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Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg holds telephone conversation with Russian counterpart www.montsame.mn

On October 1, Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg held a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V.Lavrov.
Highlighting their satisfaction in the activities being organized in various fields and sectors such as trade and economy, culture, science, and humanities on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Russia, the two sides exchanged views on mutual high-level visits to be organized in the rest of the year.
Furthermore, the two Ministers underlined the importance of the regular meeting of the Mongolia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission.
During the telephone conversation, they also discussed some of the pressing issues for bilateral cooperation in the sectors of trade, infrastructure, and education. For instance, the two sides talked about urgently resolving the issues that have accumulated in relation to the operations of Ulaanbaatar Railway JSC, consistently supplying fuel to Mongolia, and establishing a joint Mongolian-Russian school in Ulaanbaatar city.
The two countries’ Foreign Ministers agreed to carry out works to organize a regular meeting between the Heads of State of Mongolia, Russia, and China in the near future.
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Elderly people made up 7.9 percent of Mongolia’s population www.news.mn

People aged 60 and older made up 7.9 percent of Mongolia’s total population of around 3.4 million by the end of September, reported National Statistics Office (NSO).
In 2020, population aged 65 years and above for Mongolia was 4.3 percent. Before population aged 65 years and above of Mongolia started to increase to reach a level of 7.9 percent in 2021, it went through a trough reaching a low of 3.7 percent in 2000.
Around 60 percent of the Mongolian elderly are women, while 68.8 percent are living in urban areas, according to data released by the NSO on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons. Meanwhile, 65.7 percent of them are now living with their spouses.
In 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated 1st October as the International Day of Older Persons to raise awareness about the need for health provisions and social care for the elderly.
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Mongolia reported 1,501 new daily cases of coronavirus, 14 deaths www.akipress.com

Mongolia reported 1,501 new daily cases of coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health said on Oct 4.
751 cases were recorded in Ulaanbaatar, the remaining 749 cases were detected in the regions.
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection nationwide has increased to 312,376.
14 people died per day raising the nation's death toll to 1,274.
6,239 people have recovered from coronavirus infection in a day.
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The rise of English in Mongolia www.mongoliaweekly.org

