| Another hellhole turns worse. Naturally, it'll be our fault. |
BISHKEK - Massive unemployment and emigration have increasingly plagued Kyrgyzstan for the past decade, the state commission on stabilising the country's social and political situation reported. Since 1993, the number of unemployed had multiplied six times, rocketing from 29,000 to over 186,000 registered in 2004, the commission said late Friday.
Some 600,000 Kyrgyz left the country, and massive flow to the capital Bishkek boosted its population by 30 percent, raising it to nearly 1.5 million, the commission said, warning that Bishkek was intended to house only 800,000 people. |