For herder Bayarduuren Zunduikhuu, it is also one of the busiest. “We wake up as the sun rises,” she says. “Spring is all about the cashmere harvest.” Like many members of Mongolia’s estimated 300,000 ...
Between Russia and China lies a land of vast plains, frozen deserts, and ancient nomadic traditions. This video explores ...
Two years ago, a group of singing herdsmen from Mongolia traveled to Elko, Nevada, for a musical exchange with a group of singing cowboys from the American West. In September, the herdsmen hosted ...
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 ...
The directors of Steppe Nomads Ger Camp, in Mongolia’s Kherlen River Valley, are women, as are the leaders of most professions in the country, including in academe. It is June on the Mongolian steppe ...
Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa’s state visit to India this week, marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations, ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On the Mongolian steppe, there are predators, there are prey, and there are the ...
Mongolian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Munkhtushig Lkhanaajav and his delegation participated in the Raisina Dialogue in ...
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN) — By spring on central Mongolia’s vast grasslands, the bitter winter snows have largely melted, but strong winds and sandstorms can make this one of the harshest times of ...