Mongolia Pardons American, 2 Filipinos in Tax Case

By GANBAT NAMJILSANGARAV Associated Press Mongolia's president on Thursday pardoned an American mining executive and two Filipinos sentenced to prison for tax evasion, in a case that raised questions about the Asian nation's reputation as...

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U.S Embassy in Ulaanbaatar issues Press Release on U.S. Citizen Justin Kaplas’ Pardoning

Public Affairs SectionU.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatarpao@usembassy.mn 7007-6001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We have seen the reports that on February 26th, 2015, President Elbegdorj issued an official pardon to the three defendants in the South Gobi Sands trial, including American citizen Justin Kapla.  We appreciate President Elbegdorj’s action. Mr....

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Mongolia pardons foreign businessmen

Mongolia's president has pardoned one US and two Filipino former mining executives jailed for tax evasion in a case that had damaged the resource-rich nation's reputation among overseas investors. The decree pardoning the trio was announced in a statement on President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj's website, saying he made the decision in accordance with...

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Mongolia pardons three foreigners accused of tax evasion

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on Thursday pardoned three former foreign employees of coal miner SouthGobi Resources Ltd who were sentenced to more than five years each in prison in January. Mongolia's sentencing of American citizen Justin Kapla and Filipinos Hilarion Cajucom Jr and Cristobal David had raised concern...

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Mongolia to send coal through N. Korean port

Mongolia will ship 25,000 tons of coal to North Korea’s Rajin port this year as part of a trial export project, the chairman of the Mongolian Railroad Authority said. Mongolia has a thriving coal industry, but its lack of coastline and undeveloped rail infrastructure limit its export options. North Korea’s Rajin port in the country’s far northeast...

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Kapla and Mongolia: Whose game is this case that has violated human rights?

By G.Zandanshatar,former Member of the Mongolian Parliament and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Lately, websites have been screaming loudly that freedom and human rights are being violated in Mongolia for both foreigners and local people. Those who run businesses...

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Mongolia Has a Business Plan: It’s Called Singapore

(Bloomberg) -- One of the men tasked with making Mongolia attractive to investors again reckons he’ll need about six years to do the job and is looking at Singapore as a model. Byambasaikhan Bayanjargal said he has a “mountain to climb” in cleaning house at Erdenes Mongol LLC., the umbrella company he now heads that holds the government’s stakes...

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Turquoise Hill to sell remaining stake in Mongolia's SouthGobi

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd on Tuesday agreed to sell the remainder of its stake in SouthGobi Resources, in an attempt to finally sever ties with the Mongolian coal miner that was once worth over C$3 billion ($2.4 billion). Turquoise Hill, a unit of Rio Tinto, in July agreed to sell the majority of its stake in SouthGobi to Hong...

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Democratic Values of Mongolia

By MP L.Bold The following is the transcript of a speech given by MP L.Bold, head of the Mongolia-Germany Inter-Parliamentary Group, at the group’s 10th Assembly. Distinguished Colleagues,  Democracy in Mongolia had its 25th anniversary – a celebrated and retrospective whole year. Any person, or any country, is driven by reason, aspiration,...

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Wolf in the fold

By Sun Shuangjie Source:Global Times Published: 2015-2-24 18:18:01 Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on sinaweiboShare on linkedin More Sharing Services0 Film version of Wolf Totem does justice to source novel It's fitting...

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Ethnic Chinese writer criticises ‘fake culture forced on Mongolians’ in hit film, ‘Wolf Totem’

Guo Xuebo claims film, released at Lunar New Year showing folk traditions, rituals and lives of the ethnic Mongolian nomads and their bond with wolves, distorts the truth An ethnic Mongolian writer has criticised a hit new film, released in the mainland on...

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Mongolian sumo hulk fans flames of protocol row

by Alastair Himmer img alt="AFP/File / Toru YamanakaMongolian-born yokozuna, or grand champion, Hakuho performs during the ceremonial entrance to the ring, at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, on January 8, 2013" src="http://citizen.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/02/dcccd1334df2d590db568425c236fd8f9eab7ed2-580x400.jpg?734506"...

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