Mongolia H2 2026 Outlook: Oyu Tolgoi Leverage and Mining Reform Risks

H2 2026 Mongolia Outlook: Expert analysis on Prime Minister Uchral's economic liberation agenda, fiscal risks, and the Oyu Tolgoi negotiations.

Politics

Why No-Confidence Threats Against Mongolia's Prime Minister Never Arrive

$1M School Funding Line in Budget Triggers Betrayal Allegations and Ruling Party Divide in Mongolia

Mongolia’s MPP Feud Complicates the 2027 Presidential Race

Who Will Run in Mongolia’s 2027 Presidential Election?

Threat to Uchral’s Cabinet Grows Ahead of 2027 Mongolia Presidential Election

Why Elbegdorj’s Return Reopened Corruption Probes in Mongolia

Economy and Mining

Mongolia Budget Breaks the Fiscal Rules. Parliament Rewrites Them.

Mongolia Eyes $5.5B Foreign Investment with 30-Day Complaint Guarantee

Mongolia Chooses Gobi Renewables to Power Oyu Tolgoi Mine

Rio Tinto and Mongolia Revise Oyu Tolgoi Terms, Targeting First Dividends in 2027

Why Mongolia's Ruling Party Can't Pass Its Budget Despite a Parliamentary Majority

Mongolia Taps BlackRock to Drive State-Owned Enterprise Privatization

Global Affairs

Japan Lends Mongolia USD 1bn to Expand Chinggis Khaan Airport

The Quiet Drift in Mongolia-US Relations

Mongolia’s Eurasian Bridge Gets Practical

Mongolia Green Ambitions at UNCCD COP17 Face Economic and Rangeland Challenges

Why Mongolia Is Turning to Central Asia

Why Mongolia Must Play Its Critical Mineral Card to Survive

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The Los Angeles Designer Who Wants His Wolf-Owl on the Moon

Mongolia's state-led cultural branding has produced mixed results. Jesse Gilbert, a Los Angeles founder, thinks a mythical wolf-owl, a rooftop ger and lunar ambitions can do better. In 2017 Jesse Gilbert bought wowls.com for a brand that did not exist. Nine years later WOWLS is a pre-order storefront, AI-rendered concepts and a stated lunar-mascot ambition. Mongolia Weekly recently talked with Jesse. What is a WOWLS? Part wolf, part owl, hatched from a story Gilbert invented

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Why No-Confidence Threats Against Mongolia's Prime Minister Never Arrive

Mongolia's Democratic Party keeps threatening a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Nyam-Osoryn Uchral. It has never filed one.

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Japan Lends Mongolia USD 1bn to Expand Chinggis Khaan Airport

Mongolia Japan relations produced one signed deal from the PM's Tokyo visit. A USD 1bn loan to triple Chinggis Khaan Airport's capacity as tourist arrivals close in on 1 million.

2 days ago

The Quiet Drift in Mongolia-US Relations

Trump is yet to meet Mongolia's President Khurelsukh. As the Mongolia-US relations near 40 years, the partnership runs on rhetoric. Inside the quiet drift.

3 days ago

Mongolia Budget Breaks the Fiscal Rules. Parliament Rewrites Them.

Mongolia budget spends 19.4% over parliament's ceiling. Auditors object, parliament rewrites the rules, inflation takes back November's rises.

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