Overview

• Lawmakers voted to not accept the Constitutional Court’s April conclusion on invalidating ballots cast for fewer candidates, with 49 of 88 members backing committee advice to reject it.
• Responding to public claims about political direction, the Anti‑Corruption Agency said it had issued no instructions tied to party affairs and urged an end to attempts to influence its work under the anti‑corruption law.
• Ulaanbaatar’s Erchim Street widening is 55% complete, with vehicle works due by October 15 and lighting and sidewalks by October 31, while the 1.5 km Morin Davaa–recycling‑plant road is about 70% finished and targeted to open next month.
• City and emergency officials reported 49 carbon‑monoxide‑related calls in September affecting 152 people, detailed common causes such as removed chimneys and faulty seals, and disputed reports that some recent deaths were due to CO rather than fire smoke.
• A 93 MW gas‑fired heating plant near Denzhii Myanga is being prepared as a public‑private partnership, with an international tender planned this year and construction expected to start next year, and South Korea separately passed a law allowing non‑medical tattooing after three decades of restrictions.