Harsh sentence is the latest blow for Mongolia’s green movement, which is struggling to contain environmental damage from mining
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Today picks: years of poor management leave Vietnam’s banks in unhealthy shape, concern’s over whether Mongolia’s mining boom comes at the expense of its citizens, and the Royal Family’s latest scandal comes at the cruellest …
Mongolia’s Elections: Voters Go to the Polls with Mineral Riches at Stake
The sparsely populated country of steppes and vast forests is a bastion of democracy sandwiched between two authoritarian states. But, after it held parliamentary elections, questions abound about corruption and the legacy of its …