The Prime Minister instructed the Deputy Prime Minister to increase the state reserve of hay and fodder to prevent shortage during winter. Cabinet members agreed to locate sites for hay warehouses in Bayantsagaan soum of Bayankhongor Province, Arvaikheer soum of Uvurkhangai Province, and Tudevtei soum of Zavkhan Province. They also agreed to dispatch hey reserves to regions likely to face challenging winter conditions.

Premier U.Khurelsukh instructed ministers to support exports of sheep and goat meat from provinces with not livestock disease outbreaks. Since January, Mongolia exported 18,000 tons of meat to China, Russia, Vietnam and Iran. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is expected to export 13,600 tons of mutton and 13,800 tons of goat meat this year.

During the meeting, Cabinet approved the quota for foreign workers in Mongolia for 2018. Next year, the number of foreign specialists and workers being employed by Mongolian organizations and enterprises with over 20 employees must be no more than five percent of their workforce. If it is necessary to exceed the five percent limit, Cabinet will review requests for exceptions.

The five percent limit does not apply to all Mongolian industries and Cabinet approved a list of organizations and enterprises that are allowed to hire more foreign workers. Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh instructed Minister of Health D.Sarangerel to determine the costs of medical examinations for the residence permit of foreign workers. As of October 31, there were 9,500 foreigners from 91 countries residing in Mongolia and the government plans to reduce the number of foreign workers by half in 2020.

“I think we are seeing fiat currencies in a hyperinflationary collapse against bitcoin,” he said, adding that we’ll see a major price correction somewhere at the $25,000 per bitcoin level. “Up until that price is achieved it looks like we’ll see a pretty strong upward move.”

On Monday, the digital currency smashed another all-time high, trading above $9,700 on growing signs of mainstream adoption by institutional investors.

According to Keiser, there is a huge market for other cryptocurrencies, but bitcoin has an entrenched network that is now growing exponentially. It is beyond the reach of any competition, of any nation-state and any cooperation to defeat it, the host of ‘Keiser Report’ said.

“Bitcoin is a perfect currency, something that is utterly changing the global finance and market and is putting banksters and the central banks out of business,” which, according to Keiser, “should be applauded because they’ve been horribly bad actors. We need to get rid of them and let bitcoin transform our world.”

He also suggested an interesting scenario that bitcoin could become “something of a financial black hole” and all cash that is currently invested in stocks and bonds is moved over into bitcoin. That will lead to a stock or bond market crash, or both, as “we see the price of bitcoin move into that $25,000 range.“

“That’s something that no central bank or country will be able to stop, and it’s becoming a real scenario, a real threat.”

Talking about bitcoin mining, Keiser said the energy required for that is quite significant as it costs around $2,000 to create a single bitcoin and therefore giving it real intrinsic value. “As the demand for bitcoin rises the energy will be there to meet that demand – that’s the way capitalism works,” he said.

For anyone who wants to enter bitcoin at this time, the former stockbroker recommends reading as much as possible. “Don’t just buy a bitcoin without knowing about it first. That way, when a correction does come and it inevitably will, you have some intellectual foundation to keep you in the game and to not panic sell. If you panic buy you could just as easily panic sell,” he explained.

Keiser dismissed concerns about bitcoin hacking, saying the core bitcoin blockchain itself has never been hacked while being immutable. That’s why it is “so alluring and attractive.”

“Despite all of the recent calamity and horrors — both natural and manmade — this really is a magical world that deserves to be explored,” said Jeremy Tarr, editorial director of Fodors.com. “We focused on celebrating and surfacing that wonder as we assembled this year’s lists.”

Fodor’s editors suggested Mongolia to everyone who wishes to “experience the final days of pristine nomadic life and the birth of a booming, modern metropolis”.

“Mongolia is a land of pristine blue skies that stretch for miles, rolling mountains and steppes covered in sweet Mongolian grass, mirrored Khuvsgul Lake, and vast desert landscapes. In the countryside, where locals don their ornate brocade deel and sip airag, a fermented horse milk wine at intimate Naadam celebrations, while racks of fresh khuruud cheese dry atop gers in the arid breeze. As climate change leads to desertification and pushes nomads into the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, these quiet scenes of Mongolian life are quickly vanishing.

