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Winter festivals in Mongolia in February

With the weather set to be stable next month, we’ve compiled information on local, national, and international festivals you can visit over the weekend in Mongolia.

ADB: Mongolia’s economic growth faster than expected

Mongolia’s economic growth is expected to moderate but remain solid in 2019 and 2020 as the country moves to a more sustainable growth path.

Yesterday (25 September), Asian Development Bank (ADB) Deputy Country Director for Mongolia and Senior Country Economist Declan

Smokeless briquettes tested on Sukhbaatar Square

Earlier today (25 September), the ‘Tavan Tolgoi Fuel’ Company tested their smokeless briquettes on Ulaanbaatar’s central square, next to the State Palace. Sukhbaatar square, center of Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, During an ‘Open Day’ organized by the Ministry of Mining and

‘The Hu’ tops U.S. chart with Gerege album

A new album from ‘The Hu’, the famous Mongolian rock band that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Chart in the first week of release. ‘The Gereg’ Album has nine hits

Mongolian wrestling couple weds

One of the few Mongolian sports couples, freestyle wrestler P.Orkhon and N.Lkhamgarmaa got married earlier today (25 September). P.Orkhon (63 kg) is champion of the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships and her fiancé is international master of sports N.Lkhamgarmaa, also winner

South Korean drama shooting in Ulaanbaatar

It was reported that the team of upcoming Korean TV weekend drama “Crash Landing of Love” (tentative title) is filming in Mongolia. According to Korean producer Ryan Cho, shooting of the first five episodes of the drama is taking place

Mongolian Eagle Hunter impresses Australia

Australian journalist Julian Morgans recently visited Mongolia. He wrote an interesting article at Vice.com about the single “hottest man” he’s ever seen in real life showed up on a horse.

Eagle hunting is the hottest sport in Mongolia, and 26-year-old Jinsbek

Mongolia tenders 10 MW solar plant in Khovd Province

Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy is seeking contractors to develop and construct a 10 MW solar power plant in Khovd, the administrative centre of the province of the same name in the westernmost part of the country.

The project is backed by

Telephoning from Sukhbaatar Square to S. Sudan and Afghanistan

Earlier today (24 September), the Mongolian Ministry of Defence in coordination with the Cabinet held a special ‘Open Day’ on Sukhbaatar Square. The Chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces, the National Defence University (MNDU),the  Mongolian Military

Still missing! U.S. tourist still on Mongolian mountain?

We reported that a 40-year-old American man has gone missing in Bayan-Ulgii, the westernmost province of Mongolia after failing to return from climbing on the Altai Tavan Bogd Mountain.

According to ‘Altai Tour’ Travel Company based in Bayan-Ulgii province, the man

Death Highway: public anger at slow reconstruction

Earlier today (24 September), representatives from the Youth Union of Darkhan, Selenge and Orkhon Provinces held a press conference about financing issues and public anger over the reconstruction of the 205 km long highway between Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan. The road

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