A recent survey has revealed that health is the most corrupted sector in Mongolia for people with disabilities followed by education, social welfare, the police and the judiciary. The survey was conducted by the Independent Agency against Corruption of Mongolia

Mongolia received a total of 577,300 foreign tourists in 2019, up 9.1 percent on the previous year.  Almost a third, or 32.7 percent, were Chinese, 23 percent of arrivals were from Russia and 16.2 percent from South Korea.

Developing the tourism

Many herders consider that the punishment for stealing livestock is not strict enough. For example, there is the well-known case of thieves who stole eight head of cattle being “let off” after doing some community service – whilst, a youngster

A large number of livestock have fallen through the ice on the Delgermurun River in Khuvsgul Province in northern Mongolia.

The National Emergency Management Agency has issued warnings to drivers of vehicles, herders and individuals about approaching any frozen lakes and

Social media giant Facebook will set up a ‘war room’ to counter misinformation and interference in in the upcoming Mongolian parliamentary election scheduled for June 2020.

With support from its US and Irish HQ’s, Facebook will provide 24-hour monitoring of content

Canadian ophthalmologist Dr. Justin French and orthoptist/ophthalmic medical technologist Wanda McFarlane visited Mongolia as part of a contingent to treat preventable blindness in the country.

Dr French has travelled to Mongolia for three consecutive years as part of the Mongolian-Canadian Medical

The Mongolian Red Cross Society (MRCS) has activated its Early Action Protocol for Dzud. The EAP is to be triggered if three or more provinces have more are at risk of a ‘dzud’ – as extreme winter conditions are known

Mongolia imports on average 132 thousand plastic bottles each year; however, only 30 percent of the waste is recycled. What happened to the rest? All of it is dumped – much of it spoiling the country’s pristine countryside. Sadly, this