The clinic signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide international medical care and build cooperative relations with two Mongolian medical institutions, one education agency, and one medical tourism company in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday.

The Korean clinic said the latest MOU would elevate its existing relations with Mongolian institutions to a strategic partnership to collaborate with them for joint overseas business.

Mongolia is one of the targets to bring international patients for medical institutions in Busan, according to Kim Byoung Joon Ledas Varicose Vein Clinic. The increased flights connecting Seoul and Ulaanbaatar shows that Mongolia is the blue ocean for Korean hospitals’ overseas business, the clinic said.

“By building a strategic partnership with medical institutions in Mogolia, we will keep expanding our presence in the overseas medical market,” said Kim Byoung-joon, director of the clinic.

Kim Byoung Joon Ledas Varicose Vein Clinic will expand overseas business not only in Mongolia but around the world, and seek a joint business opportunity with local companies to vitalize the local economy and create jobs, he added.

In his speech, he said, “Mongolia holds aspiration to actively partake in the activities of the Boao Forum for Asia, aimed at deepening economic-related information sharing and inter-correlated actions among Asian countries. Furthermore, Mongolia is hosting the event within the framework of the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Mongolia and China.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs D.Tsogtbaatar, Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia Ban Ki-moon, Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Secretary-General of BFA Li Baodong and other delegates delivered remarks at the opening ceremony. The conference with a theme “Concerted Action for Common Development in the New Era” has brought together around 300 public and private delegations from more than 10 countries, such as Mongolia, China, South Korea, and Pakistan. The interactive parallel discussions will be held under topics such as, “Investment and business opportunities of Mongolia”, “New direction: Aligning with ‘Belt and Road’ & ‘Development Road’”, “Connectivity: Expanding horizons into regional cooperation”, and “Common goal: Green development”.

Ms G.Solongo is a Mongolian national with considerable experience in the resources sector across a range of commodities including copper, gold, coal, iron and hydrocarbons. G.Solongo is an executive at boutique Mongolian investment firm Garrison Capital Development (GCD).

GCD is an established and successful venture capital firm that specializes in marketing and acquiring exploration and development assets, in the resource sector, and managing these assets through the developmental stages onto production. Ms G.Solongo currently acts as an advisor and executive assistant to the Chairman of Steppe Gold, a Mongolian precious metals company listed on the TSX.

Prior to joining GCD, Ms G.Solongo was Head of Property Management at Mongolian Properties LLC. Mongolian Properties LLC is one of the leading real estate developers in Mongolia. Ms G.Solongo graduated from Columbia College in Denver, Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and is fluent in English. (GlobeNewswire)

B.Khurts was taken to the 461st Detention Centre on 23 April. The ex-spy-chief has been accused of breaching the laws on intelligence procedures by using torture to obtain confessions from defendants of the much-publicised murder case of the politician S.Zorig. The former spy-master had also been involved in a covert operation to capture a Mongolian dissident living in France and forcibly bring him home. The victim of Mongolia’s only known case of ‘rendition’ allegedly died under interrogation.

Following an investigation lasting two decades – in which there have been accusations of cover-ups and during which numerous people, including the victim’s wife, have been detained – Ts.Amgalanbaatar and two others were sentenced to 24-25 years in prison for the murder of S.Zorig. who one of the heroes of Mongolia’s peaceful transition to democracy and a likely future prime-minister The murder case was transferred to the Criminal Police Department from Independent Authority of Anti-Corruption due to the lack of human resources on 19 March.

Ban Ki-moon noted that the economies of landlocked and developing countries have been growing. In the case of Mongolia, this is bolstered by investments, as well as increasing export and imports. International cooperation involving Mongolia, China, South Korea and Japan has been expanded and developing – all of which is important to the wider economic growth of the region. In addition, the economic corridors between Mongolia, Russia and China are helping to expand cooperation and to deepen relations.

The Ulaanbaatar Conference is being held around the theme of “Concerted Action for Common Development in the New Era”; this is the overarching theme of the BFA’s overseas conferences.

Also, Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the BFA, Xing Haiming, Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP, B.Bayanjargal, Chairman, of The Business Council of Mongolia, and Meng Xiaosu, Vice-President, China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations, are attending and addressing the conference.

Within the framework of the midterm policy to develop construction sector till 2029, 25 activities with 8 objectives will be carried out in three stages, such as “Period to stabilize the construction sector”, “Starting point for active development” and “Period to develop at a level of developed countries”. Also, more than 400 construction norms and regulations and 600 standards will be renewed in the next ten years, bringing about a fourfold increase of the construction sector capacity.

The aforementioned document approved by the government in 2019, which defines the leading directions of science and innovation in the sector, reflects goals to establish a scientific research center and introduce advanced methods, such as consulting service, project administration, and a complex database and international treaties concerning the construction industry.

The construction ministry noted that the midterm policy of the construction sector would ensure continuity of government actions and create a favorable environment to provide research-based policy and to achieve a success in the environmental, economic and social development of the country.

He further reported that to date, there is no livestock infectious diseases and zoonoses were reported. In order to maintain stable food supply, the government has decided to impose temporary export and import restrictions on strategic food, which includes heat-treated meat and meat products during this harvesting season.

US media report that Trump has instructed aides to look into the possibility of the US to purchasing the autonomous Danish territory, as well as its potential resources and geopolitical benefits.

Trump told reporters on Sunday that the prospect is strategically attractive, and his administration would be interested.

He said he will talk with the Danish government, although it's not on the top of his agenda.

The president is expected to visit Denmark next month.

Trump has also said purchasing Greenland would be a major real estate deal.

US media have been critical of the idea, saying Trump appears to be mixing the real estate business with diplomacy. The president is believed to have made a fortune as a developer.

The Danish government has dismissed the idea, saying Greenland is not for sale.

Celebrating the historic milestone of two thousand reindeer in Mongolia, “Reindeer Festival – 2000 Reindeer Celebration” was organized under the auspices of the President of Mongolia on August 16 and 17 in Tsagaannuur soum, Khuvsgul aimag. The event was aimed at promoting the heritage and culture of the reindeer people to the public and develop reindeer husbandry.

Residents of the east and west Taiga arrived at the festival with more than 1200 reindeer and Tuva people from Ulan-ude city of Russia and Inner Mongolia of China took part in the festival. Numerous events were held during the festival, including Mongolian and Tuvan traditional wrestling competitions, races of calf and fawn, reindeer polo, shuttlecock game and traditional concert of reindeer people and exhibition of traditional handicraft items. What’s more, the Food and Agriculture Department and Veterinary Clinic Khuvsgul aimag worked at the festival in order to conduct analysis and checkup on the reindeer. Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry J.Saule attended the event and delivered opening remarks.

The government of Mongolia has been implementing certain measures since 2007 with a view to improve the lives of reindeer families and reindeer husbandry. Later in 2013, a resolution was approved to provide benefits for reindeer herder people. The government also has organized several works designed for the enhancement of reindeer quality and a selection of breed, which included an import of 12 reindeer from the Tuva Republic of the Russian Federation in 2009 and a purchase of 19 reindeer in cooperation the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in 2014 and delivered the animals to the reindeer herder people in the Taiga. These government actions resulted in a growth of reindeer herders’ income and an increased quality of reindeer breed, the main source of income of the herders and probability of reindeer’s offspring survival, which finally exerted their influence on their population growth.