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I'm a licensed gun owner and a Mongolian citizen, and I want to do something that should be one of the most Mongolian things imaginable: load up a dirt bike, take my dog, and ride out into the countryside to camp wherever I want. No itinerary, no settlement-to-settlement hopping just to have a safe place to sleep. Just me, my dog, the steppe, and the open sky.

The only thing standing in the way is how we regulate firearms.

Out in the country there's real wildlife. If I'm sleeping alone in a forest or a valley, I want to be able to protect myself and my dog. The logical choice is my .308 bolt action rifle, which the current Mongolian firearms regulation allows, except a .308 is a full size rifle, but A BOLT ACTION. Try strapping a rifle case to your back while you're riding a bike with a dog on board. It's not practical, and honestly I don't even want to risk riding out of town with a giant rifle on my back and end up on the wrong side of the law and have my gun taken away.

And even if I did manage it, a bolt action rifle is the wrong tool for a sudden close encounter. If a bear charges and my first shot doesn't drop it, I'm looking at over a second to cycle the next bullet, and a wounded animal in a panic doesn't stop, it keeps coming. That delay is the difference between walking away and not.

This is where the handgun ban makes no sense to me. A pistol is everything the situation actually calls for: compact, easy to carry on a bike, out of sight and out of the way until I need it, and fast to put rounds on target when seconds matter. It's the practical self defense tool for someone living and traveling rough in the wild, which is exactly the lifestyle this country is supposed to be famous for.

So here's my frustration: we tell ourselves Mongolians are free people of the land, but the law quietly forces me to either stay near settlements or break the rules to live the way our ancestors actually lived. That's not freedom, that's a leash with extra steps.

Mongolia should legalize handgun ownership for licensed citizens. Let responsible, licensed people carry a practical means of self-defense in the backcountry. Until then, a huge part of experiencing our own wilderness safely is off limits to anyone without a truck and a settlement nearby.

Curious if anyone else here has run into this, how are you all handling protection when you camp solo out in the country?

So this is not what I expected. I paid up front for 7 nights at a hotel (got a small discount), but I feel like a total idiot since I want to literally get away from here after the first night. I can feel the hostility of the locals towards me. I don't speak mongolian, I perceive it in the body language. Do you guys know of any english speaking guide that can help me? I still have a long time ahead in Mongolia since I already bought the return ticket in advance (someone convinced me) now I have almost 2 months ahead of me in this country, and I already want to leave and come back. What happened with the whole "friendly, welcoming, helpful" locals?

edit: i forgot to say, I arrived on sunday at Ulanbaatar. stayed at a hostel. now I came here, I paid a local to bring me. but what now? use the train? allegedly you have to spend the night with some random people inside of it. sometimes it doesn't even come. there are no buses. the guy that brought me here is not answering my messages.

How in the actual hell are there billionaires sending 2 of their sons to le rosey (the most expensive high school in the world) while most of mongolia dont have hot water, constant heat supply and all the things that are necessary for living. Mind you all those money are from our pockets. WE pay for these corrupt politicians to live a life of luxury. I do not want my tax money to be spent on sending kids to an unnecessarily expensive school.

Bi bagadaa ger khoroolold amidrdag bsan ymldaa surguuliasaa taraad harih bolgond haranhui gudamjtai, zolibon nohoi, taranshaanii huuhduudtei bas baahan arhichinguut gudamjaar nil hevteed suuj bdag bsan odoo yrn ymrshuu bolson ym boldoo. jookon baihad teruugeer alhahaas nileen aidag baij bilee

Edit:ysan aimr uur utsaartai humuus ve bi uuruu ger khoroolold amidrdag bsan bolhoor naad zuiluudiig chin helj bain ? zugr uurchlugdsun uguig n asuuj bhd ysan ch surtein

Ymr olon gants biye aav nar, bs trauma tai zaluuchuud bdiim be 🫠

Heyo!! Our school film making club is currently working on a few short films and I'm the co-director of one of them. We're currently looking for a teenage male around 17 who'd like to fill in the main character's role (there's also another male side character around the same age if you're interested)! If you'd like to try it out or is interested in new experiences, dm me and I'll give you some details about the script! (No payment and also be able to skate)

People outside Mongolia hear “democracy” and imagine freedom, development, or even prosperity. What we got was corruption beyond imagination.

After the Soviet era ended, Mongolia switched to democracy with huge hopes. People thought foreign investment and free markets would modernize the country. Instead, a small circle of politicians and oligarchs (MAK for example) captured everything. Every election cycle is the same: promises about fighting corruption, improving infrastructure, reducing pollution, fixing traffic, helping ger district families. Then nothing changes.

