The Mongolians have produced a rock opera. About Chinghis Khan. Or a kinder, gentler version thereof:
Mongol warlord Genghis Khan is best known as one of history’s most bloodthirsty rulers and at first glance appears an unlikely subject for a Jesus Christ Super Star-type rock opera.
But in his native Mongolia a bizarre rock opera [...]
MUST WATCH/LISTEN!!!
Nathan posts only the best in Mongolian hip-hop, and what’s more, he’s got a link to an absolutely MUST HEAR cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” done by Tuvan band Yat-kha—complete with throat singing!
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April 27, 2006 – 11:13 pm
Over at the Nautilus Institute’s Policy Forum Online, Stephen E. Noerper argues that the United States should boost its support for developments in Mongolia. Read the whole thing on your own; here’s just a snipit:
Though a small country in terms of population and contemporary political importance, Mongolia deserves that enhanced US and international recognition, [...]
The April issue of Conde Nast magazine has a nine-page spread on Mongolia.
Yan over at yuu bna points to an article in the UB Post on the troubles faced by Mongolian women who marry evil foreigners:
A new style of business has emerged, selling individuals abroad and using them to work as prostitutes in Macao, China and such activities have dramatically increased in the past few years in [...]
Nathan reminds us of John Wayne’s Genghis Khan movie and points us in the direction of this classic film poster.
February 13, 2006 – 11:18 pm
By SHELTON BUMGARNER
FNY Guest Blogger
Funny how a renewed Great Game can turn a geopolitical wallflower into the belle of the ball. Mongolia is yet again in the news, this time for wanting to be the United State’s snuggle bunny given its uncomfortable proximity to the red dragon to its south and the bear just north [...]
February 10, 2006 – 7:47 pm
By SHELTON BUMGARNER
FNY Guest Blogger
Whenever I hear the name Genghis Khan, I think of James T. Kirk screaming “KHAAAAAAAN!” and that cool music as Khan’s ship and the Enterprise duked it out in that big space cloud.
But I digress.
A Khan of a different sort is yet again in the news. For a number of reasons, [...]
January 15, 2006 – 1:05 pm
(by guest blogger, Andy Jackson)
I’m sure that the Marmot would be all over this if he wasn’t busy following the Dear Leader across China right now (or maybe it’s Osan). If the Marmot is reading this, he should feel free to add to or edit this post as he sees fit.
The Mongolian government has fallen. [...]
December 26, 2005 – 4:49 pm
The Medical Peace Foundation is building a clinic in Dornod, eastern Mongolia–the medical center will be christened the "Kim Jeong-eun Hospital," after actress Kim Jeong-eun. The actress is apparently close with the foundation and is participating in the project.
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December 7, 2005 – 9:37 am
Unregulated hunting has placed Mongolia’s Siberian marmots in grave peril:
If the good news in Mongolia is the gradual comeback of the Przewalski wild horses, the disturbing news is the diminishing numbers of other wildlife, under relentless siege by overhunting and excessive trade in skins and other animal products.
A new study of wildlife, one of the [...]
November 23, 2005 – 9:11 am
U.S. restaurant chain BD’s Mongolian Barbecue has apparently opened up a joint in UB:
IN ONE fell swoop, Billy Downs brought Mongolian barbecue back to Mongolia and gave the exotic country its first taste of one of the most American of businesses, the franchise restaurant.
BD’s Mongolian Barbecue, a Michigan-based company that opened its first restaurant in [...]
November 22, 2005 – 9:26 am
You know, looking at the second picture here, I couldn’t help but thinking:
"Are we sending the right message to Baghdad here?"
Oh, and Bush in Mongolia headline of the day so far:
"Bush drinks mare’s milk, avoids camels" (Good piece, BTW)
Say what you want about our head of state — he might not be good with names [...]
November 21, 2005 – 8:42 pm
(By guest blogger, Andy Jackson)
President Bush’s recent Asian tour must have seemed like a gizzard sandwich with fresh-from-the-oven bread. He started out with America’s closest ally in east Asia (can anyone doubt that we are talking of any country other than Japan), then went to a mixed reception in South Korea followed by tough talks [...]
September 27, 2005 – 2:35 am
Also at the WaPo, the Russian Chronicle blog stops in the Buryat capital of Ulan Ude. Worth a looksie, if for no other reason than the big Lenin head. Definitely more impressive than the Lenin statue in front of the Ulaanbaatar Hotel.
Oh, and Lenin-statue fans will probably get off on Anders Thorsell’s photo [...]
August 9, 2005 – 11:26 pm
I gather it ain’t heading to Danggam-dong.
August 4, 2005 – 10:25 pm
Had to pay the China National Tourism Administration homepage a visit today when I just so happened to notice this description of China’s geography:
China has shared borders for centuries with Korea, the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
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Guess who’ll be working together to guard a UN aid building in Arbil:
Mongolian soldiers are to provide security alongside South Korean soldiers for officials working in a UN building to be built near South Korea’s base camp in Iraq, U.S. military sources said yesterday. The Mongolian soldiers are expected to guard the officials, while South [...]
It’s Naadam in Mongolia — those wanting to learn a little about the festivities can venture here and here.
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Mongolian peacekeepers are getting busy — first Afghanistan and Iraq, now Kosovo.
