Life for nomads in Mongolia is evolving as many transition from traditional herding to urban economic opportunities. Despite this, around 40% of Mongolians maintain a nomadic lifestyle, relocating at ...

The view in October from a hill in northern Ulaanbaatar overlooking one of the city's many ger (yurt) districts. The view in October from a hill in northern Ulaanbaatar overlooking one of the city's ...

DALANZADGAD, Mongolia (AP) — It was lunchtime on the steppe in Mongolia, the most sparsely populated country on Earth. So when our driver spotted a lone white yurt in the distance, we stopped for a ...

“Chuu!” I called—the Mongolian version of “giddy up,” but the half-wild horse I sat upon either didn’t understand or didn’t like my American accent. I traveled to Mongolia in August 2025 to see some ...

Mongolia’s vast steppes and nomadic heritage have long shaped the rhythms of life. Today, these traditions are evolving by the quiet revolution of digital finance. Where once nomads carried maps in ...

Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk. This is shown by a protein analysis of archaeological finds from this ...

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - As Mongolia cowers under the brutal thrall of its worst winter in decades, questions are being asked as to whether the country should end its reliance on nomadic herders and dig ...

Ziekmet Dergy looks back on the life of Father Stephen Kim Seong-hyeon as the soothing sunlight touches Erdensant, a collective of villages in the vast prairie land of central Mongolia, at the end of ...

Less than a month ago, Pope Francis made global headlines for a Mass in Portugal that attracted a crowd of over 1.5 million attendees. Here in Mongolia, on Sept. 3, the pontiff turned his attention to ...

11/10/2023 - The founding director details the young film-development initiative, which aims to establish cooperation between Mongolia and the rest of the world Cineuropa: What inspired the creation ...