HOHHOT: Northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will publish visual dictionaries to save three endangered ethnic languages, according to the region's nationalities affairs committee. The dictionary collecting the historical, cultural, religious and economic texts and files of the ethnic minority of Daur has been published and the other two...
Thousands in Mongolia brave freezing weather to protest graft
Thousands of Mongolians braved temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius in Ulaanbaatar to take to the streets in protest against graft and demand the resignation of the country's parliamentary speaker.
It was one of Mongolia's largest demonstrations, prompted by corruption, bribery scandals and embezzlement of government funds that have triggered...
17-year-old eagle huntress wins one of Mongolia's highest awards
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on Friday awarded the internationally known eagle huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv with the Order of the Polar Star, one of the highest state honors in the country.
The 17-year-old received the order for her contributions to promote the ethnic Kazakh tradition of hunting with eagles...
Number of livestock animals in Mongolia rises to over 66 mln
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of livestock animals in Mongolia reached 66.46 million, a record high since the nomadic country began a livestock animal census in 1918, a senior expert of the National Statistics Office said Thursday.
A census conducted between Dec. 7-17 showed the number of livestock animals in 2018 increased by 244,700,...
Transgender beauty queen breaks barriers in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR: Make-up artist Solongo Batsukh braves Mongolia’s below-freezing temperatures in just a skimpy black dress and light pastel pink coat — the country’s trailblazing transgender beauty queen wants to look good in any weather.
“I don’t like to look puffy,” the 25-year-old said as she drove to a beauty salon that hired her to promote...
Christmas in Mongolia amid signs of consumerism and the memory of Mgr Padilla (photos)
by Giorgio Marengo*
Mongolia’s Catholic community got ready to relive "the great mystery of Incarnation" through a moment of retreat and reconciliation. Consumerism and untrained relationship to money are new dangers.
Arvaiheer (AsiaNews) – Today's Mongolia...
Thousands demand M.Enkhbold’s dismissal
At noon on December 27, Sukhbaatar Square was crowded with thousands
of people who joined the march demanding the dismissal of Speaker of
Parliament M.Enkhbold.
Lawmakers L.Bold, T.Ayursaikhan, L.Oyun-Erdene, J.Batzandan and Kh.Nyambaatar spearheaded the December 27 march.
The organizers of the march claimed that more than 25,000 people from
...
Mongolians protest against corruption as temperature plunges
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Mongolians took to the
streets on Thursday to protest against corruption in the top echelons of
politics, braving temperatures that dropped below minus 20 degrees
Celsius in the capital, Ulaanbaatar.
The protesters - organizers estimated there were 25,000 of them -
focused their anger on Mongolia’s...
Mongolian deputy minister sacked for criticizing gov't
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian government decided Wednesday to sack a deputy minister who had criticized the government over a scandal involving financial irregularities.
Deputy Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Battumur Enkhbayar was sacked as he recently urged the government to punish some parliament and cabinet members who allegedly...
Mongolia's foreign debt rises to over 7 bln USD
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's total foreign debt reached 7.24 billion U.S. dollars in the third quarter, up 12 percent from the same period last year, the country's central bank said Wednesday.
As of the third quarter, foreign debt accounted for about 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), according to the central...
Mongolian president asks parliament to create conditions for plenary sessions
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on Wednesday submitted an official letter to the country's Parliament Secretariat, asking to create conditions for plenary sessions of the parliament.
"I planned to give information on national security during the plenary session of the parliament on Dec. 21. But I could not give...
99 ancient tombs found in Inner Mongolia
A cluster of 99 ancient tombs, more than 2,000 years old, has been found in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.
An archaeological team from the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology discovered a complex...
Archaeologists find human sacrificial pit in Inner Mongolia
Archaeologists discovered bones of infants and adults at a ruins site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which are believed to be remains of human sacrifices, local authorities said.
Five complete human skeletons and a few skulls were found buried at the bottom of a round pit, which is three meters deep, according to the regional...
Mongolia's Tax Collectors are the Real Winner in National Lotto
By
Terrence Edwards
Mongolia’s effort to get its citizens to pay taxes by enrolling them in a lottery is delivering a big payout -- for the government.
The north Asian country between Russia and China has expanded its tax base by almost half since 2016, according to government statistics, partly by printing a lottery ticket on every retail...
Bank of Inner Mongolia’s Ex-Chairman Convicted on Corruption Charges
The former chairman of a major joint-stock bank based in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region was handed a suspended death sentence on Friday after being convicted of corruption involving over 600 million yuan ($87 million).
The Bank of Inner Mongolia is...
Incomes of herdsmen, farmers in Inner Mongolia soar over past 40 years
HOHHOT, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The per capita disposable income of herdsmen and farmers in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region soared from 131 yuan (about 19 U.S. dollars) in 1978 to around 12,600 yuan today, increasing by 95 times, local authorities said Saturday.
China abolished taxes on animal husbandry and agriculture in 2004 and 2005,...
The teenager who hunts wolves in Mongolia and posts eagle selfies
Zamanbol (14) is part of a generation of nomadic youth embracing ancient customs as they seek connection with their roots and the wild
When school is done on Fridays, Zamanbol heads back home, finishes her homework and does her chores as typical teenagers do anywhere. On Saturdays, she saddles up her horse, treks deep into snow-capped mountains...
Mongolia produces over 6 mln barrels of crude oil so far this year
Mongolia has extracted a total of 6.007 million barrels, or 814,506 tons, of crude oil from the beginning of this year to Dec. 12, data released by the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry showed Friday.
Out of its total production, 5.879 million barrels, or 798,485 tons, of crude oil were exported to China in the period mentioned above, the ministry...
Mongolia’s digital disruptor takes on Asia
by Elliot Wilson
Anar Chinbaatar is wreaking havoc: local banks are running scared of LendMN, a digital payday lender that has disbursed 600,000 loans in just 18 months. The serial tech entrepreneur now plans to transform LendMN into a real digital bank – and take on Asia. Few would bet against him.The best commercially disruptive ideas can blossom...
Mongolia's foreign trade up 23.6 pct in first 11 months
ULAN BATOR, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's goods trade went up 23.6 percent year-on-year to 11.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of 2018, official data showed Friday.
Exports rose 14.0 percent year-on-year in the January-November period to 6.5 billion U.S. dollars while imports increased 37.6 percent to 5.4 billion U.S. dollars, resulting...
IAEA Conducts Mission to Assist Mongolia in Effective Nuclear Knowledge Management
The IAEA held an expert mission in Mongolia this month to assist the country in assessing their practices for nuclear management, human resource processes, training and competence development, knowledge capture and transfer, organizational culture and collaboration.
The IAEA Knowledge Management Assist Visit (KMAV) was conducted, at the national...
Inner Mongolia rushing to preserve ancient texts of minorities
Northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is working to collect and preserve the ancient texts of three small ethnic minorities, local authorities said Wednesday.
The ethnic affairs committee of the city of Hulun Buir said they were translating and compiling the historical texts and files of Ewenki, Daur and Oroqen, including many collected...
China's graft crackdown snares ex-head of Bank of Inner Mongolia
BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Friday sentenced the former chairman of Bank of Inner Mongolia, a private joint-stock lender, to death for corruption with a two-year reprieve, the official Xinhua news agency said, effectively meaning he will be jailed for life.
Yang Chenglin abused his posts as Communist Party boss and chairman of...
