The trial of nine people including B.Khurts, the controversial former director of Mongolian’s General Intelligence Agency (GIA) and former Attorney General G.Erdenebat concluded yesterday (22 July) at the Tuv Province Criminal Court after five days of hearings. B.Khurts was sentenced

Earlier today (23 July), the UK Visa Application Centre in Mongolia re-opened although the county of three million has still yet to open its borders. Currently, the only flights arriving in Ulaanbaatar are repatriation charter flights. Under safety rules for

It has been reported that Mongolian peacekeeper D.Ganbaatar died in South Sudan while participating in the UNMISS operation. According to a short statement by the Chief-of-Staff of the Mongolian Army, the peacekeeper died prematurely before Naadam Festival which took place

Considered by many as an eye-sore and no longer fit for purpose, a well-known Ulaanbaatar building – the ‘Urt Tsagaan’ – is being demolished. The order to pull down the multi-purpose structure was issued by Ulaanbaatar City Mayor S.Amarsaikhan. The

In order to prevent people drowning in the Tuul, which flows through Ulaanbaatar, officers from the National Emergency Management Agency have been patrolling the river with by boats. A total of 1149 officers with 230 boats and vehicles are patrolling

A team of 31 Chinese workers has been isolated in Choibalsan, a city in eastern Mongolia’s Dornod province. The group entered Mongolia on 22 July through the Zamyn-Uud border crossing. The workers have been put under observation for coronavirus symptoms

Earlier today (22 July), the Mongolian Cabinet tasked the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industries to prepare more than 20 thousand tonnes of meat to cover the food demand for Ulaanbaatar. This is an increase of six thousand tonnes

In Ghost of Tsushima, the Mongols are definitely the bad guys. Ghost of Tsushima is made by Washington-based studio Sucker Punch Productions, its first new PlayStation 4 game in six years.

Ghost of Tsushima takes players to 13th-century feudal Japan, transporting

Mongolia has taken early and decisive measures to prevent COVID-19 entering and spreading domestically across the country. Despite the limited cases confirmed in Mongolia, the household-level shocks caused by COVID-19 will be long-lasting and will disproportionally hit the poor and

The Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar is claimed to be the coldest national capital in the world with temperatures falling to a numbing -30 Celsius and below. Today (22 July), the temperature has reached a record-breaking 33 Celsius in Ulaanbaatar after week