The final day in Ulaanbaatar delivered explosive judo. Okada, Sampaio, Savytskiy, Fontaine and Mongolia’s own Batkhuyag took ...

Mongolia lit up Day 2 with two Grand Slam golds at home. Bold and Odgerel thrilled the crowd, while Japan’s Terada and Oino ...

Today I dove into traditional Mongolian food right in the heart of Ulaanbaatar—and this experience was unforgettable. From ...

After the 2025 IJF World Championship, the world's leading judokas took a short break. The first Grand Slam tournament after ...

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 ...

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

Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar is moving into the future with an explosion of bars, restaurants and lifestyle shops and growing cultural scene, while keeping a firm respect for its roots.

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.

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.

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 ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Coal is everywhere in Mongolia’s frigid capital. It sits beneath the towering smokestacks of power plants in piles as big as football fields.