B.Uizenmaa, known as Uisenma Borchu, is a Mongolian film director living, studying and working in Munich, Germany.
Category: Feature
UB Post: ‘If we lose our livestock, we will lose everything’
These are the victims of the dzud that’s currently affecting most provinces in the country, mainly to the west and north. So far, more than 260,000 animals have died this winter and estimates put the daily death rate at around 1,000. If herders hadn’t slaughtered their animals en masse in the Autumn, the figure would now be in the millions.
UB Post: ‘Stop child jockeys racing in winter’
Earlier this month the UB Post reported that a group of children’s rights NGOs and associations had joined forces to try and stop child riders taking part in spring and winter horse races, raising their concerns at a press conference.
UB Post: The State of Women’s Rights in Mongolia
As the annual national celebration Women’s Day takes place tomorrow, the UB Post has looked at the state of women’s rights in Mongolia and spoken to some of the people who are trying to make the country a more equal place.
Estonian World: Photographer Birgit Püve – capturing identity and memory
Birgit Püve is an Estonian photographer whose work has been shown around the world. A former journalist and editor, Püve’s work focuses on memory and identity. In 2014 she received the third prize at The Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2014 at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
UB Post: ‘Mongolia should be known worldwide for its paleontology’
Dulamsuren Ganbaatar tucks her red hair behind her ear and thinks before answering my question: should criminals who smuggle fossils and dinosaur bones out of Mongolia receive tougher punishments?
ERR News: Holy Gingerbread
Buddha, a sacred cow and a pair of huge golden angel wings are just some of the exhibits included in this year's Gingerbread Mania exhibition which opens in Tallinn today.
Estonian World: Meet the Japanese friendship society that loves Estonian food and culture
It isn’t easy to find blood sausage, black bread and herring in Japan, but every year more than 100 people come together to cook a traditional Estonian meal in Tokyo.
ERR News: Last woman standing – one woman’s fight against HIV in Estonia
Disaster. That is the word Nelli Kalikova uses to describe the outbreak of HIV in Estonia in 2000.
ERR News and ERR: Vao – the small village most Estonians had never heard of until the refugee crisis
This summer, a small village even most Estonians had never heard of, suddenly became the epicenter of public discourse. There are a lot of stories about Vao – where the country's largest refugee center is based – and most of them are untrue.
Helen Wright 