Mongolia’s former president today suggested on Twitter that his country should host the pair’s historic meeting. The meeting, set to occur “by May”, will make Trump the first ever US President to meet with a North Korean leader.

A vaccination programme against pneumonia started in all district hospitals of Ulaanbaatar on 1 March. Two months-old infants are getting the jab first.

Honoured Mongolian State Artist, E.Amartuvshin was awarded with an honour award at the Bravo International Professional Music Awards on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Ch.Munkhdalai is a brave young disabled Mongolian. In 2014, he rode 6300 km by bicycle through the territories of western Mongolia. Despite being unable to communicate with others due to being deaf and dumb, Munkhdalai travelled all the way alone for four months.

On Monday, NEMA organised an intensive training programme (AHC-18) for rescue dogs from Ulaanbaatar, Selenge, Khentii and Bulgan. A total of ten animals participated in the training together with the officers who are their handlers.

A new film is on the screens of Ulaanbaatar’s cinemas: “Top Secret 2: Battle of Baitag Bogd” premiered at cinemas on Mongolia’s Patriot Day (1 March) marking the 70th anniversary of a battle on the Western Mongolian border.

Officers from the Mongolian Drug Squad have been investigating 24 cases of illegal narcotics involving 54 people.

Earlier today, Yokozuna Hakuho decided to withdraw from the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting this weekend to treat a toe injury, exiting his second straight meet because of health problems.

Bulgarian and Mongolian polar researchers have cooperated in Antarctica for over 10 years, often sharing the Livingston Island base. Mongolia also has plans to set up a research laboratory near the Bulgarian facility, BTA writes.

A total of 710,940 animals have died so far this year in Mongolia due to the extreme wintry weather known as “dzud’. The dzud is a brutal weather phenomenon in Mongolia where a dry summer followed by a frigid winter kills vast numbers of livestock either by starvation or cold.