BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asian countries intend to increase their export of agricultural products to the partner countries in the Eurasian

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has achieved a remarkable progress in the elimination of forced and child labor in its cotton industry, but Uzbek

BISHKEK (TCA) — Labor, taxation and social welfare policies in countries around Europe and Central Asia must be brought into the 21st century to

ASTANA (TCA) — A child born in Kazakhstan today will be 75 percent as productive, when grown up, as he or she could be if enjoyed complete

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The International Entrepreneurship Forum held earlier this month in Tajikistan has demonstrated a widespread recognition of the

BISHKEK (TCA) — A Textile and Clothing Week was held in Bishkek from November 7 to 16. It was the first large-scale event in the history of

KABUL (TCA) — The International Labor Organization (ILO) said the unemployment rate in Afghanistan is around 30 percent, which is the highest

BISHKEK (TCA) — External labor migration in general is beneficial to Central Asia countries, because it contributes to the solution of many acute

TASHKENT (TCA) — The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on December 14 met with the Director-General of the International Labour

BISHKEK (TCA) — Government representatives, development partners, and experts gathered in Bishkek on March 1 to share inputs on the development

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Turkey has now become an attractive destination for labor migrants from Central Asia countries — including Tajikistan — instead

BISHKEK (TCA) — “Improvement of quality education and high-tech technologies is a key priority for our country,” Kyrgyz President Sooronbai

BISHKEK (TCA) — Central Asian economies excluding Kazakhstan are heavily dependent on labor migrant transfers. Migrants from Uzbekistan are

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan currently has a unique demographic window of opportunity as 500,000 youths will join the labor force annually over

BISHKEK (TCA) — As Russia has become less attractive for labor migrants from Central Asia, many of them now head for South Korea where they find

ASHGABAT (TCA) — At the Turkmen Cabinet session on May 24 Deputy Prime Minister Gochmyrat Myradov briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan on July 17 sentenced a labor union leader to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Republic of Korea is among Kyrgyzstan’s closest partners in the Asian region, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At a press conference on July 29, First Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Yerzhan Zhilkibayev

BISHKEK (TCA) — Human Rights Watch said on October 31 that draft amendments to Kyrgyzstan’s trade union law would severely inhibit independent