A farewell candlelit ceremony for O.Dulguun, a top player of the Mongolian National Basketball Team, who died in the USA, will be held on Sukhbaatar Square, in the heart of the Mongolian capital, on 3 August.

O.Dulguun died in the United

When Mongolia’s President visited the White House on Wednesday, he was accompanied by a large group including Attorney General B.Jargalsaikhan. It was first visit of a Mongolian President to the USA since 2011. Mongolian President Kh.Battulga, who was  inaugurated in

A festival of Mongolian culture, including the famous mask dances, ‘Danshig Naadam – Khuree Tsam’, has become one of the highlights on the tourist calendar. Revived in 2015, the August event was visited by 1000 foreign visitors; this increased to

Last winter, a report by UNICEF Mongolia deemed the situation a “child health crisis.” In the past decade, the incidence of respiratory illness across Ulaanbaatar has increased 2.7-fold per 10,000 people. Unborn children are affected too. A study at one

The fifth annual Yak Festival will take place in Arkhangai Province on 17-18 August. The festival aims to attract more domestic and foreign tourists by promoting the yak culture.

The two-day event will include a session about the sustainable development of

The vast northern nation locked between Russia and China is known for its ancient breed of tough, tiny horses ridden by Chinggis Khaan and other warlords – and often gives horses to visiting dignitaries.

The horse is unlikely to make the

Melbourne-based street artist Kh.Khosnaran AKA Heesco recently finished his giant graffiti in Karoonda, a town in Australia. His monumental work of art covers a wall and is on 30 by 10 metres. Heesco spent over 200 hours spraying graffiti using

Raging wildfires have engulfed large swathes of Siberia’s forests making it difficult to breath in many Russian towns and cities. Today, 31 July, the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar has been covered by a pall of grey smoke from the Russian fires.

Ulaanbaatar city and its new, soon-to-be-opened international airport will be partly powered by a photovoltaic (PV) plant, developed with financial support from Tokyo.  Japanese group Sharp’s 16.4MW solar project in Khushight Khundii, in Mongolia’s Tuv Province, has wrapped up construction

During the Mongolian president’s visit to the United States of America, the largest cashmere manufacturer of Mongolia “Gobi Corporation” is preparing to announce its plans to enter the U.S market by September 2019. The subsidiary Gobi Cashmere USA will be