Trucks travel along a road inside a copper mine.
Commodities

Trump, Xi to impact resource-dependent countries in 2017

US infrastructure spending, China's capacity cuts to sway commodities prices

2 February 2017
Mongolian Finance Minister Choijilsuren Battogtokh (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Goodbye volatility, hello steady growth, says Mongolia's finance chief

IMF is helping set the stage for years of 6-8% growth

2 February 2017
Dawn breaks over a smog-shrouded Ulaanbaatar. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Battered Mongolia faces make-or-break moment

Government reforms, commodity upswing set stage for an economic resurgence

2 February 2017
The parliament building in Ulaanbaatar (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Politics

Mongolia's bumpy journey to independence

Former satellite state was long at the mercy of Russia and China

2 February 2017
Mongolian Prime Minister Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, right, walks with Chairman of Parliament Miyeegombo Enkhbold in the legislative chamber.
Politics

Jargalsaikhan Dambadarjaa: 'Parasites' turning Mongolian democracy into cash cow

Prominent critic derides decades of corruption by country's leaders

2 February 2017
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a guard of honor at the Akorda presidential residence in Astana on Dec. 14, 2016.
Politics

Grumbling mounts over Kazakh showcase events

Long-time leader Nazarbayev 'using public funds to polish personality cult'

28 January 2017
Visitors walk beneath a Titanosaur replica at the Cretaceous Park in Cal Orcko, on the outskirts of Sucre, Bolivia.
Science

Dinosaur fossils help solve a big mystery

Paleontologists trace sauropods' staggering size to unique, fast-growing bones

26 January 2017
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Finance

World Bank arm to make bond market debut

Institution turns to investors amid rising global insecurity

10 January 2017
The new government in Ulaanbaatar may have to agree to IMF bailout terms sooner rather than later.
Economy

Economic gods may be smiling again on Mongolia

Despite debt downgrade, IMF-led bailout looks realistic as commodities bottom out

22 December 2016
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Business

Spanish soccer sets goal of doubling Asian fan base

La Liga plans offices in Singapore, Tokyo to connect with football-mad region

20 December 2016
The new government in Ulaanbaatar may have to agree to IMF bailout terms sooner rather than later.
Economy

Economic gods may be smiling again at Mongolia

Despite debt downgrade, IMF-led bailout looks realistic as commodities bottom out

15 December 2016
Campaign groups allege that more than 1 million Uzbeks are conscripted to participate in the country's cotton harvest. (Courtesy of Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights)
Economy

EU set to back Uzbekistan trade pact

Labor abuses no longer seen as obstacle

13 December 2016
70% of the internet traffic in U.K. passes through Telehouse's data centers.
Business

Demand for data drives KDDI's global expansion

The Japanese firm has become central to the UK's information economy

12 December 2016