State of Emergency in Mongolia Ulan-Bator 2008

Due to the riots after parliament election the government has set Ulan-Bator on State of Emergency. The city is under special control for 4 days. Public gatherings are banned. Only 1 TV channel can broadcast program.
Nevertheless this morning the life was on normal shape. Cars can drive any where in the city and life is safe. There is no danger for tourists.

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News & Politics

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• Mongolia
• election
• 2008
• StateOfEmergency
• riot

[B9B]

Mongolia my beloved land. Time to get ride of the comminest shadow.

[munguntulga]

and i am mongolian so i think i know this country's history.

[Ochirmunkh]

yah gej ingej angliar bichij mayglaj bdin,tsaad teneguuddee oilguulah gediimuu goe haragdah gej anglier bichdiimuu?mongol yum bol mongolooroo bai,tsaad hariinhandaa ali muu muuhaigaa ingej bichij haruulj bh yamar hereg bgain

[nerdycub]

Actually the Nazi Party of Mongolia has been on the rise. There is small faction in Ulan-Bator that has had exploding memberships. There is even a Hitler themed bar.

Ya I saw the swastika on it and like a dumb tourist went right on it. WELL HELLO THERE life size hitler doll! After I left I kinda loled at the thing.

I later learned that hey are embracing that imagery because they are seeing a problem with the influx Chinese Russian and Korean cultural influence, but man, could have pickedbetter

[temuujinable]

yah gej iim bichleg taivdag bn aa...heregggui shdee

[munguntulga]

i think we need less foreign business because we are swarmed with Chinese, russian, korean and japanese companies, we dont even make our own refreshment drinks anymore and everyone go to the Korean hospitals because it is more modern than the mongolian ones.

[munguntulga]

BTW where are u from? do u get discriminated against in mongolia? because i rarely see that happening. But when we talk about Chinggis khan as any nation talks about their great leader it symbolizes nationalism, but i dont think it symbolize racism cause Chinggis khan was a very tolerant man who allowed all religions and united many separate kingdoms and formed many nations. We talk and worship him too keep our heritage alive, it is the only thing that holds mongolians together these days.

[munguntulga]

u asking me am i kidding? from the years of living in mongolia i have never seen a nazi before, and we fought against the nazi in the USSR along side russia. From what i know mongolians are very tolerant to visitors and though not so much against each other. I will have to see Nazi mongols to beleive it.

[Steppenwolf27]

Are you kidding? I know the swastika is a Buddhist symbol of the four stages of life, but the Nazi swastika is very distinct. It has a red background with a white circkle and the swastika is TILTED. That is a Nazi swastika, and that is what Mongolian nazis are wearing.

[munguntulga]

what mongol nazis? are u refering to the swastika signs? It is actually a Buddhist symbol of peace and balance which is used in mongolia. I never seen any racsist nazi mongol in my years of living there, in fact we are very tolerant and welcome to outsiders, but we are harsh towards each other

[Steppenwolf27]

You really should look into the history of this country before you make such a comment.