Earlier today, Mongolia’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Justice Minister D.Dorligjav and his younger brother D.Baatar.  Law enforcement officers also searched the former minister’s home yesterday (7 January).

D.Dorligjav has been accused of obtaining USD 4 million by extortion from T.Ganbold, director

Mongol HD television will represent Mongolia for the first time at the 23rd Asian Television Awards with three of its programmes. Specifically, ‘The Voice of Mongolia’, ‘Shark Tank’ and ‘Delivery Room Games’ have been  nominated in three respective categories.

The awards

‘Appreciation Poem’ by poet B.Battulga has won first place at the country’s most important poetry festival – the ‘Bolor Tsom’ (Golden Goblet). The festival took place at the Borjigin Theatre in Gobisumber Province on 5 January.

This year, 27 poets from

Michael S. Klecheski was appointed Wednesday (2 January, 2019) as the  ambassador to Mongolia succeeding Ms.Jennifer Ann Zimdahl Galt. President Trump nominated him to the position in August, 2018.

Michael S. Klecheski, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is

The Ulaanbaatar Winter Festival will take place at the Sky Resort Ski Complex on 16-17 February. The event will consist of  two parts: firstly, the national championships for traditional games, including ice archery and ice anklebone shooting and, secondly, modern

Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh during his official visit in Tokyo, has attended a Mongolia-Japanese business forum. Also present at the event were Mongolian delegates including Foreign Minister D.Tosgtbaatar as well as D.Sumiyabazar, Minister of Mining and Heavy Industries.

During the forum, the

Mongolian runner B.Budjargal has won a 6 days marathon which has been held in Phoenix, Arizona. Over the years, the fixed-time multiday running event has been held between 28 December and 3 January. B.Budjargal has run 787 km or 485

The population of Mongolia has reached 3,177,000 – a six-fold increase  from a century ago. In the 20th century, the country conducted its first population census in 1918 under a decree of the Bogd Khan. This revealed that there were

Regular sessions of the Mongolian State Great Khural have been delayed several times due to a boycott by nearly 40 MPs protesting against Speaker of Parliament M.Enkhbold. The boycott activity started a month ago.

However, earlier today, (4 January), the cabinet

A citizen from the United States was found dead in the Shangri-La Hotel in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, on 12 December. According to an early source, 34 year–old M.K.Stuart, a US major, had been strangled with his belt in a