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Mongolian Police establishes special unit for fake news

A special unit for fighting against fake news was established yesterday (23 September) at the National Police Agency. The unit will focus on investigating fake news that can be a possible threat to national security or a defamation and insult

Lake Khuvsgul and the dangers of uncontrolled tourism

Last year, the Mongolian Cabinet approved a project for establishing an eco-zone at the Khuvsgul Lake National Park with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank; it also decided to limit the number of tourism licenses for the area. However,

Russian earthquake wakes sleeping Mongolians

On Monday (20 September), two earthquakes rocked the Irkutsk Oblast in East Siberia. Tremors from Russia were felt across the border in the  neighbouring Mongolian provinces of Selenge, Orkhon, Khuvsgul and Darkhan-Uul. According to Russian sources, the epicenter of earthquakes

Kindergarten crisis in Mongolia

A total of 309,670 children are expected to be enrolled in kindergartens for the 2020-2021 school year; 23 percent, or 77235 children, are two- year-olds. However, Mongolia does not have enough kindergartens to accept all these children. Therefore, only 17550

Mongolia reports another imported COVID-19 case

Earlier today (22 September), Mongolia reported one more COVID-19 case, bringing the total in the country to 313.

So far, Mongolia has registered no local transmissions or deaths. Most infections have been imported from neighbouring Russia.

The ministry noted that 302 people

50-year-old Russian confirmed with coronavirus in Mongolia

On 20 September, a 50-year-old Russian man was confirmed having the coronavirus infection in Mongolia after arriving through the Altanbulag border crossing. According to health officials, the man is a transit driver who conducts transportation between Russia and China.

So far,

Mongolia reports no new cases of COVID-19 for a week

Today (18 September), a 59-year-old woman was discharged from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases after having fully recovered from the coronavirus infection. So far, Mongolia has had 311 confirmed cases of COVID-19; 302 of them haverecovered. The country of

Mongolian Police launches ‘crimes against children’ campaign

Mongolia’s National Police Agency on Tuesday launched a month-long national campaign dubbed “Cast No Shadow” to prevent crime, especially sexual assault, against children.

At least 160 children, mostly girls have been affected by sexual assault across the country in the first