Yesterday’s Government meeting decided to grant MNT280,400, or two months’
minimum salary, as compensation to miners whose work places have been closed
down in Nalaikh, Bor-Undur, and Berkh of Khentii aimag, in Saikhan-Ovoo of
Bulgan aimag and to workers of Nalaikh glass factory. Giving this information to
journalists, the Minister for Social Welfare and Labor, T.Gandhi, said the
meeting had taken three significant decisions related to social welfare. The
one on compensation to miners was taken on the basis of the Ministry’s recommendations
prepared after consultation with the Prime Minister who is also Chief of the National
Committee to Support Employment. The compensation will be paid after rules are passed.

The second decision was to open a center in South Korea to
help and advise Mongolian citizens there, especially women married to Koreans. The
center will also help with documents for children of Mongolian-Korean marriages,
and offer assistance in incidents of property dispute, domestic violence, and
human trafficking.

The third relates to selection of people who wish to work in
South Korea. Up to 15,000 citizens are registered every year and 2,000 of them
are sent. It was decided that those not chosen will not have to pay fresh
registration fees to the Ministry if they wish to go another year.