An interview with Dr Sender Dovchin, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Education, Curtin University, Australia.
Kheltei bol khultei – if you have language, you have legs.
The collapse of communism in 1990 brought innumerable changes to Mongolia, but one of the most significant has been the increasing popularity of English as a foreign language, particularly in Ulaanbaatar. The growth of Mongolia's hip hop scene and the success of English-language bands like A-Sound in the 2000s were the country's first steps with its new democratic, global legs.
Dr Sender Dovchin is a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University's School of Education in Perth, Australia, specialising in applied linguistics: how people learn second or foreign languages and how they apply them in day-to-day life. Originally from Mongolia, Dr Dovchin has lived and worked in Australia and Japan, and her past research has examined how Mongolian language and culture accommodates the rise of English.
English is becoming more visible in UB. (Image: Unsplash)English is becoming more visible in UB. (Image: Unsplash)
English is becoming more visible in UB. (Image: Unsplash)
"The Mongolian language is the principal member of the Mongolic language group," Dr Dovchin explains. "That's a language family spoken in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and northeast Asia, but mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas - Kalmyk or Buryat.
"The language has no living linguistic relatives.
"Previously Mongolian used to be grouped alongside Japonic, Koreanic or Turkic as an Altaic language group, but recently linguists argue that it is on its own."
For most of the past century Russian has been the predominant foreign language in Mongolia, facilitated by political ties to the Soviet Union and the movement of people to and from Russia. Now, however, English has taken over from Russian as the dominant foreign language in Mongolia, particularly in Ulaanbaatar.
"When Mongolia was a Soviet satellite, English was resisted as it was considered the 'capitalist' language," Dr Dovchin says. "At the time, Russian was the most popular foreign language and Mongolian now has a lot of borrowed words and expressions from Russian – even though modern Mongolians often don't realise it.”
"But since 1990, Mongolia has opened itself to the world and has become much closer to the West, meaning English has become the main foreign language in Mongolia. It has almost completely replaced the value of Russian.
"Everybody knows the value of English – they see that with English, you can have access to capital, resources, education and entertainment."
In the 2000s, the Mongolian government under former president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj tried to accelerate the uptake of English and even floated the idea of making it Mongolia's official second language. The idea was to emulate Singapore, which regards Malay as its national language but in practice uses English.
"English is not just a method of communication; it opens windows to the world," Dr Dovchin says. "It hasn't happened yet, but it might – English language education is becoming more prevalent and English has become the required foreign language in Mongolian primary schools.
"And in non-institutional contexts - in popular music, digital media, the Internet – English has become the main language."
The idea of legalising English as Mongolia's second language still has traction. In a meeting with the US ambassador in February, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene mentioned Mongolia's 'commitment' to the concept.
"They're still looking to the Singaporean model," Dr Dovchin says. "But it's a big change. To do that, they'd have to listen to language policymakers and educators, they'd have to look at different models around the world."
Another obstacle is the enduring strength of the Mongolian language, partly derived from the linguistic homogeneity of Mongolia itself. While there are eastern, central and western dialects of Mongolian, the Khalkha dialect is dominant - a significantly different situation to Singapore, which has four official languages (English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese) and a host of unofficial languages.
"Singapore is different – it's a multicultural country. Whereas Mongolians only speak Mongolian. It's much more homogenous. So it could be challenging," Dr Dovchin explains.
"The government needs a lot of language experts and policy practitioners to make it happen."
There is also the question of alphabets. Mongolia, of course, predominantly uses the Cyrillic alphabet but is also undergoing a government-sanctioned revival of traditional Mongolian script, spurred on partially by China's suppression of the script south of the border. How would English fit into this picture?
"Keep them all separate," Dr Dovchin says. "This has already been happening in Ulaanbaatar anyway. Traditional script and Cyrillic are mixed with English, even Korean and Japanese in some places."
In addition, mandating English as Mongolia's official second language may isolate the country's rural population, which does not have access to the same language education as the population in Ulaanbaatar.
"In the rural areas of Mongolia, even though English is promoted, there aren't enough English teachers," Dr Dovchin says. "It is a stark contrast to the urban context."
Is there a possibility that the rise of English may come to be seen as a cultural threat to the Mongolian language? Could Mongolia follow the model of France, whose Académie Francaise presides over the 'purity' of the French language?
"English can be perceived as 'unacceptable' in Mongolia if it is mixed with Mongolian," Dr Dovchin answers. "In this case the purity of Mongolian is being polluted and distorted. So there are a lot of purists who argue that it's important for Mongolians to learn English, but not to mix it with Mongolian. Keep them separate.
"But Mongolian is also a flexible and adaptable language. It has survived thousands of years. We have this theory of language re-localisation: it can evolve, and if the language is transferred between generations, then it still exists."
So while the role of English is increasing in Mongolian society, it is also revealing the real strength of Mongolia's language and traditions, embodied in the proverb kheltei bol khultei – a phrase that could only emerge from a culture that is both outward-looking and self-confident.
"Language is the window to understanding the traditions, culture and identity of Mongolia," Dovchin says. "These all combine to define the nation."
BY: Ewen Levick | Editor
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Mongolia's the Hu rock tradition and wooden flutes at ACL Fest www.austin360.com

File this one under noise you didn’t think you needed. The seven-piece Mongolian band the Hu plays its guitars with bows and man buns, with backing “whoa” chants and punishing drums. On Saturday at the Tito's stage, they offer layered, loud rock epics built on classical Mongolian instrumentation.
It’s music built on tradition with an eye on the past: They call it “hunnu rock,” a nod to an ancient Turkish and Mongolian empire.
Here’s where I summarize the band’s Wikipedia bio: The guttural vocals that recall AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” are part of a style known as regional throat singing. The band’s instrumentation includes the Morin khuur (a bowed fiddle) and the Tovshuur (a two-stringed lute).
What’s left is emotive, bass-driven rock.
It’s easy to miss the Tito's tent — at ACL this stage is where soul stars come to flame out with familiar legacy sets. The Tito’s stage can sometimes feel like a place for misfits and leftovers, smothered and covered like some dang Waffle House hash browns.
But at its best, the Tito’s tent offers offbeat, oddball talent like the Hu. Literally: Hard rock with wooden flutes.
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Are you having fun?” asks singer Jaya Galsanjamts. “Come on let’s rock.”
He leads “Hu” chants as the swing-rock grooves evoke fists in the air. An hour earlier, he was posting ecstatic Instagram stories having traversed the globe as a genre ambassador.
Truly, everything about these dudes rocks. By which I mean you’ll want to raise glasses and bark war chants after taking this set in.
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Chance image shows how sandstorm unfurls in Gobi Desert www.asahi.com

