A nearly three-story high portrait of Genghis Khan, a present from Taiwan, will be permanently displayed at Ulaanbaatur’s international airport. Made of 430,000 crystal mosaic tiles, the portrait has been paid for by several Rotary Club members from Taipei.

Mongolia celebrated the lunar new year holiday, Tsagaan Sar or White Moon, nationwide on February 8, the day when Mongolians visit the eldest of the family to greet and pay honor, and see the first sun of the year.

Karce International Holdings Co. Ltd announced on Monday that it has discontinued an agreement to purchase a number of Mongolian coal mines because their estimated reserves are less than expected. 

Working from the Australian outback, James Cameron spends up to five hours per day preparing laptop computers for use by Mongolian children. Working at his farm near Tooraweenah - population 76, about 60 kilometres from Coonabarabran, the rural area he lives in appears to afford researchers similar environmental challenges as those which will be found in countries to receive the computers.

The Catholic Church recently celebrated its fifteenth year since returning to establish a presence in Mongolia in 1992. Though the church’s numbers are low, with 415 Catholics in Mongolia, the church took special note at the steady increase in church-related activities.

Participants at the fourth bi-annual, technical. 'External Partners Technical Meeting on Private Sector Development.' in State House on January 28 to 29,discussed Mongolia's National Development Strategy targetting private sector development including: improv-ing labor productivity and technology:

A new issue of the "India study" magazine has been released dedicated to the anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of India to occur this Saturday. The presentation of the magazine, issued by the "India Study Center of Mongolia", was attended by Ch.Dambajav,

ULAANBAATAR will have a new international airport by 2015. This will be built with Japanese assistance in Khoshigt valley in Tov aimag, at a place close to Zuunmod, the aimag center, which is about 54 kilometers from the capital.

Japan will provide $2 million to offer improved health care to Ulaanbaatur’s poorest citizens. The money has been allocated by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. It will be distributed in Mongolia by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The U.S. Congress has authorized the allotment of 50,000 immigrant visas in the DV-2007 category during Fiscal Year 2007 (which runs from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007). From those 259 have been allocated to Mongolian citizens.

Mongolia's Goyol Fashion Show–2008, the most anticipated event in Ulaanbaatar’s fashion calendar, will this year be held on December 12. As usual the event will name the year’s best models, chosen separately from among both men and women, the best designer and also the top model of the year, the best of the best, as it were.