Post-communist generation hopes for new era of democracy in Mongolia

Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, then a candidate vying for a position in Mongolia's parliament, speaks at a party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 27, 2024. A Mongolian woman consults a fortuneteller divining fortunes with stones on a street across from Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 27, 2024.

Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia's parliament, is unhappy with below-cost electricity rates that she says show her country has yet to fully shake off its socialist past.