Nestled in the remote forests of northern Mongolia, where bone-chilling winter temperatures plummet to minus fifty degrees, one of the world's most extraordinary nomadic cultures continues to thrive.

The fabric is made from the undercoats of the local goats, which develop a particularly tight fur to survive the harsh winters, where temperatures can drop as low as -40°C. In past decades, cashmere ...

“Chuu!” I called—the Mongolian version of “giddy up,” but the half-wild horse I sat upon either didn’t understand or didn’t like my American accent. I traveled to Mongolia in August 2025 to see some ...

For the past 13 years, I have been traveling the grasslands of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as an independent photographer. My aim is to document the lives of herders living in this remote ...

For thousands of years, nomadic Mongolians have lived in gers – circular ‘yurt-like’ structures made of timber, felt, and canvas that are ideal for moveable life on the Steppe. Since 1990, due to ...

Ziekmet Dergy looks back on the life of Father Stephen Kim Seong-hyeon as the soothing sunlight touches Erdensant, a collective of villages in the vast prairie land of central Mongolia, at the end of ...

In the remote valleys of western Mongolia, near the snow-capped Altai mountains, I meet Khaiyr Galym, a traditional Kazakh eagle hunter. Despite the language barrier, I am given a holistic insight ...

One of the most iconic popular images of Mongolia is that of nomadic herders, riding horses and living in gers (yurt tent-houses). The other is of powerfully built Mongolian wrestlers in traditional ...

The latest drama from Oscar-nominated director Byambasuren Davaa ('The Story of the Weeping Camel') premiered at the Berlin Film Festival last year. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Mongolia ...