Nine Mongolians were among 25,000 runners from 28 countries who took part in an international marathon race in Jun Hou city of China yesterday. Trainer A.Gantulga had accompanied them. The event is called Jenkai and has been organized every year

Speaker D.Demberel is now in Khovd aimag, meeting with citizens to explain to them activities of Parliament, and studying local conditions. He arrived there on March 26 and will have visited Darvi, Tsetseg, Altai, Uyench and Bulgan soums, the Khushuut

Prime Minister S.Batbold’s concluding engagement in South Korea was joining his counterpart Kim Hwang-sik and other leaders to attend a Mongolian cultural performance named Country of Blue Sky at the National Theater in Seoul on March 25. The event marked

The Civil Will Party and the Green Party have decided to form an alliance. The two parties held their separate assemblies on March 26 to discuss the issue, and members at both ratified the decision. A subsequent joint meeting of

President Ts.Elbegdorj appointed several new judges. Ts.Tsogt was appointed Judge General of Administrative Appeal cases and M.Batsuuri, P.Soyol-Erdene, A.Otgontsetseg and G.Enkhmaa were appointed judges.Parliament passed the law on establishing a court to hear administrative appeal cases on December 31.

MP S.Byambatsogt has initiated a draft law on Parliament’s role that he hopes will be discussed in the Spring session. It seeks to make Parliament more active in overseeing implementation of laws it passes. The MP feels this is not

Some 700 delegates are expected to attend the fifth conference on children in Ulaanbaatar on March 28, jointly organized by the Office for Children, a Government Implementing Agency, and World Vision International. Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold and Permanent Representative of

Prime Minister S.Batbold called on President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak on March 25. In their talks, Batbold expressed satisfaction that bilateral relations were getting stronger and newer areas of cooperation were emerging. He thanked the Government of South Korea

Prime Ministers S.Batbold and Kim Hwang-sik followed up their conversation without aides with official talks where the Mongolian side included Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade G.Zandanshatar, for Road, Transportation and Urban Development Kh.Battulga, for Health S.Lambaa, and for Education,

The Secretary of the General Election Committee, Ch.Sodnomtseren, today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Deputy Secretary-General of the National Election Commission of South Korea, Sang-Vu Moon, on cooperation in exchange of data, technology and experience regarding structure of