An international design competition is being held to masterplan a new 31,500ha satellite city of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia ...

Many American schoolchildren grow up learning that Yellowstone was the world’s first national park. But across the globe in Mongolia, just south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, a mountain holds a claim ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has met Mongolia's President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during a visit aimed at strengthening ties between ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito attended a welcoming ceremony and met with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on his first ...

While Ulaanbaatar’s outdoor smog draws international attention, many children are also breathing dangerously polluted air inside their homes and classrooms. In winter, ...

Winter nights in Ulaanbaatar can drop to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Many residents without electricity burn coal to heat their homes, leading to toxic air and health problems.

Ulaanbaatar is one of the world's most heavily polluted cities—in December it experienced pollution levels five times higher than in Beijing. For families, ...

In a damp, single room in a disused bathhouse in the Sansar area of eastern Ulaanbaatar, 90-year-old Yuule Vandan cares for her disabled son and worries how he will survive without her.

This is, in part, what prompted British photographer and director Alex de Mora to capture some of the scene’s colorful characters in “Straight Outta Ulaanbaatar,” a documentary and book that ...

People in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar are making preparations to welcome Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito began a weeklong visit to Mongolia on Sunday during which he plans to honor thousands of Japanese ...