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Mongolia dragged its wild horses back from extinction

Known to Mongolians as takhi and to the rest of the world as Przewalski’s horse, they are the only equine breed never to be domesticated – and the fruits of one of the most successful ever wildlife reintroduction schemes. With

Mongolia’s meat exports hit record high in 2023

Mongolia exported 80,400 tons of meat and meat products in 2023, hitting a historic high,  reported  the country’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

The majority of the meat and meat products were exported to China, Russia, and Iran.

Almost all provinces of

Mongolia to relocate domestic flights to Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport

Minister of Road and Transport Development S. Byambatsogt received Kitanaka Takefumi, CEO of “New Ulaanbaatar International Airport” LLC, and exchanged views on increasing the capacity of Chinggis Khaan International Airport and transferring domestic flights to Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport.
Minister S. Byambatsogt

Abnormally cold weather will persist in Mongolia

Abnormally cold weather will persist in most of Mongolia, the National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology, and Environmental Monitoring reported on Tuesday.

Temperatures will drop to -38°C in some places from January 13.

Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Agency urged drivers to be careful on rural roads due to

Guterres appoints Mongolian General as new Unficyp force commander

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Major General B.Erdenebat of Mongolia as force commander of the United National Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). According to an announcement on Tuesday evening, B.Erdenebat succeeds Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway.

The UN published

A new tourism trend among Chinese youths help Mongolian goals

In 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 570,000 foreign tourists visited Mongolia. A third of them came from China. As of October last year, this number surpassed 600,000, the country’s tourism revenue stood at more than USD 1 billion.

China, Russia and

Mongolia tightens punishment for poaching of elk

Mongolia has tightened penalties for violations of environmental legislation and poaching of elk, an endangered species of animal.

According to the environmental unit of the police, “This step will be a serious lever in the fight against poachers”.

According to recent changes to

Mongolia allocates MNT 744.8 billion in science projects

The Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia plans to finance 442 educational and science projects worth MNT 744.8 billion in 2024. The overall budget allocated to the education sector is MNT 4.2 trillion, 5 percent of the gross domestic