Mind The Gaze!: What's Missing When Mongolia Is Seen Through The Eyes of Foreign Correspondents.
Mongolia has been commonly exoticized in international media, contributing to stereotypes and limiting the opportunity for the global community to know more about its history, culture and the governance reforms its people have fought for.
Mongolia's missing millions: What happened to a decadelong mining boom - Nikkei Asia
Striking it rich with huge mineral deposits. How Mongolia’s mineral deposits promised prosperity, but the prosperity only came to those who held power.
Climate change threatens reindeer herders’ way of life in Mongolia’s north, and yields clues to their past | South China Morning Post
Global warming has had a negative impact on Dukha reindeer herders, who are accustomed to snow and ice remaining frozen throughout the summer in Mongolia's remote boreal forest.
As more young women in the Mongolian countryside receive higher education, they are opting out of living the traditional way of life, leaving men without prospects of marrying.
Mongolia's urban-rural divide deepens as young women leave the steppe
Mongolia’s youth activists call for better economic policies and stricter rules on corruption. I speak with Al Jazeera and explain how the protests came about.
What has the “do your job” movement in Mongolia achieved?
Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.
Mongolians Are Circus Stars All Over the World, Except at Home (Helped report this story*)
Mongolia’s health workers are vaccinating the country’s children ahead of the upcoming winter flu season.
Mongolia’s vaccination drive in the dead of winter
Flipping the Script: China School Reforms Spark Mongolian Writing Revival
In a classroom in Mongolia’s capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script that dates back to the empire of Genghis Khan.
At The Coalface: The impact of Mongolia’s fight for clean air
A Mongolian coal miner struggles to survive as a ban on the use of raw coal takes effect. Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, battles with some of the worst air quality in the world – millions of citizens rely upon burning raw coal to endure some of the harshest winters on earth.
A girl and her eagle help bridge Mongolian ethnic divisions - Nikkei Asia
From a documentary superstar, one Kazakh girl bridges the gap between local Mongolians.
Inside Russia-Mongolia border’s secret military bases from the Soviet-era
Mongolia, which had strong ties to the former Soviet Union, is grappling with its continued ties to Moscow. A look at Soviet artifacts in Mongolia and how Mongolia deals with its neighbor in the twenty-first century.
In cold, dry Mongolia floods are now common – with devastating urban impacts
Millions of people have moved to Mongolia’s cities in the past 30 years, where a lack of infrastructure combines with more intense rainfall to cause misery in slum districts
A Grand Coalition and a New Era in Mongolia
Mongolia’s ruling party unexpectedly formed a grand coalition with its opposition. Will this usher in a new era of cooperative governance, or consolidate what critics call an authoritarian turn?
The construction boom – fuelled by a decade-long mining windfall – is squeezing out room for much-needed public services, from new hospitals to children’s playgrounds.
Mongolia's building boom traps capital residents in concrete jungle
Child care by grandma: Asian model under strain in Mongolia
To keep up with GDP growth, Mongolia needs more women in the workforce. But without proper childcare, women rely on their mothers to take care of their children.
Efforts to end virginity tests in Mongolia
They may be officially banned, but especially in rural areas of Mongolia they are still common: virginity tests for teenage girls. Deutsche Welle joined a group campaigning to replace the outdated practice with sex education.