A “Borat”-style bride kidnapping was caught on tape in his home country of Kazakhstan — where taking a woman to be your lawfully wedded hostage is a very real and widely accepted custom. Disturbing ...

In plain sight, in a modern city, a colleague offers to drive you home after work. How would you respond? One woman in Kazakhstan accepted the lift only to find herself kidnapped or ‘stolen’ as a ...

A video showing a devastated young woman during an apparent bride-snatching in Kazakhstan has gone viral. A correspondent for Kazakhstan's Khabar news agency, Baurzhan Orda, posted the clip to his ...

Ah, romance -- the kicking, the hair-pulling, the slapping, the shouts from in-laws that "this marriage is going to happen!" These are the memories of a Kazakh "bridenapping" that can be shared with ...

Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new attention being paid to ...

Kazakhstan has finally banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect on Tuesday in a fresh bid to protect women's rights. Bride kidnappings have been outlawed in ...

Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new attention being paid to ...

Kazakhstan’s parliament was the scene of heated debates about bride kidnapping on January 23. One outraged lawmaker urged the death penalty for the crime; another vehemently defended the abduction and ...

A new school has opened in Almaty to prepare perfect brides for discerning Kazakh husbands-to-be. Bride School is teaching women all the skills they need to keep their men happy, reports Tengri News.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new ...