On Tuesday, the Bank of Mongolia, which is the country’s central bank, reported that as of December 27th, 2017, Mongolia’s foreign exchange reserves reached three billion U.S. dollars, which has increased three times in the past twelve months.

B.Choijilsuren, who used to be Finance Minister, was named as a Person of the Year in the Social and Political Sector at the Golden Rose Award Presentations.

The bank released a commemorative 70x150mm 100 tugrug note to mark the Year of the Dog.

Mongolian government has offered five days of paid leave to all public employees if they need to take time off to care for their children due to the increase of seasonal flu this year.

With a new year comes new life and Australia welcomed the first baby of 2018 on Monday morning. Mongolian woman E.Sainzaya gave birth to a healthy boy baby just over an hour after Sydney rang in the New Year with its spectacular firework display.

The famous Mongolian guitarist D.Saruulsaikhan died suddenly on January 1st in Hukhot, Inner Mongolia, after having had a heart attack. He died at 5.00 a.m. surrounded by his bandmates.

‘Asashoryu’, whose Mongolian name is D.Davgadorj, won JPY 10 million or USD 88,200 after defeating all of his challengers.

It was announced on Saturday that “Egschiglen”, which is an internationally famous Mongolian folk band, will be performing in concert during the 33rd Fajr International Music Festival.

“Ice City”, which consists of sculptures by famous ice artists, has opened in Ulaanbaatar. This winter wonderland has been created along the banks of the Selbe River between the Beijing Street bridge and the Sky Department store.

In 2017, MIAT – Mongolia’s National Airline – has flown 16,200 hours of air travel, carrying 592,000 passengers on 2,003 flights on one local and nine international routes.