Trending on X, 10 PM: Oyu Tolgoi dividends, Tuv land complaint, Shinebayar, Facebook ads, Pacific rescue

These are the nine topics Mongolian users discussed most on X between 18:00 and 22:20 on November 3, ranked by engagement. It was a quiet evening with relatively low engagement. Post metrics are as of 22:33 (Ulaanbaatar time).

1. Oyu Tolgoi dividends: Zandanshatar weighs in as the cabinet prepares to meet (new development)

After President U. Khurelsukh told the government to pay Oyu Tolgoi dividends into citizens' accounts, former Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar said Parliament and the government should give the proposal from the President and citizens serious consideration, UBN and Elch reported. Eagle News reported that tomorrow's cabinet meeting will work on amending the sovereign wealth fund law so that cash payouts can be written into law. Finance Minister Z. Mendsaikhan had earlier explained that under current law the dividends must go to the Future Heritage Fund. A post by @iamhuulich criticising the reversal, which came after the government had withdrawn its bill, spread the furthest, along with a warning from @TsogtgerelB about runaway inflation. The topic appeared in earlier roundups; the cabinet's plan to take up a change in the law is the new development.

2. Complaint filed with anti-graft agency over 12,000-hectare land decision in Tuv province

S. Bayarmaa, a member of the Tuv provincial assembly, has asked the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) to investigate provincial governor L. Tömörchödör and other officials, Focus.mn, iVoice and Tovch.mn reported. According to the complaint, Resolution 18 of the provincial assembly, adopted on September 18, set aside 12,252 hectares (10,410 ha in Bayan soum and 1,842 ha in Bayanjargalan soum) for an industrial and technology park. The complaint argues the decision has no legal basis because Bayan soum is not on the government's approved list of park locations. It also alleges that Tsetsens Mining and Energy, the company behind the Böörölzhüüt park project, may have paid 6 billion tugrik under a social responsibility agreement before the decision was made. These are the complainant's allegations: the IAAC has not ruled on them, and no response from the governor could be found.

3. Journalist T. Shinebayar's seized phone raised in parliamentary committee (new development)

During today's session of Parliament's Standing Committee on Legal Affairs on human rights in criminal proceedings, MP N. Altankhuyag criticised the detention of journalist T. Shinebayar and the seizure of the journalist's phone after a complaint by Ts. Ganzorig, the President's press secretary, iKon.mn reported. Shinebayar was detained on October 11 and released on October 16. Colonel N. Mishigdorj, head of the police investigation department, replied that a search carried out with prosecutors' approval had found traces of a crime on the phone, so it was seized as evidence and cannot be returned, Sonin.mn reported. The case appeared in the 2 PM roundup; its discussion in Parliament is the new development.

4. 126 million tugrik spent on political and social ads on Facebook in three months

TenGer TV reported that 34,000 US dollars, or about 126 million tugrik, was spent on political and social advertising on Facebook over the past three months. Individual politicians spent between 100 and 4,000 dollars to promote their work.

5. Economist: jet fuel middleman pushes up transport costs

Speaking to Bloomberg TV Mongolia, economist N. Budbayar said having an intermediary company supply jet fuel in Mongolia raises transport costs, and that airlines' lack of their own storage tanks raises concerns about supply reliability. This is an expert's view.

6. Gerege Systems launches the e-ID Mongolia app

Gerege Systems presented its e-ID Mongolia app at IT World '26, Bloomberg TV Mongolia and MNB reported. The app lets people and organisations verify their identity by phone and sign legally binding electronic contracts with a digital signature.

7. Melania Trump to host Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House

The White House said First Lady Melania Trump will host Russian and Ukrainian representatives on November 5 and speak about the humanitarian evacuation of civilians from Oleshky, Kyiv Independent and CNBC reported. The White House has not officially named the participants.

8. Five rescued after three months adrift in the Pacific

Five of nine people who set out by small boat between islands in Micronesia, two children among them, were found and rescued near Kiribati's Fanning Island after three months adrift, AP and ABC reported. The boat drifted about 5,400 kilometres. Read more in the full story.

9. Nine-year-old A. Yumjirmaa does 510 push-ups

Nine-year-old A. Yumjirmaa did 510 push-ups, setting a Mongolian women's record, NTV reported.

Methodology: We ranked posts from about 200 major news and influential accounts found through X search, plus more than 50 keyword searches, by an engagement score (likes + 2× reposts + views/100), and checked the facts against news sites. Posts that could not be verified or that carried a risk of defamation were left out. Views expressed by individuals on X do not represent the position of egov.mn.