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The chaos theory of Mongolia

I returned to Mongolia 15 years ago after an absence of 13 years, save for the occasional 2-week leave from work, and that time I spent a semester and a half at a local university drinking endless cups of brown, watery 150 Tugrik instant MaCcoffee at the cafĂ© strangely, or perhaps egotistically, named "In my memory", writing the first and so far the only book that got us into trouble with the local intelligence who apparently had little else to do than to pore through the ramblings of teenagers to catch the tell-tale signs of drug dealery. But I digress. When you visit a country for a short period, be it home or not, you hardly have time to immerse yourself in the spirit of the country and the city and feel the nitty gritty and dirty shiny of it all. So after 13 years, it took me a while to readjust and finally understand what the hometown of my childhood had become.  The most striking, ubiquitous, and inescapable feature was and still, unfortunately, is the traffic. In 2008,...

President Elbegdorj

Despite the fact that the official election results have not been announced by the General Election Committee, PM S.Bayar and President Enkhbayar held a press conference earlier (around 12.40pm), admitting defeat and congratulating Ts.Elbegdorj on the win. Based on the preliminary results, Elbegdorj is ahead by 35,000 votes. Final results from 7 aimags have yet to arrive.

For more updates and articles on the Mongolian presidential election 2009, go to MongoliaOnline.com's politics section.

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