December 2020. A semiannual report that analyzes recent economic developments, prospects, and policy issues in Kazakhstan ... ( read original story ...)
SCO observer mission starts monitoring elections in Kazakhstan
By the invitation of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a mission from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) began work to observe the elections of deputies to Majlis of the Kazakh ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan: Nervous authorities keep election observers at arm’s length
Under Kazakhstan's new rules for election observers: "a violator casts several ballots, but the observer has to ask him if they can publish the video evidence documenting this.” ... ( read original story ...)
Dom Bess relishing spin-friendly first Test in Sri Lanka after opening warm-up
England’s Sri Lankan Test warm-ups started on a suspiciously green pitch on Friday, but Dom Bess is licking his lips at the prospect of a spin-friendly surface in Galle next week ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka sticks to cremate Covid-19 Muslim victims
Sri Lanka's government insisted on Friday on the cremation of all coronavirus victims, rejecting international pleas and recommendations from its own experts to allow the Muslim minority to bury their ... ( read original story ...)
England squad cleared to train in Sri Lanka as all players other than Moeen Ali test negative for Covid
Chris Woakes, a close contact of Moeen, will continue to isolate at the team's hotel as a precaution despite also testing negative ... ( read original story ...)
Kim Jong Un vows to improve North Korea’s ties to outside world as economic problems persist
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is hoping to dramatically improve his country’s standing with the world as the Hermit Kingdom enters 2021 with an economy fractured by sanctions, natural ... ( read original story ...)
YouTube deletes North Korea-promoting channel
A North Korean YouTube channel featuring a young woman guiding viewers around Pyongyang has been removed for the second time in the last two months. ( read original story ...)
Analyst: North Korea not ruling out diplomacy with Biden administration
Korean relations and outside ties on the third day of North Korea's Eighth Party Congress, but provided few details on his policies. ( read original story ...)
Ruling NCP rival faction delivers Constitution copy to Nepal PM claiming parliament dissolution unconstitutional
In a major development over the decision of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on parliament dissolution, Rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party delivered a copy of the Constitution to the Prime ... ( read original story ...)