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Dragon City of Xiongnu Empire discovered in Mongolia

Dragon City or Longcheng City, capital of the Xiongnu Empire, has been discovered in central Mongolia, a Mongolian archeologist said Saturday.

“As a result of more than a decade of research on political center of the Xiongnu Empire, I am very

Police seize 109 dead marmots

Mongolian police have seized a total of 109 dead marmots so far this year, which could have spread the bubonic plague, the country’s National Police Agency (NPA) said Monday.

The dead marmots were found in 20 vehicles heading to the capital

Birth rate in Mongolia falls

Mongolia is a vast country with one of the world’s lowest population densities. The country has a population of just over 3.3 million. According to statistics, 37.9 thousand children were born in the first half of 2020; this represents a

Mongolian doctors save lives of 211 patients with coronavirus

Mongolia has reported one more COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 262. According to the National Centre for Communicable Diseases, an 18-year-old man has been confirmed having coronavirus after having returned home from Seoul

Fuel truck blaze kills two and injures 16

A fuel truck fire has left two people dead and 16 injured after a tragic accident on 15 July. The fuel truck caught fire after overturning on a road to Arkhangai Province and the blaze engulfed five cars and a

Roads closed in two provinces in Mongolia after heavy rain

Many roads and bridges have been damaged in flooding caused by heavy rain in Mongolia. The torrential rain lasted from 10-15 July. As a result, some roads connecting various provinces with the capital, Ulaanbaatar, capital have been closed for 2-3

Mongolia’s coronavirus cases rise to 261 as evacuations continue

Mongolia’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 261 after over 20 peacekeepers who were recently repatriated from Afghanistan tested COVID-19 positive. Mongolia has repatriated some 700 of its citizens from pandemic-hit countries since 2 July.

Separately, two Mongolian women were discharged from

Teenager dies of bubonic plague in Mongolia

On Sunday (July 12), a 15-year-old boy died of an infection of bubonic plague in the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai, according to the country’s National Centre for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD). The teenager was found to have eaten marmot meat