An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit Zuunbayan County, Dornogobi Province, in eastern Mongolia Friday morning, the Mongolian Astronomical and Geophysical Research Institute said.
A researcher from the institute said the epicenter was initially determined at 44.5 degrees latitude and 109.6 degrees longitude, 30 km west of Zuunbayan County and 250 km from
The fifth Women's Chess Grand Prix opened in Mongolia on Thursday.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said,"the tournament is the highest ranking in the history of women's chess championships and tournaments.
In the tournament, four former world champions will compete simultaneously.
Intrepid traveler, photographer and eater Uta Beyer has more on Mongolian cuisine following a recent visit to Mongolia. Here's what she writes about boortsog, the Mongolian national cookie:
"Well, over my years of travel, I have survived on bat in jungles of Borneo, nibbled on widgety grubs (giant Australian tree maggots) in the Australian outback, dined on cuy (guinea
FUSO, Aichi -- The sumo ranking committee has promoted seven wrestlers to the second-highest juryo division for the autumn tournament, including one Mongolian grappler here who was caught up in the recent baseball gambling scandal that shook the sumo world to its foundations.
Twenty-six-year-old Shironoryu, who acquired Japanese citizenship last year, was allowed to pa
Security guards of a mining company in western Mongolia clashed with illegal miners known as "ninja miners," leaving many of the combatants injured, local media said Wednesday.
About 50 security guards of a gold mining company fought for over two hours with about 200 ninja miners and local residents in Omnogobi county of Uvs province in western Mongolia.
Many w
Russia and Mongolia will hold joint antiterrorism exercises in the Siberian Military District in September, the district press service reported.
Jul. 26, 2010 (China Knowledge) - DeTeam Co Ltd recently announced plans to spend US$10 million to acquire entire equities of Shine Shivee LLC, which owns exploration rights on seven collieries with coal reserves totaling 2.14 billion tons in Mongolia.
They've had a crash course in car mechanics and now two Oxford University graduates are gearing up for one last adventure before they start work.
Friends Lise Honsinger and Will Mulholland reckon they have done as much as they can to prepare their nine-year-old Suzuki Swift for a gruelling 10,000 mile drive.
