Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, where nearly 100 households have been inundated. Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported that officers rescued 44 people – 15 of them are children – from

The murder of tens of thousands of Mongolians by communist leaders from the 1930’s to the mid 1950’s was chronicled by a Mongolian woman named G.Tserendulam, who opened the Victims of Political Persecution Memorial Museum in Ulaanbaatar in 1992. She

Every day around the world journalists risk their lives to report the news for us. To defend media freedom, Jeremy Hunt, (at the time, UK Foreign Secretary) and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland announced the creation of a

It has been 70 years since the first ever train have arrived at Ulaanbaatar Railway Station from Russia. Railway transportation started in 1949 and large constructions work brought rapid development to Mongolia.

The construction of the railway was of great importance

Fresh vegetables have been on sale at Ulaanbaatar’s food markets since the Naadam Festival which is held annually on 10-13 July.

According to a greengrocer at the ‘Bars’ Food Market, there are no Chinese imports, with the exception of onions and

Every first-time visitor to Mongolia is struck by the road conditions and driving norms. Long-term residents learn to adapt to the dangers of driving, being a passenger in a vehicle and navigating the streets as a pedestrian – all equally

Last winter, a report by UNICEF Mongolia deemed the situation a “child health crisis.” In the past decade, the incidence of respiratory illness across Ulaanbaatar has increased 2.7-fold per 10,000 people. Unborn children are affected too. A study at one

Raging wildfires have engulfed large swathes of Siberia’s forests making it difficult to breath in many Russian towns and cities. Today, 31 July, the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar has been covered by a pall of grey smoke from the Russian fires.