RFE/RL correspondent Daisy Sindelar and multimedia producer Margot Buff have been exploring Mongolia for a week. -- Eds. The picture above, from the 1960s, shows a history lesson in progress at Ulan ...

ULAANBAATAAR, Mongolia — A rare flower has bloomed in the cold, empty deserts through which once thundered the marauding hordes of Genghis Khan. Mongolia is an enormous landlocked country caught ...

Mongolian peacekeepers of the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) stand in formation during a medal ceremony at their base in Bentiu, Nov. 8, 2013. Credit: UN Photo/Martine Perret On ...

ULAN BATOR -- In 1981, 17-year-old Sanjaasuren Oyun left her native Mongolia to study geology at Prague's Charles University. She was among hundreds of young people from privileged Mongolian families ...

Mongolian troops march in a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, May 8, 2025. Credit: Office of the President of Mongolia This year marks ...

In Mongolia, transgender people face extreme violence and discrimination, much of which goes unreported because the law does not protect them. Out of fear, many stay in the closet. Photographer Álvaro ...

2005-03-27 04:00:00 PDT Ulan Bator, Mongolia-- By all accounts, Genghis Khan was not a nice guy. Nice guys finish last, and Genghis Khan was determined not to be at the back of the pack. In the late ...

Pope Francis made history Friday morning when he became the first pope to travel to Mongolia, the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign country. The papal plane touched down in the Mongolian ...