Useful chart of development of copper production at #OyuTolgoi over past ten years, generated by Lemon Press HT Inside Mongolia. Shows path to this year's production of >300k t Cu lemonpress.mn/post/NdeQ4o5...

Continues to be a bit of a thrill to see this notification... open.spotify.com/episode/6K6l...

While I obviously wish #Mongolia team all the best in SWAT Challenge 2026, perhaps Physical: Asia style, I am somewhat unnerved by an "international tactical showdown" as a competition. www.uaeswatchallenge.com/en/teams/mon...

Official Olympics website calls #Mongolia uniform by goyolcashmere.mn "most anticipated Opening Ceremony look". www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...

1st update for 2026: @globalpeaceindex.bsky.social ranks #Mongolia 37th (of 163) on 2025 Global Peace Index. Similar levels of safety in countries like 🇸🇪🇵🇱🇷🇴🇻🇳 Least safe on subindices for perceptions of criminality, violent crime, political instability. mongoliafocus.com/mongolia-sco... #GPI

Why? Not to be too cynical, @ladybolor.bsky.social but... A) Mongolian govt pretty much signs any "international" document placed in front of it B) Hope to get off T****'s no-visa list.

A Ahearn and N Bayarsaikhan raise concerns @eastasiaforum.bsky.social abt inclusion of voices of herders in pursuit of development of critical minerals in #Mongolia eastasiaforum.org/2026/01/20/s...

Apparently, Mongolia PM Zandanshatar was quick to join nefarious "Board of Peace". Surely, the Mongolian govt is not planning to pay US$1B membership. #MGLfp

Identifies elements of Mongolian-repressive policy in China: -cultural representation -migration -disincentivization of language -undermining tradtnl lifestyles -crackdown on activism I am broadly sympathetic, but note, report largely based on activist sources. Social media analysis persuasive tho.

"Since 2020, CCP authorities sought to remake education in #InnerMongolia. Their aim is cradle-to-univ pipeline of ‘soul-casting’, by which Putonghua, Han norms, & patriotic discipline become ‘code of conduct & daily habit’." Overview of erasure of Mongolian language & identity in China.

List appears to include Mongolia.

Mongolia heads into 2026 with stable policies but fragile leadership and rampant infighting within the Mongolian People’s Party, writes Julian Dierkes.

Lots of ongoing media discussion in #Mongolia abt parl ad hoc cmtte report on #OyuTolgoi. With @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion, we considered political context in our last podcast episode. www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e017 ⛏️🇲🇳🎙️

Trams are long overdue to relieve Ulaanbaatar congestion and air pollution. Here's the North-South vision. ikon.mn/n/3kj7 #Mongolia

Twice-weekly direct Toronto-Ulaanbaatar flights this summer!!! isee.mn/n/86219

Happy new year! Last year was a year of transitions for #Mongolia Focus, but thank you for continuing to read our posts! mongoliafocus.com/2026/01/mong...

In our Christmas episode, @ananddairtan.bsky.social & I speak to Tegshbayar D about a special kind of gifting in #Mongolia, #corruption. Happy holidays! www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e016

In recollecting 2008 stand-off w/ 🇷🇺 over control of gas station network, frm 🇲🇳 PM S Bayar recounts pointing to parliamentary authority in rejecting demand. isee.mn/n/85804 Episode = instance of #Mongolia active resistance against 🇷🇺 . mongoliafocus.com/2022/11/russ... #MGLfp #MGLpoli

Some protests in Ulaanbaatar focused on fuel shortages, but also Democratic Party ire over appointment of deputy ministers. ikon.mn/n/3k98 #Mongolia #MGLpoli

#Mongolia parliament has (once again) held hearings abt benefits that accrue from #OyuTolgoi copper project. Zorig B asks for an emphasis on comprehensive understanding of benefits. mongoliafocus.com/2025/12/gues...

Mongolian judge Erdenebalsuren Damdinsuren on list of ICC officials sanctioned by US for Netanyahu arrest warrant. ikon.mn/n/3k7u #MGLfp

@songsforhorses.com No playlist to go with the book is there?

One of the "survivors" (if that's what they are) in Pluribus is Mongolian? Otgonbayar? Well, the world must be safe then!

I learned from @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion abt Team #Mongolia success in #PhysicalAsia show. We talk nomadism, teamwork and national identity. Hear me sing and eagles cry! www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e015

Bet you've never really thought abt Cuba-#Mongolia relations. Well, @ladybolor.bsky.social has! Not just fraternal socialist bilateralism, but a bit of a strategic entree for 🇲🇳 to S America. thediplomat.com/2025/12/mong... 🇨🇺🤝🇲🇳 #MGLfp

Holiday reading has arrived. @songsforhorses.com

Well, obviously...