Ulaanbaatar is a capital city in 2026 with no metro system despite traffic being absolutely catastrophic. Public transport is overcrowded, unreliable, and underdeveloped for a city this size and climate. Winters regularly hit brutal temperatures, yet many poorer families in ger districts still struggle with proper heating and basic infrastructure. Meanwhile luxury apartments and SUVs keep multiplying for the rich. Some fuckers legit driving a Lambo while others cant afford meat.

Salaries are low compared to living costs. Young people either want to leave the country or work themselves to exhaustion just to survive. The wealth gap gets worse every year. Mining money flows into the hands of political families and connected businessmen while ordinary people breathe toxic air in winter and sit in traffic for hours every day.

And whenever someone actually tries to change something, politics crushes it. Look at the Tenuun Ogoo Green Bus bus scandal. The entire public transport sector became another example of corruption, accusations, and political warfare instead of genuine reform. It feels like every major infrastructure project in Mongolia eventually turns into a money laundering operation or a power struggle between elites. An innocent guy was thrown in jail to be the scapegoat.

The saddest part is Mongolia is not a poor country in terms of resources. We have massive mineral wealth. We have a tiny population. In theory this country should have had a chance to become something like a developed East Asian state. Instead, democracy without strong institutions just created a system where corruption became legalized and normalized. We could've been like Rwanda of Africa but instead we got....this.

People are tired. Not of democracy itself, but of watching the same people get richer while ordinary citizens freeze, choke on pollution, and barely afford rent. Not even God himself will be willing to help us. As we spat in his face in the name of Buddhism.

Having to drive like 4 - 6 hours to just reach another place with more than a thousand people sucks so bad. I know everything is in UB but that's so far away. Wallowing in self pity is not a solution but it's so easy sometimes. I do not want to call where I live windows XP background hell but it kind of is...
How do people deal living rural? I am a young adult and wanna do dumb things but instead I smoke by a building looking like some fool listening to music alone.
Sometimes I wish my parents would have just moved to a different place.
My dad is white and my mom is Wasian they could have gone to like America or Canada even UB,,,

Imma just start telling yall the real shi abt these schools from my experience and some from transfer students.

Disclaimer: This doesnt apply to all of the students that go to these schools, only a handful.

SANT
Some of the students are genuinely hard working so they take extra math surgalt to actually improve cuz sant has the most useless curriculum ever. Rumors abt sant being a good school is such a lie. The students are hardworking not the school.

Olonlog
Zolbin. Public school education labeled as private. Olonlog is nothing more than good location.

CSU
Actually improving everything as the years go on. More like a public school but better education quality. Most likely to improve as the years go by.

BSU
One of the most expensive schools but worst education quality. The foreign teachers are just there to get experience for 2 years and leave meaning they have the most inexperienced teachers Mongolia ever had to face.

Orchlon
Actually lives up to its reputation but has too many problematic students. Orchlon is literally in every single private high school drama there is.

ASU
God save this school. Buncha wannabe bullies. Too many ppl transferring from ASU cuz they got suspended/expelled.

Harumafuji
Mid tier school. They dont have that good of an English language foundation. They dont teach Japanese till secondary. Just half private half public atp.

Nomt Naran
Eej aavn byan c bish yduu c bish bolhoor they go to a zolbin school with losers. The most pathetically stupid people went there.

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Heyyyy I’m 19 and where are some places or events I could meet chill people?? This summer i’m trying to socialize moree :D Thank uuu

Hey y'all I have extra IEM for sale(with some extra eartips and cable)

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I would like to sell those in bundle for about 200k

Okay first I need to know if her name is too stereotypical. It was originally gonna be Tsetseg Erdene (I thought Erdene was like way too common? Idk but Tsetseg I took it from some old kdrama I used to watch in my younger days)

If it IS indeed stereotypical then what should I change it to?

Second, I have a picture of her character design and idk if it looks Mongolian but is also okay enough to fight in. I'll share it in dms.

Okay, thanks for reading.

Also idk what tag to use tbh so I'm extremely sorry if it's the wrong one.

110. "He who will steal an egg will steal an ox."
111. "Help yourself and God will help you."
112. "He who sleeps forgets his hunger."
113. "Home is where the heart is."
114. "Hope is life”
115. "Hope for the best, expect the worst."

its a class project and i dont have anyone else to ask. Any help is appreciated

Hey all, I’m moving to Mongolia in one week for around 15 months (student-researcher here, stable but very modest income by European standards). I had agreed with a realtor to rent an apartment (1br, 60m2 right next to Ikh Delguur) for 2.3mil mnt, and today, the realtor tells me she wants to raise the price to 2.5mil so they can replace the entry door and sofa.
Are sudden rent increases legal or common in Mongolia? It comes as a shock, since renting at a different price than advertised is illegal in Europe.
It’s not entirely out of my budget, but it really leaves a bad taste in my mouth and makes me worry about future unexpected expenses/rent hikes. Do tenants have any protections? What would you advise in my situation?