Trapped by a building boom

An aerial view showing residential buildings in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar. — AFP

OTGOO recalls running around freely as a child in Mongolia’s once sparsely populated capital city, but he fears a rapid construction boom has now trapped his children in a concrete jungle.

Across Ulaanbaatar, high-rises are replacing the yurts that Mongolians have for centuries called home, symbols of a nomadic life that is fading away.