25 August 2014 15:53
Honeybee genome throws up survival clues: study Honeybees probably originated in Asia, not Africa, said scientists who had teased interesting tidbits from the busy little pollinators' genome.
25 August 2014 10:05
Gasoline prices spike in Kazakhstan Gasoline prices have grown 11-12% in Kazakhstan in one step.
22 August 2014 23:39
Sabina Altynbekova turns down modeling offers from Taiwan Sabina Altynbekova, a kawaii from Kazakhstan, has turned down offers from Taiwanese modelling agencies.
20 August 2014 16:54
Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit ASEAN countries Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrissov is going to visited ASEAN countries.
20 August 2014 16:32
Kazakh in top 20 of Chinese singing contest Kaysar, an ethnic Kazakh living in China, has made it into the top 20 of a singing contest in China.
20 August 2014 16:15
Kazakh kawaii Sabina Altynbekova wants no modeling, just sports Sabina Altynbekova, a kawaii from Kazakhstan, that has won hearts and eyes of the entire South-Eastern Asia is not up for modelling.
20 August 2014 04:07
Kazakhstan expedition: Kashgar today and before An expedition from Kazakhstan has compared the way Kashgar is now with the way it was described 150 years ago.
20 August 2014 03:33
Pangolins under threat in Gabon as demand surges in Asia The scaly-skinned pangolin is under threat in Gabon as demand for the small mammal surges in Asia, where it is used in traditional medicine.
19 August 2014 11:33
Publications in pseudoscientific journals damage reputation of Kazakhstani scholars The Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan has acknowledged that a significant part of the articles of Kazakhstani scientists published abroad in the past two years appeared in psedoscientific journals.
17 August 2014 11:59
On the way to Kashgar: Prince, Buddhism, Canyon and watermelons Kazakh expedition group has reached Kashgar, making several pleasant discoveries along the way.
15 August 2014 22:45
Anti-corruption fight in Kazakhstan is not an easy ride Kazakhstan holds the 140th place in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index and struggles to create a comprehensive anti-corruption program.
15 August 2014 19:11
Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.
15 August 2014 10:34
Putin and Nazarbayev to meet with Poroshenko by August's end President Nazarbayev's press service informed about the possibility of a meeting between the heads of Customs Union member states and Ukraine.
14 August 2014 22:56
Kazakh researchers to explore cradle of nomadic culture Kazakhstan National Geographic Society has launched an expedition into the epicenter of the nomadic civilization -Ulytau.
13 August 2014 20:37
Ablyazov's former head of security seeks political asylum in Spain Mukhtar Ablyazov’s former head of security Alexandr Pavlov has requested a political asylum in Spain.
13 August 2014 20:01
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