Same tune: People singing during a protest calling for the resignation of Oyun-Erdene over alleged economic mismanagement and corruption involving his family, at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar. — AFP
Hundreds of youth turned out this week in the country’s capital calling for the prime minister’s resignation on allegations of corruption, a longstanding source of deep public anger in the landlocked democracy.
Mongolia has for decades struggled with endemic graft and the widespread view that the proceeds of a coal mining boom are being hoarded by a wealthy elite has sparked frequent protests and unrest.
