Mongolia will host the 6th International Morin Khuur Festival in Ulaanbaatar from 30 June to 5 July, the World Morin Khuur Association said on Monday.

Mongolia is working to recover dinosaur fossils which have been illegally smuggled into South Korea and France, the Department for Economic Crime of the Mongolian General Police Department said on Monday.

The Ethics Committee and Political Commission of the Mongolian Democratic Party (DP) have ruled to expel S.Bayartsogt, a former finance minister, from the party. The DP is demanding Parliament investigates the corruption probe linked to S.Bayartsogt.

The IX China-Mongolia Media Forum will take place in the Umnugobi (South Gobi) province of Mongolia.

Bitcoin, created in 2009, was the first decentralized crypto currency. However, it is considered to be very slow, which makes trading difficult.

The centre of the Mongolian capital is plagued by traffic problems, resulting in congestion across the city. To ease this, a huge civil engineering project involving the construction of the largest flyover in Ulaanbaatar will begin on 1 April to the south of Sukhbaatar Square.

On Monday, State-owned Mongol Post issued a postage stamp with the portrait of mountaineer B.Gangaamaa, the first Mongolian women to conquer the Seven Summits of the world.

Russian voters in Mongolia cast their ballots in Russia’s presidential election on 18 March. The Russian Embassy organised polling stations in Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan and Erdenet which were open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Nine child jockeys fell from their horses; three of them injuring themselves, on Sunday. The accidents took place during the Dunjingarav, a spring horse racing event held in Bayantal soum of Gobisumber province on 18 March.

On 21 March a South Korean mafia and crime movie by J&B production is to premiere. Called ‘Black Rain’, like the 1989 Ridley Scott US crime drama, the new film stars some up and coming young Mongolian actors in the roles of Korean ‘hard men’.