Suren Badral

Happy new year!
Last year was a year of transitions for #Mongolia Focus, but thank you for continuing to read our posts!
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'Blood and kin': Mongolia's microscopic Catholic community expresses sorrow and gratitude after the death of Pope Francis.

Francis was the first pope to set foot in Mongolia where Buddhism is the dominant religion
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11,200-Year-Old Pottery Found in Mongolia Rewrites Ancient History - GreekReporter.com Archaeologists uncovered 11,000-year-old pottery in Mongolia, pushing back the timeline of human innovation by nearly 2,000 years.

Researchers have found pottery dating back more than 11,000 years at a remote site in the Gobi Desert, making it the earliest known ceramic technology in the region and nearly 2,000 years older than previously thought.
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Mongolia’s Interim Free Trade Deal With the EAEU: What’s at Stake? Mongolia’s government sees the temporary FTA as tool to expand imports, but business groups and policy experts in Mongolia have voiced concern about the deal’s implications.

Bolor L and Erdene-Ochir E write on #Mongolia ambivalence regarding Eurasian Econ Union.
Trade balance is one thing, but "deal" as evidence for Russian pressure is another concern.
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A #Mongolia birdsite OG arrives on BlueSky! Welcome, @lhagva.bsky.social !
#MongolSky #Tengri

What Mongolia Can Learn From South Korea’s Waste Management System South Korea’s zero waste strategy can also provide a solution to solving Mongolia’s growing waste crisis.

What Mongolia Can Learn From South Korea’s Waste Management System
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Amid US Tariff War, China Convenes Rare Central Conference on Neighborhood Diplomacy As the China-U.S. trade war escalates, Beijing is turning its focus to its immediate periphery to ensure both economic and national security.

Amid US Tariff War, China Convenes Rare Central Conference on Neighborhood Diplomacy
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Chaos in China as cold vortex from Mongolia brings strongest April winds in decades Flights cancelled, train services suspended and tourist attractions closed as weather service says wind speeds could surpass records set in 1951

Chaos in China as cold vortex from Mongolia brings strongest April winds in decades

Nomaden in Bedrängnis – Bedroht durch Dürre und Landnahme Rund 100 Millionen Nomaden leben in kargen Regionen Afrikas und Asiens. Klimawandel, Agrarwirtschaft, Industrie und Naturschutz bedrohen ihre traditionelle Lebensweise.

Sehr gute Reportage von Th Kruchem für SWR - Das Wissen zum Nomadentum in Kenia und #Mongolei. Für 🇲🇳 Expertise natürlich D Sneath (Cambridge) dabei um einzuordnen wie Hirten nomadisieren und wie der Staatssozialismus das Hirtentum verändert hat.
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Уран олборлолтоор дэлхийд тэргүүлэгч Казахстаны “Казатомпром” компани “Монголд уран олборлох хэлэлцээрийг тун удахгүй байгуулах гэж байна” гэж мэдэгджээ | iSee.mn “Казатомпром” (Самрук-Казынагийн охин компани) болон Монголын “Мон-Атом” компани Монгол Улсад ураны хамтарсан хайгу...

Following conclusion of 🇰🇿 🇲🇳 cooperation agreement during Pres Tokaev's 2024 visit, Kazatomprom signs agreement w/ Mon-Atom.
1st Kazakh toe tipped into #Mongolia mining sea, I think.
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Gobi desert/steppe ecosystem selected for nomination as UNESCO #WorldHeritage site.
www.unuudur.mn/a/274424
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I've taken a look at #Mongolia #AcademicFreedomIndex, derived from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social data.
Score has broadly declined since 2019. What does this score mean?
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#MGLpoli

Over time graph showing five components of index: campus integrity, freedom of academic and cultural expression, freedom of academic exchange and dissemination, freedom of research and teaching, institutional autonomy. All five graphs declining since 2019, though not uniformly. Steady decline: academic exchange and dissemination, research and teaching, academic and cultural dissemination, autonomy. Campus integrity fluctuating.

Looking at #AcademicFreedomIndex components @vdeminstitute.bsky.social since 2015 in more detail.

Bingo

Who is Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky? A 33-year-old American woman is the discreet CEO of the social media platform that, following the American presidential election, is seen as a promising alternative to the controversies surrounding X.

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