#Mongolia keeps sliding in @vdeminstitute.bsky.social evaluation, now down to "electoral autocracy". What role does an increasing _sense_ of oppression leading to self-censorship play? mongoliafocus.com/2025/12/self... #MGLpoli

"Council for Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities" being reconfigured in #Mongolia with more NGO involvement. Many episodes of "Untold" podcast abt life with disabilities in Mongolia still very relevant. mongoliafocus.com/category/peo... #MGLpoli

If #Mongolia #democracy is backsliding, what role could self-censorship be playing and why are Mongolians self-censoring? mongoliafocus.com/2025/12/self... #MGLpoli

📆🎁 3. BEKTER Bekter est un des frères de Chinggis Khan. Bekter est un fantôme. Bekter est ce frère que Temüjin a assassiné. 1/15 #MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist

Le début du #MongolAdvent #calavhist, c'est ici : 👇👇👇

During 25th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, #Mongolia elected member of World Heritage Committee through 2029. whc.unesco.org/en/statespar... #MGLfp

Over past two months, factional infighting in Mongolian People's Party meant govt crisis. Now, N Uchral elected party chair and parl speaker. Will he re-unite party, secure govt? I discuss w/ @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion. www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e014 #MGLpoli #Mongolia

Incoming #OyuTolgoi CEO Munkhsukh S has black belt in Jiu Jutsu and is official w/ 🇲🇳 Jiu Jutsu Fed. Australians appointing a Mongolian CEO? #PhysicalAsia already having an impact!

Seems like Munkhsukh S has been named 1st Mongolian CEO of #OyuTolgoi to start in Feb 2026. As Bold B's promotion through Rio Tinto ranks has been, Munkhsukh's prominence of significant symbolic importance for company's standing in the country. www.ot.mn/mn/news/%D0%...

O Corff über 100 Jahre mongolische Verfassungen bei der Jahrestagung der 🇩🇪🇲🇳Gesellschaft. Interessanterweise besonders auch ästhetische Aspekte.

Always interesting to see income/asset disclosure of #Mongolia politicians. Here, newly-elected MPP president N Uchral. Reported personal income of ₮1.8b is > €400k. 🤨 news.mn/r/2834423/ #MGLpoli

#Mongolia PM Zandanshatar asking Rio Tinto CEO K Jackson for transparency, etc on #OyuTolgoi. How original! montsame.mn/mn/read/383328 Relative political pacification only lasted 4yrs from RT assumption of debt. Another step in quest for Oyu Tolgoi perfection. mongoliafocus.com/2021/11/prag...

Some minor shifts in #Mongolia cabinet. @marissajsmith.bsky.social has updated our listing of cabinet members accordingly: - Kh Ganhuyag replaces S Amarsaikhan as Dep PM - B Enkhbayar replaces L Munkhbaatar as Min of Law - N Uchral has left cabinet mongoliafocus.com/2025/06/zand... #MGLpoli

N Uchral elected as chair of #Mongolia People's Party. He had been considered to succeed PM Oyun-Erdene in June, now party chair. ikon.mn/n/3je0 For background see mongoliafocus.com/2025/11/zand... #MGLpoli

Some pol excitement in #Mongolia over the past several weeks. Perhaps surprisingly, PM Zandanshatar is still in offie. With @marissajsmith.bsky.social I try to figure out what happened and what it means. mongoliafocus.com/2025/11/zand... #MGLpoli

A politically somewhat tumultuous party four weeks in #Mongolia, but in the end ... stability, find @marissajsmith.bsky.social and I. mongoliafocus.com/2025/11/zand... #MGLpoli

Wait! Bloom County's Opus went to #Mongolia?

Urgoo Hotel in Ulaanbaatar long assumed to be under ownership assc w/ frm pres Enkhbayar. Now, calls for restoration to public ownership. ikon.mn/n/3j3j Hotel was renovated some years ago, is actually kind of nice in great location. Rooms facing park also face the Gen Intelligence Agency.

As Manduul noted in podcast discussion of recent Tsets decision, no personal culpability in procedures not having followed constitution. Yet, removal of Kh Bulgantuya as dep speaker and possibly even expel her from parliament. Powerful, competent woman offends? www.agulamedia.com/podcast/epis...

Und ich dachte die mongolische Volkspartei sei die einzige Fleischpartei (MAXHam), die SED offensichtlich auch, zumindest in Schmogrow, laut Jochen Schmidt ("Phlox", S. 246)

Newest episode of our Great State Mural podcast on recent constitutional ruling includes cameo appearance by my cuckoo clock as reward for listening almost to the end. pca.st/ugevsot0 🦉🇲🇳🎙️

In @nomadspod.bsky.social podcast conversation, @songsforhorses.com ends with, "I love to talk about [Mongolia], anytime!" Mongolia research community 😶, then nods, then 💯💯💯

"If you want to know about the horsehead fiddle, you have to know about horses.", @songsforhorses.com was told and took to heart in research for his book.