Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBTZ) has completed construction of the first 50km of the 414.6km Talvin Tolgoi – Zumbayan 1520mm-gauge railway. The new railway will connect with the UBTZ’s central line and will transport coking coal from Tavan-Tolgoi in southern Mongolia, one

A 41-year-old-man was killed and his 38-year-old wife injured when they were struck by lightning strike in southern Mongolia.

The couple from Deren Soum of Dundgovi Province were herding their livestock on Thursday when the lightning hit. The wife was badly

At 70, Robert Long became the oldest rider to win the 600-mile Mongol Derby this year. To win the world’s longest horse race, Robert Long employed equal parts preparation and smarts. In August 2019, the 70-year-old became the oldest winner

Waving small American flags and donning masks, the protesters—who appeared to be almost all Mongolians—plastered cardboard signs in both Mongolian and English to the embassy’s gates as passersbys strolled past in the torrid D.C. heat. Inscribed with messages such as

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui and B.Munkhjin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, held the fifth Strategic Dialogue between the two neighbours via videolink on 5 August, exchanging views on China-Mongolia relations and international and regional issues of

Mongolia repatriated 257 nationals from Japan on a chartered flight Friday (7 Aug).

The special flight from Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar, which landed at the Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport on Friday night, carried pregnant women, elderly people, children, students, disabled and sick people,

A car crash killed six people in western Mongolia, according to a press release from the country’s traffic police on Friday (7 Aug). The accident occurred on Thursday evening when the car hit the welcoming gate for the Nogoonnuur Soum

One of the major administrative decisions taken by the Mongolian Cabinet, following the recent election, has been the established of a Ministry of Culture. The decision was taken on 16 July. The Ministry of Culture has been formed from the

Police in northern Mongolia have seized 12 dead marmots from a vehicle, which could have spread the deadly bubonic plague, the country’s Ecological Police Department said on Wednesday.

The dead animals were found on Tuesday in a vehicle in the Tarialan

The Mongolian police have arrested a man under suspected of illegally hunting an endangered red deer, the country’s Ecological Police Department said on Wednesday.

The man was arrested on Tuesday evening while transporting the meat, skin and horns of a red