Trade between North Korea and Mongolia reached a record high last year due to large tobacco exports from Mongolia.

N.Bayartsaikhan, president of the Central Bank of Mongolia, has issued a warning against the risks of cryptocurrencies.

Newly-appointed Mongolian Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh will make his first official visit to South Korea on 15-17 January. The trip to Seoul, will also be his first official visit since taking office in October.

Mongolian Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh will visit South Korea next week for talks with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon about ways to enhance the substantial cooperation between the two countries, Lee’s office said Tuesday.

Over two months has passed since Mongolian schoolgirl D.Serjmyadag disappeared on 2 November.

A public debate is to be held at the Ulaanbaatar Cultural Centre on 22 January by order of S.Amarsaikhan, Chairman of the Citizens’ Representative Khural (Council).

From 1 January, the Mongolian National Registration and Statistics Office (MNRSO) has begun to change travel international passports to modern biometric e-passports.

Earlier today (9 January), the committee on controlling petrol prices held a meeting at the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industries.

H.E. Oh Seung-ho, North Korea’s new ambassador to Mongolia presented his credentials to Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia earlier today (8 January).

Officers from Khuvsgul National Park has measured the thickness of the ice on the Lake Khuvsgul. The ice is 10-35 cm thick and tourists are being warned not to go onto the ice of Mongolia’s most famous lake..