Overview
- Prime Minister N. Uchral visited Ulaanbaatar’s Khuchit Shonhor market on Saturday and said roughly 2,500 of the city’s 5,017 tonnes of reserved meat did not enter retail, then dismissed Mayor H. Nyambaatar and launched inspections.
- Uchral directed economic and agriculture officials to present short‑term steps next week to cool meat prices, which government data say are more than 50% higher than a year ago and helped push April inflation to 10.1%.
- Authorities will audit contracts and e‑receipt records after reports that some reserve suppliers bought meat from open markets, some outlets received no stock, and a single buyer was recorded purchasing large volumes, with seniors saying they are taking small loans to afford meat.
- Separate from the market actions, defense programs are pressing on, with 78 citizens set for compensatory civil service this year and more than 2,300 students in classroom training under the voluntary ‘Student Soldier’ course before field exercises begin June 15.
- The Supreme Court outlined plans to build a secure Mongolian legal‑language AI model to speed research and improve consistent rulings, while weather services warned of heavy rain and wet snow across parts of the country through the week.