Officials presented the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan in December 2016 as necessary to shift the country from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system. This brief demonstrates the ...

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Buried at a critical point in human history, the remains of a woman and various wild animals may suggest she played an important—and unexpected—spiritual role. The female 'shaman' was buried ...

It was an emotional reunion for some people Tuesday, after they met the first responders who saved them when their hearts stopped. Morales could still go to trial eventually, as a hearing will be ...

"But I can't lie about what I see." Shamanism has shaped culture and belief on the Korean peninsula for centuries. South Koreans still regularly turn to them for advice on everything from their ...

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The arrest of eight current and former "Kloop" staffers represents an escalation in the Kyrgyz authorities' persecution of "Kloop" for its critical coverage of government corruption. This statement ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced alarm on Friday over the conviction of Kyrgyz whistleblower Zhoomart Karabaev, calling it a troubling example of how Kyrgyzstan’s justice system punishes those who dare ...

Random examples from Western culture alone include Islam, European shamanism, Renaissance alchemy and 20th-century “chaos magic”. The politics of establishing a European identity required that ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 30. Kyrgyzstan has proposed to host the next Central Asia–Italy Summit in 2027, Trend reports. The first-ever Central Asia–Italy Summit, held today in Astana, concluded ...