Mongolia seizes five medals on Day 1 at Asian Judo Championship

The Asian Judo Championships 2015 kicked off on May 13 in Kuwait city of Kuwait.
On Day 1 of tournament, Mongolian judokas won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
International Sport Master Ts.Munkhzaya won the women’s 63 kg event. At the final round, she defeated bronze medalist of the Tokyo Judo Grand Slam Nishikawa Maho with waza-ari.
Ts.Munkhzaya’s shoulder was dislocated during the final round, but she finished the event with a gold medal.
World Champion M.Urantsetseg fought in the women’s 48 kg event and won a silver medal. She beat a South Korea judoka with yuko at the semi-final round. She lost to Haruna Asami of Japan in the gold medal match.
M.Bundmaa won silver in the women’s 52 kg event. She faced Turkmenistan’s Gulbadam Babamuratova and won with yuko at the semi-final. At the final round, she lost to Chinese judoka Yingnan Ma.
International Sports Master D.Tumurkhuleg, who fought in the men’s 66 kg category, defeated a Ukrainian judoka in the semi-final and captured a bronze medal.
Judoka G.Odbayar fought in the men’s 73 kg event and won a bronze medal. He lost to South Korean judoka An Chang Rim and beat Hong Kuk Hyon of South Korea in the bronze medal match.
Japan is currently leading the tournament with its medal tally, followed by South Korea and Mongolia. The Asian Judo Championships attracted 210 judokas from 31 countries. The championship will end today.

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A melody of imagination and color

Artist and Director of Blue Moon Art Gallery E.Temuge is presenting a solo exhibition called “Melody” at Blue Moon Art Gallery. The exhibition includes over 30 paintings and is on view through May 21.
E.Temuge graduated from the Mongolian State University of Culture and Art, majoring in monument art and decoration in 2013. She creates her work in mixed media.
Her work has been included in the group exhibitions “Golden Brush”, “Grand Art”, “Flowers”, “Modern and Installation”, “Woman Artists”, “Spring”, “WE”, and “2014-Member Artists Exhibition”.
“Melody” is her first solo exhibition. Over two years ago she presented a joint exhibition with her mother. She said that she is really happy that this time she is coming up with her own solo work.
“Everything has its melody. For example, if I were a musician or a composer, I would use notes to describe my melody. If I were a poet, I would use words to describe my melody. I am an artist, so the way I am showing my melody is using colors, brushes and painting,” E.Temuge said.
The theme of the exhibition relates to nature and its beauty. “We get and feel extreme delight and enjoyment from nature. We, human beings, naturally relate to it. I created my paintings by mixing my feelings about nature with my fantasies and inner world. There are no realistic paintings of nature presented, only nature created from my imagination,” she said.
Her paintings are all bright, colorful, and delightful. “I am a very positive person. I wanted people to feel calmness, positivity, and brightness from my creations. For me, the best part of being an artist is to see the public enjoying my work.”
There are butterflies included in most of her paintings. E.Temuge explained her butterflies: “Everything has two sides. People have bad and good sides too. Only the wings of the butterfly are beautiful, and the body looks ugly. I depictedbutterflies only by their wings. Through this I wanted to show that instead of seeing the bad things first, I want people to see and feel the good sides of one another.”

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Mongolia Art Show display captivating make-up performances

State champion make-up artist L.Tserendulam organized the Mongolian Art Show at Marquee 27 Night Club on May 9.
The show consisted of four parts; make-up performance, body art performance, modern art performance, and song and dance performance. Famous Mongolian models, beauty pageants, actresses, dancers, contortionists and singers, namely Cultural Merit Artist D.Gantsetseg, head of Andra modeling agency Kh.Badamgerel, model T.Oyun-Erdene, miss Kh.Bayarmaa and P.Shuudertsetseg participated in the show.
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Premier instructs aviation organizations to intensify operations

Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg met with the heads of the Civil Aviation Authority and MIAT Mongolian Airlines at the weekly meeting Hour of Solution on Wednesday to assign them with duties in their sector.
The government reached a decision last April to establish the National Corporation of Civil Aviation. The corporation will be in charge of air navigation and the servicing of airports and aircraft, responsibilities previously held by the Civil Aviation Authority.
A working group in the Ministry of Roads and Transportation developed the rules and principles of the corporation. The building that housed the Department of Aviation Monitoring and Security will be dedicated to the new corporation.
The longitudinal distance between aircrafts flying in Mongolian airspace has been reduced from 90 kilometers to 30 kilometers, effective April 20. Therefore, the number of flights coming to Mongolia can be increased, reported the head of Civil Aviation Authority Ts.Erdenebileg. According to MIAT Mongolian Airlines Director G.Jargalsaikhan, the number of summer flights will increase compared to last year.
Noting that civil aviation is a significant sector in terms of Mongolia’s economy, key in attracting investors and serving tourists, the Prime Minister asked the meeting attendees to pay more attention to strengthening the sector.
The Prime Minister instructed Ts.Erdenebileg to intensify establishing procedure for the corporation within the Civil Aviation Authority, to increase navigation income, and to work on finding creative new investment sources.
To increase the number of incoming tourists, MIAT should launch new transit services by autumn, stressed the Prime Minister, adding that there is a demand to make a new scheme for the financing of the company’s Boeing airplane, study opportunities to cooperate with large foreign aviation companies, and to cooperate with private companies as well. The Premier also assigned MIAT authorities with developing an initiative to increase passenger numbers and to schedule service to the Ural Siberia region to take advantage of the visa-free travel agreement between Mongolia and Russia.

