Libby Hogan

Mongolian Youth Seek to Preserve Reindeer-Based Tradition

Mongolia was once solely a land of nomadic communities moving from location to location, depending on the season. One tribe that has lived in the isolated mountains in the north of the country for generations is the Tsaatan.

Mongolian Youth Seek to Preserve Reindeer-Based Tradition

Tackling the World's Most Polluted Capital with Innovation

Since Genghis Khan, nomads have lived in gers, a traditional Mongolian round tent, but as extreme weather threatens this Mongolian traditional lifestyle, many are moving to the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. UNICEF published a report last year calling air pollution in Ulaanbaatar a child health crisis. The organization says it puts every child and pregnancy at risk and has led to more stillbirths, pneumonia and bronchitis. For VOA, Libby Hogan looks at solutions from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

How Innovators are Cleaning Up World's Most Polluted Capital

Since the days of Genghis Khan, nomads have lived in gers, a traditional Mongolian round tent, but as extreme weather threatens this Mongolian traditional lifestyle, many are moving to the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Last year, a UNICEF report called air pollution in Ulaanbaatar a child health crisis. The organization says it puts every child and pregnancy at risk and has led to more stillbirths, pneumonia and bronchitis. For VOA, Libby Hogan looks at solutions in this report from Ulaanbaatar.

The Naadam Festival of Mongolia: Tradition Corrupted by Business

Mongolia's most famous horse festival is being celebrated across the country, but in the background, rights groups are concerned about the rise performance-enhancing drugs, harsh handling of horses and a lack of enforcing safety protection for child jockeys.

The Naadam Festival of Mongolia: Tradition Corrupted by Business

Mongolia's most famous horse festival is being celebrated across the country, but in the background, rights groups are concerned about the rise performance-enhancing drugs, harsh handling of horses and a lack of enforcing safety protection for child jockeys.

Chinese Money Comes to Myanmar, But Who Benefits?

Myanmar's defacto leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is welcoming businesses to invest in Rakhine State, more than a year and a half since a brutal military crackdown forced hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. Despite the push for investment, many residents in Rakhine State worry they will not see any of the benefits. Libby Hogan has this report from Kyaukpyu Beach in Rakhine State.

Myanmar Opens Up for 'The Vagina Monologues'

This week was the first time the feminist play was performed in Burmese in public

Myanmar LGBT Pride Out in Force, But Laws Lag Behind

This past weekend, pride week kicked off in full force in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon

Myanmar Land Grab Fears Stoked by New Law

People in ethnic areas could be made trespassers on their own land and face up to two years in jail thanks to a new law amendment passed under Aung San Suu Kyi's government

In Myanmar, #MeToo Opens Up Conversation on Sexual Harassment

Reluctance to Talk About It is a Major Road Block to Reducing Sexual Harassment in Myanmar

Meth Seizures Up in Myanmar, SE Asia

Beyond the headlines, meth use also has a tragic personal side