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A payment table attached to G. Uyanga’s Facebook post, which she says was compiled from Glass Account data, listing payments from state bodies to Logoo LLC. Image: Hariad Uyanga / Facebook

G. Uyanga says state bodies paid ₮1.408 billion to the companies behind four news sites, citing Glass Account data

Civic activist G. Uyanga has posted what she says is Glass Account data showing ₮1.408 billion paid by state bodies to the companies that run Zarig.mn, Eguur.mn, Tovch.mn and Urug.mn. Eguur.mn’s editor J. Myadagbadam has gone to court over her earlier claims.

19 Oct6 min readAutomated

Bacteria replace high-heat furnaces to grow greener building materials from sand

To build the sustainable cities, scientists at ETH Zurich are turning to some of the...

19 Oct3 min readAutomated

Para taekwondo athlete U. Surenjav at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games. Photo: Ergelt.mn

Sport

U. Surenjav wins para taekwondo gold at the Asian Para Games

Labour Hero U. Surenjav won the women's K44 -52 kg para taekwondo title at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, bringing Mongolia its first gold medal of the Games.

19 Oct1 min readAutomated

A US Army air defence artilleryman services a Patriot missile system. Photo: US Army / AFP (via Kyiv Post)

World

Zelensky offers to halt strikes on Russian refineries in exchange for Patriot missiles

19 Oct2 min readAutomated

Auto & Technology

Honda develops wireless in-motion charging tech for EVs and large commercial vehicles

19 Oct3 min readAutomated

Technology

US follows Canada as second Five Eyes nation to adopt Avon’s MITR half-mask system

19 Oct3 min readAutomated

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Citizen G. Uyanga speaks to reporters on Sukhbaatar Square. Photo: Sonin.mn

Social Trend

Trending on X, 6 PM: Uyanga's claims, Zelensky, Hormuz, Purevdagva, Oyu Tolgoi, Para Games

The 6 topics Mongolian users discussed most on X between 14:13 and 18:33 on October 19, and the posts that reached the widest audience.

19 Oct6 min readAutomated

Media microphones on a press podium at the State Palace. Photo: MPA / iKon.mn

Social Trend

Trending on X, 2 PM: Media spending, TDB statement, Khalzan Buregtei, Zandanshatar lawyers, road delays

The 7 topics Mongolian users discussed most on X between 10:13 and 14:26 on October 19, and the posts that reached the widest audience.

19 Oct8 min readAutomated

B. Enkh-Erdene, a lawyer for G. Zandanshatar, speaks to reporters. Photo: MPA / UBN.mn

Politics

G. Zandanshatar's lawyers say they will ask anti-corruption agency to examine five officials

Lawyers for former Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar say they are asking the anti-corruption agency to examine D. Amarbayasgalan, S. Amarsaikhan, E. Bolormaa, P. Sainzorig and Kh. Bulgantuya, whom they accuse of damaging his reputation.

19 Oct2 min readAutomated

Mongolian state flags near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Photo: GoGo.mn

Social Trend

Trending on X, 10 AM: Media dispute, Ulaanbaatar MPP, blizzards, Putin proposal, National Anthem Day

The 8 topics Mongolian users discussed most on X between 06:13 and 10:24 on October 19, and the posts that reached the widest audience.

19 Oct9 min readAutomated

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Anadolu

World

Putin floats three-way summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine, without Zelensky

According to The Wall Street Journal, Putin has proposed meeting Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, without Zelensky.

19 Oct2 min readAutomated

Kh. Nyambaatar speaking at an MPP podium. Photo: iToim.mn

Politics

Ulaanbaatar MPP to discuss its chair on November 7 and directs dismissal of two district governors

According to iSee.mn and iToim.mn, the Ulaanbaatar MPP presidium scheduled a November 7 meeting to consider removing Kh. Nyambaatar as committee chair, and directed that the Chingeltei and Songinokhairkhan district governors be dismissed this week.

19 Oct3 min readAutomated

Markets

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The “policy rate benchmark” chart and two book covers shared in Gan-Ochir Doojav’s Facebook post. Image: Gan-Ochir Doojav / Facebook

Economy

Gan-Ochir Doojav: New Keynesian benchmark puts a policy rate consistent with Mongolia’s inflation expectations at about 15–16%

Former Bank of Mongolia chief economist Gan-Ochir Doojav links the Nobel-winning work of Robert Hall and Michael Woodford to Mongolia’s monetary policy, citing his own estimate of a 2–3% natural real interest rate.

19 Oct7 min readAutomated

Economy

Ranked: The Most and Least Affordable U.S. Cities for Fast Food

19 Oct4 min readAutomated

People walk past the State Palace on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Reuters

Economy

Mongolia becomes a donor to the World Bank’s International Development Association

17 Oct2 min readAutomated

Commodities

Charted: The Growth of Gold and Silver in Modern U.S. Retirement Assets

16 Oct3 min readAutomated

The plenary hall of Mongolia’s Parliament on the day the 2026 budget amendment was approved, time.mn

Economy

Parliament approves 2026 budget amendment; pensions and wages to rise from November 1

16 Oct2 min readAutomated

Business

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Business

SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

Today, I’m talking with Walter Piecyk, a partner and analyst at LightShed Partners who covers tech, media, and telecom, about SpaceX’s recently announced plan to become a major wireless carrier.

17 Oct49 min readAutomated