The Mongolian National Basketball League consisting of teams from the  21 provinces will be held in January 2019. Four North Korean athletes with their coach will be coming to Mongolia to participate in the competition. In addition, the Mongolian basketball

A citizen from the United States was found dead in the Shangri-La Hotel yesterday (12 December). According to the police, the 34 year–old man had been strangled to death by his belt in a hotel room. The police have seized

Grandmaster B.Munguntuul who was recently rated Mongolia”s top sportswoman of 2009 by Burte Chono-2009 won the Women”s Blitz Chess Championship of Russia just before the New Year. She scored nine points out of a maximum 11 points possible. The competition

The biggest river in Dornod Province is the Khalkh River. This was the site of a major military confrontation in 1939 between the Empire of Japan and the combined forces of the Soviet Union. The battle was to have a

The supply of refined copper in October exceeded demand by around 132,000 tons, according to preliminary data from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). For the first ten months of 2009, the market had a production surplus of about 78,000

MPs yesterday agreed to have a fuller discussion on the draft amendments to the Armaments Law and the State and Regional Property Law. They suggested establishing construction and engineering divisions in the military and studying possibilities of participating in UN

Famous professional footballer Peter Schmeichel landed earlier today (12 December) at Ulaanbaatar’s Chinggis Khaan International Airport. The 55-year-old star has been invited to participate in the Mongolian Football Federation’s ‘Golden Ball’ award ceremony which will be held 9.00 p.m. this

During the first eleven months of 2018, Mongolia’s tax revenue reached MNT 7.4 trillion, an increase of MNT 1.7 trillion or 30.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. This growth was mainly accounted for by a

According to statistics, the total number of foreign nationals who entered Mongolia increased by 59.2 thousand or 10.46 percent during the first eleven months of 2018.  Among them, the number of tourists increased by 9.8 percent or 49.5 thousand to

A drunken man was arrested after he tried driving his car into the Mongolian State Palace on Wednesday 12 December. According to one source, the man crashed his Toyota Prius 20 car into the fence outside the State Palace at