The coronavirus crisis has hit commodity-dependent countries hard as economic lockdowns have shattered global demand for their exports.

According to forecasts by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, for example, Mongolia’s GDP is expected to shrink by almost 11%

Mongolia is a vast country with one of the world’s lowest population densities. The country has a population of just over 3.3 million. According to statistics, 37.9 thousand children were born in the first half of 2020; this represents a

Mongolia has reported one more COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 262. According to the National Centre for Communicable Diseases, an 18-year-old man has been confirmed having coronavirus after having returned home from Seoul

Kim Jong-un has exchanged letters with Mongolian President Kh.Battulga on the occasion of an important Mongolian anniversary, North Korean state media reported on 15 July.

The Korean Workers’ Party newspaper, the ‘Rodong Sinmun’ reported on Wednesday that Kh.Battulga thanked Kim for

The Mongolian banking sector may undergo a significant consolidation over the next few years due to tighter legislation and its enforcement, Fitch Ratings says. The strong majority retained by the incumbent party in the country’s parliamentary election in June should

Eight international circus performers who were stranded in Newbury, a town in the south of England, unable to perform since March 15 due to the coronavirus lockdown, have finally returned to Mongolia.

The artists, who had been living at Zippos Circus,

The U.S. Dollar exchange rate against the Mongolian Tugrik has reached a historical high in the past few days, with the exchange rate standing at 2832.22. Separately, the Tugrik fell against the Chinese currency to MNT 404.12 per Yuan.

On 26

A fuel truck fire has left two people dead and 16 injured after a tragic accident on 15 July. The fuel truck caught fire after overturning on a road to Arkhangai Province and the blaze engulfed five cars and a

Many roads and bridges have been damaged in flooding caused by heavy rain in Mongolia. The torrential rain lasted from 10-15 July. As a result, some roads connecting various provinces with the capital, Ulaanbaatar, capital have been closed for 2-3

Mongolia’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 261 after over 20 peacekeepers who were recently repatriated from Afghanistan tested COVID-19 positive. Mongolia has repatriated some 700 of its citizens from pandemic-hit countries since 2 July.

Separately, two Mongolian women were discharged from