There are over 300 soums in Mongolia. (A soum is roughly equivalent to a county in the United States.) Some have fewer than a thousand people. Some have ten times that. The Government has decided to spend MNT 24 billion

Two miners digging for gold in Nalaikh district died yesterday. Police say the men, aged 40 and 47, were not properly secured. Police also say a 21-year-old miner was killed yesterday in an accident in Berkh sum in Khentii aimag.

Fifty-eight elderly veterans will receive the keys to new homes today. The Ministry of Defense will hand the keys to 50 veterans, while the ministry of Social Welfare and Labor will present keys to eight others. Veterans who served in

The Democratic Party held its monthly meeting with journalists yesterday. The theme of the meeting was education. Afterwards, our correspondent spoke with the head of the party, N. Altankhuyag.- What would the DP like to do to improve pre-school education?-

The newspaper Undesnii Shuudan is reporting that President Ts. Elbegdorj has appointed Major General M. Ganbold head of the Anti-Corruption Authority. The position has been vacant since last April, when the previous head of the ACA, Ch. Sangaragchaa, was sentenced

Nearly 3,000 Mongolian workers hoping to find jobs in South Korea will take a Korean language proficiency exam on September 3 and 4. 1,905 people who registered in Uvurkhangai, Bayankhongor, Dornod, Khentii, and Sukhbaatar aimags, as well as Bagakhangai sum,

Criminal proceedings have begun for six children who escaped from Detention Center No. 411 in Zaisan. The children are being charged with escape during a detention period, under Article 263.2 of the Criminal Law. They are alleged to have escaped

The Cabinet has approved a feasibility study for the new railroad projects outlined in the first and second stages of the State Railroad Policy. The study will be performed by McKinsey and Company. The Cabinet also approved USD 55 million

A joint Mongolia-Canada conference will be held September 8 and 9 in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. At the conference, officials from the two countries will discuss expanding their political and economic partnerships, and maintaining their mutually beneficial relationship. Mongolia’s

More than 100 companies from Mongolia and abroad are taking part in “Construction Expo 2011,” which runs through September 5 at the Misheel Expo Centre. Leading construction firms, banks, and lenders from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Switzerland are among those