“While the capital is undergoing a cultural and culinary revolution, 2018 might be one of the last years where visitors can experience the subtle splendor of the Mongolian landscape and nomadic lifestyle, while also enjoying the raw metropolitan energy of a city being reborn.”

Fodor strongly encouraged travelers to rent a Jeep, or even a motorcycle, and a driver to explore the vast grasslands, the remote temples of Chinggis Khaan’s capital at Kharkhorin, and the Flaming Cliffs in the Gobi Desert as it evaluated that much of Mongolia’s soul lies in the countryside. The review also advised purchasing cashmere and yak wool products and purses made from recycled traditional Kazakh tapestries to support nomads.

The best time to visit Mongolia is said to be from late spring to early fall, with July and August being the most popular dates for tourists as the National Naadam Festival is annually held during the summer. The official 2018 National Naadam Festival will take place throughout the country from July 11 to 15 with smaller, regional festivals throughout the year.

The delegation, headed by He Yiting, executive vice president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, visited Mongolia, South Korea, and Japan at the invitation of the General Office of Mongolia Government, the South Korean foreign ministry, and Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner the Komeito party, respectively. 

During its visits, the delegation explained the significance of the 19th national Party congress to the political parties, government, mainstream media and think tanks of the three countries.

The three sides congratulated China on the success of the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping's re-election as General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and lauded the influence of the Party congress to the world.

They said the visit has enhanced their understanding of the CPC party congress and China's future development and expressed the wishes for continued improvement and development of bilateral relations.

Adobe said Cyber Monday is expected to drive $6.6 billion in internet sales, which would make it the largest U.S. online shopping day in history.

In the run-up to the holiday weekend, traditional retailers invested heavily in improving their websites and bulking up delivery options, preempting a decline in visits to brick-and-mortar stores. Several chains tightened store inventories as well, to ward off any post-holiday liquidation that would weigh on profits.

TVs, laptops, toys and gaming consoles - particularly the PlayStation 4 - were among the most heavily discounted and the biggest sellers, according to retail analysts and consultants.

Commerce marketing firm Criteo said 40 percent of Black Friday online purchases were made on mobile phones, up from 29 percent last year.

No brick-and-mortar sales data for Thanksgiving or Black Friday was immediately available, but Reuters reporters and industry analysts noted anecdotal signs of muted activity - fewer cars in mall parking lots, shoppers leaving stores without purchases in hand.

Stores offered heavy discounts, creative gimmicks and free gifts to draw bargain hunters out of their homes, but some shoppers said they were just browsing the merchandise, reserving their cash for internet purchases. There was little evidence of the delirious shopper frenzy customary of Black Fridays from past years.

However, retail research firm ShopperTrak said store traffic fell less than 1 percent on Black Friday, bucking industry predictions of a sharper decline.

The National Retail Federation (NRF), which had predicted strong holiday sales helped by rising consumer confidence, said on Friday that fair weather across much of the nation had also helped draw shoppers into stores.

The NRF, whose overall industry sales data is closely watched each year, is scheduled to release Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales numbers on Tuesday.

U.S. consumer confidence has been strengthening over this past year, due to a labor market that is churning out jobs, rising home prices and stock markets that are hovering at record highs.

The discussion aimed to improve security and protection for Mongolian citizens, especially women and children, against violence and coercion, increase effectiveness of current legal regulations, child protection laws and budget expenditure for protecting the rights of children and women, discuss required solutions in areas of justice, enhance coordination between government and non-government organizations and facilitate favorable environment for public participation and control.

The policymakers and public service organizations, functions of which are targeted to ensuring safety and protection of the citizens of Mongolia (women and children) against violence and attack, representatives of non-government organizations, citizens, academics and international organizations. The following results are expected from the discussion:

1. Studying possibilities of changing the legal environment, after authentically determining the current state of violation of children’s rights and crimes against children; 
2. Revealing challenges and problems facing non-government organizations that operate for the benefit of children, and improving coherence between government and non-government organizations; and
3. Identifying appropriate solutions for substantial drop in the number of offenses against children through enhancing coordination between activities of government and non-government organizations.