Kenji Kai, a meteorologist who specializes in yellow dust, reckons he was lucky when his vehicle was engulfed in a sandstorm near the Gobi Desert in Mongolia two years ago.
He managed to record a towering wall of raging sand particles, and the rare video footage taken on a clear day has been released on the online journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan.
“It was the first time for me to see a dust wall firsthand,” said Kai, professor emeritus of meteorology at Nagoya University. “The encounter was totally unexpected and fortuitous.”
He hypothesizes that the area is a “dust hotspot” where geographical features frequently spawn sandstorms among other places in the Gobi Desert.
The vehicle was running about 400 kilometers south-southwest of Ulan Bator before 5 p.m. local time on April 28, 2019, when the dust wall emerged a few kilometers ahead. Kai and other researchers whipped out a digital camera and other equipment to monitor the event.
The footage suggested the sandstorm rose to a height of 600 meters with a maximum wind velocity of 65.52 kph inside it. Visibility was limited to a 10-meter radius or less.
Kai has been surveying airborne fine particles in the Gobi Desert since 2013. Yellow dust particles originate from sandstorms in the desert and other parts of Asia.
The area where the video was shot is no stranger to sandstorms. While Kai had found himself caught in sandstorms there in poor weather conditions, it was the first time to come across one on a fine day.
Kai spent more than a year examining meteorological conditions at the time, along with satellite observation data, to report his findings in a thesis.
The video and thesis are available at (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/.../17.../_article/-char/en).
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Mongolia logs 1,811 new COVID-19 cases, 19 more deaths www.xinhuanet.com

Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia on Sunday confirmed 1,811 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 310,875, according to a statement by the country's health ministry.
Meanwhile, 19 more people died from the viral disease in the past day, pushing the death toll to 1,260, the ministry said.
Currently, 20,816 COVID-19 patients are being hospitalized across the country, while 61,554 are receiving home-based care due to a shortage of hospital beds and medical staff, according to the ministry.
So far, 65.5 percent of the total population have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. However, the resurgence of COVID-19 has continued due to the Delta wave, and around 2,000 infections and nearly 20 deaths have been reported on average each day in the country with a population of around 3.4 million.
The health authorities have urged the public to follow all health protocols, and to receive the booster or third dose of the COVID-19 vaccines.
So far, more than 314,100 Mongolians have received the booster doses.
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Credentials presented to newly appointed ambassadors www.montsame.mn

October 1, President U. Khurelsukh presented the Letters of Credence to the newly appointed Ambassadors of Mongolia to some foreign countries and wished them success.
In specific, D. Davaasuren, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Commonwealth of Australia, Sh. Odonbaatar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United Arab Emirates, L.Erdenedavaa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, J.Sereejav, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and D.Ganbold, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of India, received their credentials.
The President instructed the ambassadors to always respect the fundamental national interests, pursue foreign policy, work actively for the promotion of the country abroad, attraction of investment, and the economization of foreign relations. He also emphasized the importance of providing all possible supports to Mongolians abroad, teaching Mongolian language to their children, and passing on the national history, culture, customs and traditions.
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Australian border to reopen for first time in pandemic www.bbc.com

Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.
Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules - even banning its own people from leaving the country.
The policy has been praised for helping to suppress Covid, but it has also controversially separated families.
"It's time to give Australians their lives back," PM Scott Morrison said.
People would be eligible to travel when their state's vaccination rate hit 80%, Mr Morrison told a press briefing on Friday.
Travel would not immediately be open to foreigners, but the government said it was working "towards welcoming tourists back to our shores".
Amy Hayes, who lives in the English town of Reading, Berkshire, and has not been back to Queensland in nearly three years, said it was "encouraging to see things moving in the right direction".
"But I'll believe the borders have reopened when I see it and hear the stories of stranded Aussies being able to get home uninhibited," she told BBC News.
Henry Aldridge is excited to fly back to the UK for Christmas to see his parents and five siblings in London. His partner Shana, a nurse from Ireland who lives with him in Sydney, nearly broke down when they heard the news.
"We're pretty excited," he told the BBC. "The first year and a half [of the pandemic] we looked on at the UK and thought, we're pretty happy here. But the last few months haven't been ideal."
He said as the lockdowns were extended and the country recorded more and more cases, the travel ban started to feel "a bit absurd".
"It seemed silly - you still have to quarantine to come home to a country that's in lockdown," he said.
But David Mullahey in Western Australia - which has restricted entry to Australians in other parts of the country - told the BBC he was against changing the travel rules.
"Covid has hardly touched us here and we've had limited deaths. Why should we risk being put in the same scenario as Victoria and New South Wales?" he said.
"I don't see how we can consider lifting international border controls when the government can't control Covid in those states."
At present, people can leave Australia - which has recorded more than 107,000 cases of Covid-19 and just over 1,300 deaths - only for exceptional reasons such as essential work or visiting a dying relative.
Entry is permitted for citizens and others with exemptions, but there are tight caps on arrival numbers. This has left tens of thousands stranded overseas.
Unvaccinated travellers must still quarantine for 14 days in hotels.
Australian carrier Qantas responded by announcing it would restart its international flying a month earlier. It had already put flights to major overseas destinations on sale from 18 December.
Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra are currently in lockdown due to outbreaks of the virus.
That has helped prompt a surge in the vaccine uptake in recent months.
New South Wales - which includes Sydney - is on track to be first state to cross the 80% threshold, in a few weeks. Victoria - containing Melbourne - is not far behind.
But states such as Queensland and Western Australia have threatened to keep their borders closed until vaccine rates are even higher.
These states have managed to maintain Covid rates at or near zero, after shutting their borders to states with infections.
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Analysis box by Shaimaa Khalil, Australia correspondent
This is a hugely anticipated announcement for thousands of Australians both here and overseas. No doubt it's an emotional moment for many, after nearly two years of isolation.
Australia's strict border policy has been credited for its success especially early in the pandemic, but the Delta variant has changed everything.
Western Australia and Queensland are still going for an elimination policy, meaning they have been quickest to close their borders to other parts of Australia.
It's a very different picture in NSW, the most populous state, where the policy has changed from elimination to vaccination.
All of that is going to make the practicalities of reopening international borders quite tricky.
Airlines have already said they're not ready for the ramping up of services this reopening will require. And with so many details still vague in terms of restrictions and proof of vaccination, this could be a potential headache for border authorities too.
NSW or Victoria may allow their fully vaccinated residents to travel abroad and come back to home quarantine but Western Australia, for example, will most likely be reticent to do that and take on increased risk.
So you could have a scenario where it could be easier for people in some states to travel to London for a vacation than it is to go to Perth
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Turning Japanese: The ninth Mongolian-born sumo wrestlers get citizenship www.news.mn

Sumo wrestler Ichinojo A.Ichinnorov, who holds the sport’s fourth-highest rank of komusubi, has given up his Mongolian nationality and become a Japanese citizen.
By obtaining Japanese citizenship, the giant 28-year-old grappler, who stands 190 centimeters and weighs 206 kilograms, can become a stablemaster after retirement.
Ichinojo made his professional sumo debut in 2014 after moving to Japan and entering the famed sumo club at Tottori Johoku High School. Joining the Minato stable, he quickly rose through the ranks and debuted in the top makuuchi division just four tournaments after turning professional.
He posted a winning 8-7 record at the just-concluded Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, where he returned to “sanyaku”, the three ranks below yokozuna, for the first time in 13 meets.
A.Ichinnorov becomes Mongolian born sumo wrestler who obtained Japanese citizen.
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