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Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia

Jul. 05, 2024 04:52 AM EDT

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia's parliament, is unhappy with below-cost electricity rates that she says show her country has yet to fully shake off its socialist past. Most of Mongolia’s power plants date from the...

AP PHOTOS: Finding echoes of the Mongol empire as a country looks ahead

Jul. 02, 2024 23:08 PM EDT

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A towering statue of Genghis Khan dominates the landscape of rolling plains and endless skies outside Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. The leader of the Mongols founded an empire in the early 13th century that expanded under his descendants into parts...