Before leaving Mongolia yesterday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj memorialized fallen soldiers who defeated the Japanese imperial forces at Khalkhyn Gol in 1939. This was the final battle between Soviet and Mongolian forces and Japan…
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Today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with new Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj to discuss his country’s uranium fields and the possibility of upgrading the country’s rail networks.
Russia, which has had longstanding ties to Mongolia, had been concerned the the election…
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Last weekend, Austrian online media producer and amateur archeologist Michael Eisenriegler (above) and his Mongolian colleague, Zundoi Altangerel, uncovered two crates worth of irreplaceable artifacts, including manuscripts, Buddhist statues and clothing.
It was shown live and online last weekend at the Hauptplatz in…
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The New York Times has a new feature on the new statue of Mongolia’s most well-known historical figure, Genghis Khan. The 13th century emperor and conqueror of much of Asia and the Middle East has become a contemporary icon — Mongolians have…
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Time magazine reports on the disturbing rise of nationalistic neo-Nazi groups in Mongolia, many of whom are vehemently anti-Chinese.
Mongolia, which just played host to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, may need to do something about this problem as it wants…
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New Mongolian president Tsakhia Elbegdorj was elected last month largely to help improve Mongolia’s economic problems.
One way that he might go about doing that, a recent UPI report suggests, is by opening up the countries vast mining reserves.
Mongolia has many…
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