Opponents of efforts to bury nuclear waste in Mongolia held another demonstration in Ulaanbaatar on Monday. Groups taking part in the demonstration at the Central Library included the Green Coalition, Freedom Observer Party, People’s Union to Require Promise, Gal Undesten

A road construction project in the Songino-Khairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar that was supposed to be completed last week has been delayed until Wednesday or Thursday, a transportation official tells our correspondent. The road, sometimes known as the “22nd Checkpoint,” was

Two truck drivers were killed in separate accidents near Khanbogd soum in Umnugovi aimag on August 19. That’s according to a report issued by Lieutenant Battogtokh, the chief of the local police station. One of the drivers was Mongolian. The

Mongolian chess grandmaster B. Munguntuul has won a silver medal at the 26th Summer Universiade, or World University Games, in Shenzhen, China. She won the medal by defeating Irina Vasilevich of Russia. Several other Mongolian women participated in the chess

Mongolia’s booming housing sector was the subject of a forum held last week in Ulaanbaatar. The three-day forum was organized by the Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Urban Development. Among those attending the event were Kh. Battulga, the minister of

The Mongolian government has started a MNT 300 billion bond issue to support small businesses and the nation’s wool and cashmere industries. Last week, MNT 26.7 billion of the bonds were sold on the Mongolian stock exchange. Under the terms

A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official will visit Mongolia this week. Zhou Yongkang is the head of the party’s powerful Central Political and Legislative Committee, which oversees government legal policy and the legislative agenda. Officials say his visit will strengthen

At the invitation by Prime Minister S. Batbold, United States Vice President Joseph Biden is visiting Mongolia today. Officials say the visit is meant to foster good relations between the two nations. But some activists are suspicious that the vice

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak began his official visit to Mongolia on Sunday. This is the third time a South Korean leader has visited Mongolia since the two countries established diplomatic relations 21 years ago. In his meetings with Mongolian

Three high-ranking Mongolian defense officials toured weapons factories in Russia on August 16. Defense Minister L. Bold and two members of the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, R. Amarjargal and E. Munkh-Ochir, visited a weapons and military aviation