Hello from Mongolia! #HelloWorld #Mongolia #language #linguistics

The first pages of the T.J. & J. Smith's pocket diary #OscarMamen uses while he is working in #Mongolia and #China, there is a printed almanack for the year 1913. In this almanack, there is only one pencil note.
Behind Saturday, 9th August, he notes "Mors birthday" (Mom's birthday)

Pres Erdogan planning to visit #Mongolia in May to reciprocate Pres Khurelsukh visit earlier this year.

All on 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

isee.mn/n/77619

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WARKINGS Release New Single “Genghis Khan” Feat. ORDEN OGAN; Music Video

https://bravewords.com/news/warkings-release-new-single-genghis-khan-feat-orden-ogan-music-video/

No more Ulaanbaatar car licenses for cars older than 10 years. Traffic congestion/ #airpollution ...
https://montsame.mn/mn/read/368636

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Agence Française de Développement to open development office in #Mongolia
https://montsame.mn/mn/read/368656

All follow-on from development deal, I imagine.

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https://www.alojapan.com/1267474/united-airlines-launches-direct-tokyo-ulaanbaatar-flight-route/ United Airlines Launches Direct Tokyo-Ulaanbaatar Flight Route #MongolNews #mongolia #mongolian #MongolianNews #news #NewsOfMongolia #politics #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #бизнес #валютханш #зурхай #Монгол #Мэдээ #мэдээлэл #нийгэм #спорт #улстөр #цагагаар #шинэ #шуурхай #東京 #東京都 Ulaanbaatar, May 7, 2025 /MONTSAME/. On May 1, 2025, the Inaugural Ceremony for United Airlines’ new direct flight route from Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar was held at Narita Internat…

More feasibility studies to be conducted on Eg River hydropower...

https://montsame.mn/mn/read/368417

Raised Russian ire previously because Eg feeds into Lake Baikal (via Selenge River)

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Even after discussions with colleagues in #Mongolia, I remain skeptical abt the decline in "institutional autonomy" since 2019. From 1.31 to 0.53 in five years, but nothing has really changed on institutional autonomy as far a I can tell.

Almost 100 years ago, Natsagdorj D was part of first group of students sent to Weimar Germany. He observed #MayDay celebrations. Now, Khishigtugs A is a student in Germany and recently visited May Day events. He offers a translation of Natsagdorj' reflections and adds his own.

https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/05/guest-post-may-day-natsagdorj/

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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2515737/ Foreign Minister of Mongolia and Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Spain Hold Official Talks #MongolNews #mongolia #Mongolian #MongolianNews #NEWS #NewsOfMongolia #politics #Spain #бизнес #валютханш #зурхай #Монгол #Мэдээ #мэдээлэл #нийгэм #спорт #улстөр #цагагаар #шинэ #шуурхай #スペイン

"Large-Scale Mining & Local Impacts: Evidence From #Mongolia" Odmaa Narantungalag
Australian J of Agricultural & Resource Economics
"mining activities increased household expenditures on food & electricity. Expenditures on health also in resource-producing region..."

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8489.12614

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#NewSpecies!
Astragalus teshigicus
A newly discovered fabaceae from #mongolia!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E2F5EB61-737B-5207-8F27-CF21822D0E1A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.255.140805
#Phytotaxa #AstragalusTeshigicus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #fabaceae

#Earthquake M4.4 strikes 175 km N of #Murun-kuren (#Mongolia) 21 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1802179

Some weeks ago, Arkhangai, Uvurkhangai and Bayankhongor announced a regional tourism strategy.

Now, Khuvsgul, Bulgan, and Orkhon follow suite in Northern Region Council.

https://montsame.mn/mn/read/368019

Argument for election super-districts was vision of regionalization of multiple aimags. Is this happening in tourism strategies?

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Fossil of a new #mammal species from the age of #dinosaurs discovered in #Mongolia's Gobi desert
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-fossil-mammal-species-age-dinosaurs.html

New Late #Cretaceous zhelestid mammal from the Bayanshiree Formation, Mongolia https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app012132024.html

"The suggested age corresponds to the early spread of flowering plants in terrestrial ecosystems. The robust nature of the molars resembles those of seed- and fruit-eating #mammals"

‘I felt caught between cultures’: Mongolian musician Enji on her beguiling, border-crossing music https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/29/mongolian-jazz-singer-enji-on-her-beguiling-border-crossing-music #Experimentalmusic #Popandrock #Mongolia #Culture #Music #Jazz

On my visits to #Mongolia, I have been taken notes about changes to city- and landscape, traffic, habits, etc. that I observe. These notes go back to 2011 now, and I've added my most recent observations about changes in Ulaanbaatar at https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/04/new-to-ulaanbaatar-april-2025/

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N Millward writes on #Mongolia -Japan defense cooperation in The Diplomat.

"In East Asia context, partnership w/ , a major regional power, provides w/ access to state-of-the-art defense tech that will bolster defense infrastructure w/o aligning itself w/ any military alliance."

https://thediplomat.com/2025/04/why-japan-and-mongolia-are-expanding-defense-capability-cooperation/

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