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2023-01-26 09:06
I returned to Mongolia 15 years ago after an absence of 13 years, save for the occasional 2-week leave from work, and that time I spent a semester and a half at a local university drin… Read More
2020-03-14 13:58
Today is my mum's birthday. Usually, we would celebrate at my parents', eating many-coursed home-cooked meals prepared by our father, with kids running around. But this being 2020 coronaviru… Read More
2018-01-26 18:37
One of my pet peeves in Mongolia: the chronic, incessant, all-around spitting. Mongolians spit everywhere, all the time. They also blow their noses too; just hock a loogie out in the middle… Read More
2018-01-26 18:30
Often one feels as though they're living in a society of neanderthals when living in Mongolia. The whole "up or down" questions with the lift, the stress one encounters the moment you step o… Read More
2017-12-31 16:54
2018 is here. The year in which I pledge to restart my blogging. See you in the pages next year Read More
2012-04-13 04:54
After a long night of stand-off between the police and his supporters, the former president N.Enkhbayar was arrested this morning at 6am. News reports and eye witness accounts point to the u… Read More
2011-12-05 11:28
A little bit of self-pimping :)Recently I took part in Outpost festival, and was part of a group show titled Surface Tension at aMBUSH gallery in Sydney.Outpost festival is the first major s… Read More
2011-08-22 10:01
President of South Korea, Lee Myung-Bak arrived in Mongolia Sunday evening, and US vice president Joe Biden arrived this morning in Mongolia. The police have set up major roadblock… Read More
2011-07-05 04:44
Check out the cool video of Heesco, painting at Westsyde Connection, made by Kiah Roache-Turner.HEESCO @ Westsyde Connection 2011, www.heesco.net from Kiah Roache-Turner on Vimeo Read More
2011-06-29 21:55
Embassy of Mongolia in London& Art Café at Lingua Globalproudly present the Inaugural EuropeanMongolian Khöömii Festivalin celebration of Khöömii being recogni… Read More
2011-06-23 05:08
A while back, Heesco blogged about Hanggai, an ethnic rock Mongolian band, hailing from Inner Mongolia.Today I found out through Mongolian Music blog that they are coming to UB and Darkhan b… Read More
2011-06-16 20:03
The exhibition which attracted distinguished members of the Mongolian community including the Mongolian ambassador to London, was officially opened on Wednesday 8 June to the spherical… Read More
2011-06-02 12:53
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2283637138572238th June – 24th June, 2011Free admissions by appointment only Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:30pmOpening reception: Wednesday 8 June, 2011 at 5:3… Read More
2011-05-17 02:41
An interesting and accurate description of modern Mongolia in Newsweek by Peter Pomerantsev.Old men in traditional cerulean kaftans with golden tassels, squinting through the smog, are… Read More
2011-05-10 01:40
A remix of the traditional western Mongolian song "Ode to Altai Mountains" performed by the ethno-jazz band Boerte featuring A-Sound Read More
2011-03-29 11:24
To be honest, I am not really against the fingerprint biometric system the Mongolian government is introducing. This is not why it took me months from the start of the new civil registration… Read More
2011-03-13 04:28
2011-03-07 11:44
So on Saturday, we went to watch and listen to Playing Love II, the Morin Khuur Ensemble concert. The Morin Khuur Ensemble puts on these concerts once or twice a year. Playing Love II, simil… Read More
2011-03-01 05:45
Hip hop and rap have never really been my thing, except for the odd Cypress Hill. As for Mongolian hip hop, I never even paid much attention to it at all, until recently. There are some inte… Read More
2011-01-31 04:25
So in November, 2010, the MPRP or Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MAXH in Mongolian), after lengthy discussions that involved the media, the party members and the general public, cha… Read More
2011-01-28 12:00
Good friend of mine Alicia Kish has recently written a pretty insightful article on Mongolian cinema for film.culture360.org. Read it here.It is mainly about Byamba Sakhya, an inspirational… Read More
2011-01-27 06:00
So I haven't gotten around to writing up a review of 2010 to finish off the year, mainly because I had little to say. There's the IPO for the coal miner Mongolian Mining Corporation, and a w… Read More
2010-10-27 06:13
Interesting article on the top leaders of today at Newsweek. President Elbegdorj, aka the Future King Midas, made it to Number 11.Thanks to (the) mostly untapped mineral wealth, analysts fro… Read More
2010-10-26 12:23
There are unconfirmed rumors of Starbucks opening a branch or five in Ulaanbaatar, along with that of McDonalds setting up shop. Starbucks. McDonalds. The modern barometers of globalization… Read More
2010-10-21 06:59
The bi-lingual, 2-in-1, sugar-free, fibre-rich, Mongol-English October issue of 976 magazine is out now. An informative and interesting magazine, both in English and Mongolian, the new issue… Read More
2010-10-14 05:24
Mongolian Mining Corp, Mongolia's largest privately-held domestic producer and exporter of coking coal, raised $650 million by pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the middle of… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As someone working in the teething advertising industry in Mongolia, I get tasked to do a lot of thinking about Mongolians and their attitude towards and perception of various items from mon… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Following the arrest of Mr.Enkhbayar, various questions spring to mind. For one, why did they carry him shoeless out of the apartment and into the car like a drunk crowdsurfer at a concert?… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Happy 2013 everyone! This post isn't related to Mongolia at all, but how awesome is this! Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A journalist friend of mine informed me of this. Photos from 2010 of a dogfight with Heineken banners plastered around the venue has recently gone viral on Facebook, with consumers threateni… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
And they're beavers. 14 Eurasian beavers arrived in Ulaanbaatar from Bavaria, Germany this week.Known as ecosystem engineers, the hard-working beavers build dams that have positive effects o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Gengis Khan. Originally uploaded by maggie jones.. A giant sculpture of Chinggis Khaan on his horse by Dashi Namdakov, a Buryat Russian artist was unveiled in London on April 14th. Love… Read More
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