Mongolian national ski team athletes have received grants for Pyeongchang 2018 from the International Olympic Federation (IOF). Mongolian athletes B.Achbadrakh, Ch.Otgontsetseg and A.Enhktuul received the grants on 1 January.

Mongolia will expand its two main border crossings this year.

Under the programme, the government will provide a monthly benefit payment of MNT 50,000 to mothers who are at home caring for children under the age of three.

The Mongolian parliament has approved the Law of Filial Piety to Elders, presented by ruling party.

State-Honoured Artist Ts.Tuvshintugs has been appointed as director of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia. He succeeds Ch.Munkhul who voluntarily resigned from the post.

On Friday (5 January), air-pollution in some areas in Ulaanbaatar; especially the ger districts reached a hazardous level. According to the Mongolian capital’s air quality unit, the air index reached 2813 in the Tolgoit, Amgalan, Bayankhoshuu and Zuragt districts of the city.

The number of Mongolians working in South Korea reached a record high in 2017. Currently, over 46,000 Mongolians have immigrated to South Korea for work; nearly 13.500 are illegal.

Do Mongolians like paying taxes? The 2017 tax revenue figures would appear they do – tax revenue exceeded the state budget plan by MNT 1 trillion 300 billion; double that of the previous year.

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

Earlier today, the Mongolian cabinet overruled a court decision regarding the 49 percent stake of the Erdenet Mining Corporation (EMC) in favour of theMongolian Copper Corporation (MCC).