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Mongolian Participants Depart for 57th International Chemistry Olympiad in United Arab Emirates
Ulaanbaatar, July 4, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The Mongolian national team has departed to participate in the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2025 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. A total of 1,000 participants from over 90 countries will...

Mongolia’s WWII Legacy: Asset or Liability in 2025?
As Mongolia commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, the nation finds itself at a crossroads, where its historical legacy from that global conflict intersects with contemporary geopolitical realities. This creates a...

Emperor Looks Forward to Mongolia Trip; Set to Visit Memorial for Japanese Detainees
Pool photo / The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor speaks to reporters at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:20 JST, July 3, 2025 The Emperor held a press conference on Wednesday ahead of an official visit...

‘It could be the last time’: baptism of ice for Adelaide filmmakers’ Mongolian epic
In December 2023, two young Mongolian men embarked on a 150-day winter quest to lead 2000 horses across the icy Tsaikhir Valley. The vast steppe of Mongolia has traditionally been open grazing for the herds of shaggy horses that are central to...

International Standards for Biodiversity Conservation to Be Localized in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, July 3, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chief Executive Officer of "BirdLife International" Martin Harper on July 2, 2025. The memorandum aims to...

Sandvik grows Mongolian fleet
(Image source: Sandvik) Sandvik is the sole supplier of loaders and trucks at the Oyu Tolgoi project which currently operates a fleet of 58 Sandvik machines. Sandvik Mining has been contracted to supply 17 loaders and two trucks to Rio Tinto’s...

Mongolian National Team Playmaker Nandinkhusel Joins Florida’s “Panthers”
Ulaanbaatar, July 2, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Florida Institute of Technology’s “Florida Tech Panthers” team, which competes in NCAA Division II, has announced the addition of Nandinkhusel Nyamjav, the playmaker of Mongolia’s national 3x3 basketball team...

Mongolia Hosts Executive Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union
Ulaanbaatar, July 2, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia hosts the Executive Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union (APPU), from June 30 to July 5, 2025. APPU is a regional branch of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialized agency of the...

Japan's emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia
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Decoding China's Ethnic Engineering In Lhasa, Strategy To Control Dalai Lama Succession | Exclusive
Last Updated:July 02, 2025, 17:47 IST China’s plan to select a new Dalai Lama, as seen in its earlier Panchen Lama power grab, is designed to erase Tibetan resistance spiritually and politically, said sources The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso,...

Scientific Conference Highlights Achievements in Safeguarding Mongol Biyelgee
Ulaanbaatar, July 1, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The International Scientific Conference under the theme “Safeguarding and Strengthening the Viability of Mongolian Bii Biyeleg (Folk Dance)” was held in Ulaanbaatar on June 30, 2025. The Conference was...

Mongolia Hosts High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia on AI-Enabled Higher Education
Ulaanbaatar, July 1, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia hosted the 2025 High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia under the theme “Fostering an AI-Enabled Higher Education Ecosystem” on June 30, 2025. The High-Level Policy Dialogue in East Asia aims to...

Mongolia proposes Kyrgyz side to lift quarantine ban on supply of meat products
AKIPRESS.COM - The 5th meeting of the Mongolian-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation took place in Bishkek on June 26-27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia said. The...

Mongolia, Thailand to cooperate on artificial weather modification in Gobi region
Mongolia, Thailand to cooperate on artificial weather modification in Gobi region AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat and Director of the National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Battulga...

Israeli dig reveals life on Mongolia’s old frontier
In the remote reaches of northeastern Mongolia—far from the grand courts and bustling cities of medieval East Asia—archaeological discoveries buried beneath the earth are shedding light on a hidden chapter of empire: a story of survival,...

Vocational education: A key to national transformation
Zhang Huibo, a Professor Level II and Ph.D. in Engineering, serves as the Party Committee Secretary of Ningbo Polytechnic. He holds various parallel positions, including Chairperson of the National Council for Vocational College Presidents, Vice...

Air China C909 makes international debut flight on Mongolia route
An Air China C909 aircraft prepares for departure from Hohhot Baita International Airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Tuesday. TAO RAN/FOR CHINA DAILY An Air China C909, a domestically developed regional aircraft, arrived in...
"Through 21 years of partnership in Khaan Quest, we had the opportunity to experience Mongolian culture"
The international field training exercise "Khaan Quest 2025" for peace support operations was successfully held from June 14 to 28, 2025. The primary objective of the "Khaan Quest" exercise is to train and prepare peacekeepers from United Nations...

Liaoning embracing technology to advance agricultural profits
A farmer harvests rice in Ning'an, Heilongjiang province, in September. ZHANG TAO/XINHUA As locally produced rice varieties reach global tables and hydroponic vegetables redefine urban diets, Northeast China's Liaoning province is reshaping global...

Mongolia Cooperates with Thailand in Weather Modification in the Gobi Region
Ulaanbaatar, June 30, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat and Director of the National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring Battulga Erkhembayar received representatives and officials from the...