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Vietnamese delegation to visit Mongolian meat processing factories

Not long ago, Vietnam expressed interest in importing meat from Mongolia. A Vietnamese delegation from the Quarantine Inspection Agency will conduct a working visit to Mongolia on May 20 to become acquainted with the activities of meat processing factories.

On Wednesday, representatives from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, State Specialized Inspection Agency, and Mongolian Meat Association discussed challenges faced in meat export. Currently, Mongolia exports meat and meat products to Russia and China.

Unuudur spoke with Executive Director of the Mongolian Meat Association M.Jadamba regarding meat export.

How much meat does Vietnam want to import from Mongolia per year?

First of all they will determine the capacity of domestic meat processing factories, and check if meat is being processed in accordance with their standards. Currently, it is uncertain how much meat they want. We expressed our interest in exporting mainly meat from small livestock. They also want to import frozen meat from small livestock, like sheep or goat.

Will domestic meat processing factories meet Vietnam’s requirements?

The capacity and technology of meat processing factories meet standards, but factories lack circulating capital for purchasing meat. If we only regulate this issue, we don’t have to worry about capacity.

How much money do the factories need?

Estimates show that factories need between 160 billion  to 180 billion MNT for annual assets.

How about this year’s export to our neighbors?

It is poor. We are exporting a small amount of horse and beef to Russia and China. The prices are low, so exporting meat to Russia is not efficient. They want to purchase meat at much lower costs than our domestic market. Our neighbors prefer purchasing live animals. In the last month, over 100 horses were exported to China.

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Mongolian Pavilion at Venice Biennale opens

The 56th Venice Biennale, an international art exhibition, is opening to the public from May 9 to November 22, 2015 in Venice, Italy.

The Mongolia Pavilion officially opened at the Venice Biennale on May 7, for Mongolia’s first-ever participation in the event. Ulaanbaatar-born, Freiburg-based artist Kh.Unen-Enkh and artist T.Enkhbold are sharing their artwork at the event.
The Mongolia Pavilion explores modern-day mobility and displacement, raising questions about what and where “home” is and humanity’s relationship with nature. The artists work with natural organic products from Mongolian nomadic traditions, such as felt, horsehair, horse dung, and wood. The Mongolia Pavilion consists of two presentations: a sedentary pavilion space at the Palazzo Mora and a nomadic pavilion with artist T.Enkhbold’s performances presented at designated public spaces around the city of Venice.
The two artists were born and raised in Mongolia and experienced migration as young adults. Artist Kh.Unen-Enkh attended art schools in Prague and Budapest and later moved to the German city of Freiburg in Breisgau, where he completely transformed his art from two-dimensional graphic media to sculptures made with natural ‘materials from his homeland.
T.Enkhbold’s art includes a variety of media. His two-dimensional works, made primarily of horse dung, ash, sand, and wood, will be displayed at the Palazzo Mora. With these works, T.Enkhbold joins the artists who defy the traditional concept of painting and its usual materials. T.Enkhbold’s performance art in Venice further develops ideas that he has explored previously at different locales around the world. T.Enkhbold questions the division between urban forms and his nature-based ger.
Venice was built by residents fleeing invasions by nomads, including Attila and the Huns in the 5th century. Centuries later, Venetian merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324) traveled to the Mongol Empire, where he spent 16 years at the Mongol Khan’s court. T.Enkhbold, building upon the historical legacy of Venice’s relationship with nomads and Mongols, will bring his performance art to the heart of Venice by settling around the city and socializing with Venice locals and visitors.
The Mongolia Pavilion is funded by leading Mongolian businesses and supported by Mayor of Ulaanbaatar E.Bat-Uul.

‘Hot Stamp’

Artists T.Otgonbaatar and D.Ariunbold are presenting their joint exhibition called “Hot Stamp” at Best Art Gallery. The opening of the exhibition took place on May 11, and the exhibition is on view through May 17. Overall, 15 interesting works made of metal are presented in the gallery.
“Compared to painting and sculpting, the development of metal working isn’t rapid in Mongolia. That’s why we wanted to be a part of it. All of the works were created through heating the metal. Metal is a material that is hard and cold. Through using this material, we aimed to show the flexibility, softness, and the kindness of human behavior and life. For example, the creation called ‘Destiny’ represents a human life. It shows the ups and downs of life,” said artist D.Ariunbold.

Both of the artists are teachers. Many people, including their students, helped with the exhibition, which took one month to prepare.
“There are only two paintings mixed with the metal, while the rest of them are only metal creations. Works that are presented at the gallery might look very simple and easy. In fact, they require a lot of technique and procedure,” stated the artist.
When I asked D.Ariunbold why the creations were only made of metal, he answered, “There are few artists in Mongolia who became diversified in the metal art field. Artist T.Otgonbaatar and I are adding our voices to this field.”
D.Ariunbold’s favorite piece is the creation called “Shurankhai”. He said, “It was my very first creation. It took a lot of time to complete this work and it changed the whole meaning of the exhibition.”