This year, there have been a total of nine earthquakes measuring over magnitude 3 on the Richter Scale in Khuvsgul, the most northerly province of Mongolia.

For centuries, Mongolian herders have been using special way for measure the length of winter days; it is called the ‘nine nine’.

‘CNN’ International has been introducing the greatest judoka athletes in the world in cooperation with the IJF (International Judo Federation). Most recently, the US news agency has highlighted the achievements of Mongolia’s Olympic champion N.Tuvshinbayar.

For most of the year Ulaanbaatar’s skies are clear, however, between November and March, visibility beyond a few blocks is nearly impossible in many parts of the city because of the dense acrid smog.

Six Mongolian will be able to matriculate in US military academies, namely, the United States Naval Academy and, for the first time, the United States Air Force Academy.

The Parliamentary Budgetary Standing Committee has backed a project of providing tax exemptions for electricity imports from Russia and China.

Kind-hearted students have presented smog masks to traffic police officers who spend all day on the polluted streets of the Mongolian capital.

Ulaanbaatar Mayor S.Batbold has supported several solutions for decreasing the increasingly bad traffic jams which plague the Mongolian capital.

Mongolian passport holders have been granted visa-free entry to Argentina for stays of up to 90 days.

Japan’s ABEMA TV has made the great offer of JPY 10 million to anyone who can defeat former Mongolian sumo champion ‘Asashoryu’ in a New Year special on 31 December.