News Mongolia: Japan's KDDI apologizes over huge wildfire in Mongolia
Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI has apologized over a massive wildfire that broke out in a Mongolian nature reserve earlier this month.
News Mongolia: Mongolia’s governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia--Mongolia’s governing party won parliamentary elections Friday but by only a slim margin as the opposition made major gains, according to tallies by the party and news media based on near-complete results.
News Mongolia: UN Security Council Vows No Nuclear Attack on Mongolia
On Monday, the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their promise not to attack Mongolia with nuclear weapons. In 1995, each of the P5 pledged not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear weapons states that signed and ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); this was solidified when the Security Council voted […]
News Mongolia: Mongolia Travel: Tours are Recommended! 3 Carefully Selected Klook Local Tours for First-Timers
It is relatively close to Japan, yet I never imagined such a different world existed. In 2026, after traveling through Mongolia for about 10 days, that is what I thought.Endless grasslands. Nomads living with their horses. And the Gobi Desert, which is on a scale beyond imagination.This time, in
News Mongolia: From Mongolia to the world: Rotary members mobilize for World Polio Day
As World Polio Day approaches, Rotary members around the world are mobilizing their communities to raise awareness, advocate for continued commitment and help ...
News Mongolia: Team Mongolia’s Athletic Prowess Makes a Splash on Netflix
When Team Mongolia first entered the room in the Netflix show “Physical: Asia,” it caused a noticeable stir. Mongolia’s six contestants including individuals wearing traditional wrestling garment and ...
News Mongolia: Mongolia’s New Challenge: Illegal Drugs
A recent viral video has shined a spotlight on the rise of both drug trafficking and drug use in Mongolia. Two weeks ago, the Mongolian public was shocked by a video showing the violent assault of a ...
News Mongolia: “Delicious Mongolia!” The School Lunch Lady Who Became an Ambassador’s Chef
[Series] Asia Today, Volume 17Nomad Bookstore Manager Masakazu KawadaMy name is Kawada, the owner of "Nomad Bookstore." I run a bookstore specializing in travel books in a small town called Nishi-Ogikubo in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, which is served by the JR Chuo Line. In this series, I will select
News Mongolia: Mongolia’s Film and TV Location Incentives Are Ready for Use
Italy’s Aurora Vision has joined with Mongolia’s BroSis Pictures and Culture Distributor to co-produce documentary “Round Ger.” The film is among the first to make use of Mongolia’s newly hatched ...
News Mongolia: SouthGobi Announces Notice From Mongolian Government Plenipotentiary and Designation of Company's Mining Deposits as Mineral Deposits of Strategic Importance
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 8, 2025 / SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SGQ)(HK:1878) ("SouthGobi" or the "Company") announces that, on April 2, 2025, Southgobi Sands LLC ("SGS"), the Company's wholly-owned Mongolian subsidiary, received a ...
News Mongolia: Japan to lend Mongolia ¥150 billion for airport expansion
Passenger traffic at Ulaanbaatar’s Chinggis Khaan International Airport has far exceeded expectations since it opened in 2021.
News Mongolia: Everyone’s friend: How Mongolia stays on good terms with Russia, China and western powers
The first luxury hotel to be built in Mongolia and once the only one with a constant supply of hot running water, the Ulaanbaatar Hotel is now something of a curiosity of Soviet-era architecture. But ...
News Mongolia: How Mongolia Is Navigating a Changing Security Environment
Reflecting on the changing security environment encircling Mongolia today, Ulaanbaatar is currently revising its 2010 National Security Concept and has increased its defense budget, amid growing ...
News Mongolia: Court of Justice in Mongolia Returns the Tax Investigation Case Against SouthGobi Sands and Three of Its Former Employees to the Prosecutor General for Further Investigations
SouthGobi Resources Ltd. . The Company announced on August 11, 2014, the trial date for the tax investigation case against the Company's Mongolian subsidiary SouthGobi Sands LLC and three of its former ...
News Mongolia: Court of Justice of Mongolia Declares that SouthGobi Sands and Three of Its Former Employees are Guilty of Tax Evasion
SouthGobi Resources Ltd. announced on January 7, 2015, that the Company had been informed that the re-investigation by the State Investigation Agency into alleged violations of Mongolian taxation law against ...
News Mongolia: Mongolia's Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs dismissed
ULAANBAATAR: On September 16, Prime Minister Nyam-OsorynUchral has dismissed Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan (pic), citing concerns that the situation within the justice ...
News Mongolia: Mongolian president vows to deepen energy, infrastructure cooperation with China
Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Sunday said the Erdeneburen Hydropower Plant in the western Khovd Province is an important outcome of practical cooperation between Mongolia and China.
News Mongolia: Mongolia is in the tourism spotlight and making it easier to visit. Reindeer sledding, anyone?
With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking to get away from it all. Like most countries, its tourism industry was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has launched a “Welcome to MonGOlia” campaign to win people back. Despite the gains, Mongolia's government is still short of its goal of 1 million visitors per year from 2023-2025 to the land of Genghis Khan, which encompassed much of Eurasia in its 13th-century heyday and is now a landlocked nation located between Russia and China.
