IT WAS near midnight, high in the Tost Mountains of the wild South Gobi
region, Mongolia.

Australian vet Carol Esson was barely conscious of the cold, for in her
hands was a snow leopard.

“”Really,”” she thought to herself, “”How much better

Aspire
Mining 9ASX: AKM) has appointed experienced project manager James Benson to
oversee the Ovoot Coking Coal Project in Mongolia through construction of the
mine infrastructure as well as management of the Erdenet to Moron Rail line.
   
Benson, who
will become the project director,

Korea will open 14 more
government-funded institutes offering Korean language courses in the second
half of this year, the culture ministry said Monday in a bid to
make them
overseas bases for increasing the world”s awareness of Korean culture.

The rising
popularity of Korean pop music

Ozeki Harumafuji won the first final-day showdown between an unbeaten ozeki
and yokozuna–and the first duel of unbeaten wrestlers on the final day in 29
years–by pushing Mongolian compatriot Hakuho out of the ring at the Nagoya
Grand Sumo Tournament on July 22.

The

Eastern Energy Co. increased
electricity exports to Mongolia by 89 percent year on year
to 166 million kilowatt-hours in the first half of 2012,
the exporter said in a statement.

The company is a wholly owned
subsidiary of state electricity holding Inter RAO and is
the operator for electricity exports in the Far East.

Eastern Energy said its contracts
with Mongolian partners

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed the law on the ratification
of the agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Mongolian
government on the prevention of the emergencies and dealing with their
consequences.

The agreement was signed in Kyiv on June

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Netherlands
Development Finance Company agreed an $85 million loan for Mongolia’s first
wind farm.

The 50-megawatt Salkhit wind farm will be built southeast of the Mongolian
capital Ulaanbaatar and it’s expected to start working

The new parliament of Mongolia has 9 woman MPs. Four
political parties who got a seat has female representatives in the parliament.
DP has 5, Justice coalition 2 and MPP and Civil Will-Green Party respectively one
female MPs.

Although by the law only political

Three independent MPs- S.Ganbaatar, Ts.Davaasuren and
Kh.Bolorchuluun, who elected as lawmaker on June 28 announced will establish a
commission of independent candidates within the parliament.

“Electors voted for us because they supported our election platform.
The commission will work actively to implement election

The negotiation between Democratic Party (DP) and Justice
coalition ended yesterday and today, on July 20 decided to continue plenary
session of new parliament. Session announced start at 11 am but Mongolian
People’s Party (MPP) members didn’t appeared at the session.

The session