1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (736+ words) Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war and return to negotiations, delivering one of his clearest public appeals for an end to the conflict while seated beside Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Perhaps this…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1055+ words) Kazakhstani colorist Yerlan Tanay has built an international career in post-production, working with major companies including The Mill and Company 3. Now based in Los Angeles and working freelance, he has experienced both the opportunities and instability of Hollywood’s highly competitive…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (373+ words) Uzbekistan captain Eldor Shomurodov’s goal against the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been shortlisted for the Hyundai Goal of the Tournament award at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Uzbek forward is among 12 finalists selected by FIFA. The winner will…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (481+ words) Kazakhstan has written off unpaid administrative fines for more than 680,000 people under the country’s first administrative amnesty, Prosecutor General Berik Asylov said. The amnesty was applied to 681,700 people in 1.3 million administrative cases in less than a month, according to Asylov....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (416+ words) The European Union has adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia. The measures add two companies from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan, a Kyrgyz bank, and cryptocurrency platforms registered in several jurisdictions to separate sanctions and export-control lists. Brussels said they were…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1181+ words) K-pop in Central Asia has become much more than a foreign music genre. It forms part of the broader Korean Wave, or Hallyu, encompassing television dramas, films, fashion, cosmetics, cuisine, tourism, and language learning. For many young people, Korean culture…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (274+ words) Kazakhstani and Chinese researchers have agreed to jointly develop biological crop protection products and prepare for their production in Kazakhstan. A memorandum of understanding was signed by the National Agrarian Research and Education Center, the Kazakh Research Institute of Plant…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (621+ words) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have instructed their national railway companies to draw up a plan to increase Uzbek freight shipments through the ports of Aktau and Kuryk, expanding Tashkent’s access to markets across the Caspian Sea. Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1036+ words) Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn Kazakhstan has escalated its dispute with the foreign investors behind the Kashagan oil field, warning the consortium’s managing director that he could face administrative and criminal liability over its failure to pay an environmental fine of…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago   (735+ words) Image: TCA, Aleksandr Potolitsyn Kazakhstan’s oil and gas condensate output fell by about 21% on July 22 after the Caspian Pipeline Consortium stopped receiving Kazakh crude and suspended loadings at its Black Sea terminal. Output dropped to 1.63 million barrels per day from…...