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Mongolian parents seek new ways to keep their children away from smart phones
The pandemic continues to affect all aspects of life, especially children who have been dropped out of classroom education for nearly two years and have started studying online. Previously, students' winter vacations lasted about a month,…
Exhibition embraces antiquities from Mongolia’s first nomadic state
Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia - Noyon Mountain is the tomb and burial place of the great aristocrats of Mongolia’s first nomadic state, the Xiongnu.
In 1924-1925, the “Mongolian-Tibetan Research Unit” led by Russian researcher P.K.Kozlov…
Mongolian capital has three times its capacity of vehicles, resulting in traffic crisis
According to a City Governor's Office research, Ulaanbaatar people spend 2.5 hours per day and 35 days per year stuck in traffic. The entire cost of this squandered opportunity is 2.7 trillion MNT, with the amount expected to rise to 24…
“Station” sculpture was selected as the best work of fine arts in 2021
The Sculptor of B.Orkhontuul, “Station”, was selected as the “Best Fine Arts of the Year” in 2021during an exhibition of fine art by a procedure for selecting the best works of fine arts in the state fund. The Professional Council has…
Mongolia needs to develop greenhouses to attain self-sufficiency
The closure of a border crossing in Erlian, last October, due to the outbreak of Covid, led to a shortage of vegetables imported from China to Mongolia. The Erlian border is still unopened; therefore, Mongolians need to grow their leafy…
Poor cyber security puts Mongolia under cyber attacks
According to the International Cyber Security Research Organization, Mongolia is one of the few countries that does not safeguard its cyber security, ranking 103rd in the world in the cyber security index. Government agencies, which are…
Rio Tinto Group to cancel Mongolia’s $2.3 billion debt
Rio Tinto Group will cancel $2.3 billion in debt owed by Mongolia as the miner seeks to push forward with expanding the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper project that’s been beset by years of disputes, delays, and cost blowouts.
Rio’s Chief…
Special sports centers for children with Down syndrome
Aiming to raise the level of children with Down syndrome in Mongolia, and providing them with assistance, the Mongolian Special Olympics Committee and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) jointly donated special…
Medicinal mushrooms grown on sea buckthorn waste in Mongolia
The Mongolian master's student, Monkhjargal, could successfully grow world-famous and expensive mushrooms; the Cordyceps militaris, a mushroom known as “worm grass”, on animal waste, sea buckthorn stalks, and seed waste, which is rich in…
The indoor zoo in Ulaanbaatar reopens to visitors
"Ulaanbaatar" zoo is the only indoor zoo in Mongolia, and it is a valuable place to teach Mongolian children about many kinds of animals they used to see on TV and in books. Currently, there are more than 700 animals of more than 80…