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Central Asia
Kazakhstan and Israel to jointly manufacture UAVs
Kazakhstan and Israel have reached agreements on joint production of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), Kazakh ministry of defense said on August 22, Trend reports. The message did not reveal the UAV models that Kazakhstan and Israel plan to manufacture. The agreements have been reached during the meeting of Kazakh and…
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East Asia
Chinese TV dramas in Mongolia: Can entertainment become political?
John Holland – The UB Post The first two of twenty-five Chinese television dramas have begun to be aired in Mongolia. Yet, behind the polite rhetoric by governmental officials on the virtues of cultural exchange, there is concern among ordinary Mongolians about the future influence that these shows could have…
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East Asia
Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project gets all permits
Seven months after ground was broken for Indonesia’s first high-speed railway, which is being developed by a China-Indonesia joint venture, the project received a construction permit for its entire length, media reports said on August 21. Experts said Sunday that construction should be completed within three years as planned, despite…
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East Asia
Alliance of convenience
Many, if not most, Westerners with a passing interest in North Korea tend to believe that in the bygone days of the Communist bloc the Soviet Union and North Korea were close allies. This is a gross mistake. While relations between Moscow and Pyongyang were initially quite close, from the…
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Central Asia
Turkey: Russia can use Incirlik airbase if necessary
Ankara wouldn’t mind it if Russia used the Incirlik airbase for its anti-terror missions against Islamic State terrorists in Syria, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim hinted on August 20, but acknowledged that no such requests have been made. “Turkey opened Incirlik airbase to fight Daesh terrorists. It is being used…
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East Asia
An Astonishing Victory: Battle of Salsu
Battle of Salsu might be accepted as one of the most destructive and astonishing wars in the military history. The expansionist and dominant policy of China aimed at to destroy a Korean power, Goguryeo, which was accepted as a potential threat on its northern borders. China tried to suppress the…
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Central Asia
Uzbekistan completes the high-speed railroad
The national railroad workers are completing a project aimed at launching a new high-speed railroad between Tashkent and Bukhara, Jahon Agency reports. As part of this initiative, a new site, Marakand-Navoi, spanning 140.2 km was built from the beginning of the year. Now the railroad line from Navoi to Bukhara…
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Central Asia
Chinggis Square to become Sukhbaatar Square in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar’s central square, currently known as Chinggis Square, is returning to its original name, Sukhbaatar Square, following the final ruling of the Administrative Cases Court of Mongolia, The UB Post reports. The square was originally named in honor of the Mongolian revolutionary hero D.Sukhbaatar shortly after his death in 1923.…
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Central Asia
Kazakh president to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan, Serbia, Armenia and a number of other countries in 2016, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said at a briefing Aug. 17, Trend reports. In June, Idrissov said Nazarbayev will visit Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 2016. The Kazakh president…
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Central Asia
Iran Ready for Oil Swap with Caspian Neighbors
An official with the Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) says Iran can swap up to 120,000 b/d of crude oil with its northern neighbors at North Oil Terminal, Shana reports. Hamid Reza Shadoust, a local IOTC official in the city of northern city of Neka, said on August 16 that…
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