The silkworm business dates back centuries to the Silk Road that ran through this Central Asian country. Kokand, the town in the fertile Ferghana Valley where Dilorom's family farms, is also the Uzbek ...

The silkworm business dates back centuries to the Silk Road that ran through this Central Asian country. Kokand, the name of the town in the fertile Ferghana Valley where Dilorom's family farms, is ...

Ask anyone in Uzbekistan about the biggest advantage of the country's culture and tourism development, the response is usually three words - history, culture and safety - usually in that order. In ...

KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan’s ...

In a workshop in the heart of Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley, Nigora Akhonova is seated over a steaming vat of silk cocoons. With measured movements she stirs the pot and pulls out some of the off-white ...

For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan's authoritarian government insists ...

Hard work: Zubayda Pardayeva picks silkworm cocoons from mulberry branches - Copyright AFP TEMUR ISMAILOV In the shade of an almond tree, Zubayda Pardayeva began the ...

A coming court verdict on the admissibility of independently verified information could have lasting negative implications for labor rights reporting in Uzbekistan. In late August, a civil court judge ...

Hardy travelers in search of an off-the-beaten-track destination may be tempted by a 15-day excursion across the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan. The itinerary, offered by Mir Corp., includes the ...

I'd heard there was a new Uzbek restaurant in town, so, logically, I dropped everything I was doing and went to it. I probably should've done some research first, studied up on this Central Asian ...

In conversations about the world’s great food countries, Uzbekistan doesn’t come up a lot. But maybe it should. That’s the conclusion we drew from a recent visit to Silk Road Bistro, a Pikesville ...

KOKAND, Uzbekistan -- For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan's ...