NAMBC’s US Department of Commerce Certified Trade Mission to Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
September 14-19, 2008
The first-ever NAMBC USDOC Certified Trade Mission to Mongolia, September 14-19, will bring senior executives of 10 US companies to Mongolia. The Trade Mission will be accompanied by the Honorable Michelle O’Neill, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Steve Saunders, President of the NAMBC.
The Mission is intended for (1) [...]
North American-Mongolian 11th Annual Investors Conference Is To Be Held
North American-Mongolian 11th Annual Investors Conference is to be held from 17 to 19 September at the Kempinski Hotel in Ulaanbaatar.
Her Excellency Anna Biolik, Canada’s new ambassador to Mongolia, will deliver the opening address at the NAMBC’s 11th annual Investors Conference on the morning of September 18. Other major Investors Conference speakers include Michelle O’Neill, [...]
U.S., China, Mongolia claim Sunday gold
CNN reports that,
-Zou Shiming won China’s first gold medal in boxing after Mongolian light flyweight Serdamba Purevdorj retired early in the second round of their title bout with an apparent shoulder injury. It was also China’s leading 50th gold medal of the games.
-Badar-Ugan Enkhbat of Mongolia won the bantamweight gold medal, beating Yankiel Leon of [...]
Letter to Mongolian Ministers to Protect Labor Rights of North Koreans
Human Rights Watch sends following letter to Mongolian Ministers
August 20, 2008
Minister D. Demberel
Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor
Government Building 2, Negdsen Undesnii Street
Ulan Bator – 210646, Mongolia
Re: North Korean Workers in Mongolia
Dear Minister Demberel:
On July 22, 2008, Daily Business News Mongolia reported that Ulan Bator and Pyongyang have approved a deal allowing North Koreans to [...]
It’s asked not to withdraw Mongolian troops from Iraq
An authorized official of the Ministry of Defense informed that American side asked Mongolia not to return troops attending the international peace-keeping activities in Iraq till the end of the year. Over 1000 military troops are sent to Iraq in 10 rotations since the start of the activity. The 10th shift of Mongolia troops performs [...]
Mining company Erdene reduces 2Q loss
www.thechronicleherald.ca writes that,
Erdene Resource Development Corp., a Halifax miner with assets in Canada, the U.S. and Mongolia, narrowed its net loss for the second quarter to $0.7 million from $3 million last year.
The company, formerly known as Erdene Gold, said it lost one cent a share from a loss of five cents a share for [...]
Mongolia the next rising star in Medals Per Capita list
Medals Per Capita adores getting all snooty at the snooty big countries and lavishing attention on the chronically overlooked and, in that vein, will take this opportunity to salute to the hilt one Mongolia.
Now, the proper noun “Mongolia” doesn’t tend to come up in day-to-day American dinner conversation, but Medals Per Capita aspires to change [...]
Nancy Soderberg visits
Ms. Nancy Soderberg, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the University of North Florida, Senior Policy Advisor of the International Crisis Group, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 3rd ranking official of National Security Council at the White House and Deputy Director of the Presidential Transition for National Security, visited Mongolia yesterday. Ms. [...]
Mongolia and South Korea Expand Commercial and Defense Relations
jamestown.org publishes that,
By John C. K. Daly
Friday, August 8, 2008
During the 20th century, Mongolia’s fate was inextricably bound to that of its giant neighbors Russia and China, but since the collapse of Communism there in 1990, Ulaan Baatar has been cautiously reaching out to the outside world for new security arrangements with nations as diverse [...]
Bush reassures allies on US engagement with Asia
AFP reports that,
BANGKOK (AFP) - President George W. Bush will seek to reassure Asian allies that Washington remains committed to trade and democracy in the region, in a speech set for Thursday on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.
In an advance copy of the speech, released Wednesday by the White House, Bush hails the “Asian [...]
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