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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Protesters in mongolia try to storm state palace | History Defined

People endured the extreme cold to gather at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia [Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP]

Thousands of people have braved freezing temperatures in Mongolia’s capital to protest against alleged corruption in the country’s coal industry and soaring inflation, with some later attempting to storm government house.

Protesters, many of them young people, rallied in Ulaanbaatar’s central Sukhbaatar Square in -21C (-6F) temperatures on Monday, demanding “justice” against corrupt officials and calling for the country’s parliament to be dismissed.

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