Overview
- Ulaanbaatar will extend the 'Suun darhlaa' program to 189,600 grade 1–5 pupils with milk distributed three days a week beginning January 26, backed by an 8.9 billion MNT city budget and partnerships with local dairies.
- Health officials reported 4,352 remote imaging reads across 18 provinces in 2025 and 594 specialist telemedicine assists, with a new working group tasked to upgrade equipment, software and staffing for nationwide rollout.
- Leaders outlined two options to produce semi‑coke briquettes domestically in 2026—at Dornogovi’s Altan Shireet tech park or using Baganuur with Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi—after importing 306,000 tonnes from China this winter, with claims of over 30% pollution reduction and a JICA review due this month.
- Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar set a June 1 deadline to ready Zamiin‑Uud for city status and ordered a joint anti‑corruption audit of land allocations, as Ulaanbaatar’s tax office faced scrutiny over a Dubai trip whose financing remains unclear.
- The external backdrop remains tense, with the U.S. confirming large‑scale strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, rights groups reporting 500‑plus deaths in Iran’s protests that Tehran has not verified, and North and South Korea disputing drone incidents following a demand for explanations from Kim Yo Jong.