The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has always taken a balanced approach in building friendships with US officials across party lines, and it would continue to work toward bolstering Taiwan-US relations under the incoming administration of US president-elect Donald Trump next year, the ministry s
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command is holding live-fire drills along China’s southeastern coast, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement yesterday.China has demarcated several no-sail zones in the Taiwan Strait for the drills in waters off Zhejiang and
Businessman and senior presidential advisor Lin Hsin-i (林信義) departed Taiwan yesterday to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru, scheduled for Friday and Saturday."The delegation will use this meeting to explain to representatives and leaders of various economies what Taiwan ha
More than 150 lawyers are on Saturday to protest in Taipei against a proposed amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法), which they said could paralyze the court and infringe on people’s constitutional rights. The amendment, proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator We
ACCUSATION: A TPP spokeswoman said the party cannot verify the allegations, since its chairman Ko is being held incommunicado
Former media personality Chu Mei-feng (璩美鳳) yesterday accused Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of sexually harassing her in 2022. Chu made the remarks after a report by Chinese-language Mirror Media magazine yesterday said Chu met with Ko on Oct. 5, 2022, for a meeting during whi
CHEMICAL STORES: Facilities dealing with dangerous materials must provide floor plans, locations of chemicals and other information to aid search and rescue efforts
Administrators of factories or chemical storage warehouses face a fine of up to NT$10 million (US$308,404) if they do not send representatives to assist with disaster relief efforts if a fire breaks out in their facilities following passage yesterday of amendments to the Fire Services Act (消防法).The
DIGITAL SKILLS: Fifty-two percent of Taiwanese students achieved category 3 scores in computational thinking, far surpassing the international average
Taiwanese junior-high school students ranked first in computational thinking, and fourth in computer and information literacy in the 2023 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) published yesterday, the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) ICILS National Research Center sai
Fraudulent activity on Douyin — the Chinese version of TikTok, run by the same parent company, ByteDance — has increased dramatically over the past five years, targeting people of all ages, officials said on Monday.In 2019 only eight cases of fraud related to Douyin were reported to the National Pol
Each organization in Taiwan on average was targeted by 4,129 cyberattacks per week in the third quarter of this year, the most of any economy in the Asia-Pacific region, cybersecurity service provider Check Point said in a report yesterday.The total was up 44 percent from the same period a year earl
The fourth tropical storm to form in the western Pacific in the past 10 days, Tropical Storm Usagi, might affect Taiwan, with sea warnings possible as early as tomorrow, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.As of 8am yesterday, Usagi had a radius of 80km and was 660km northwest of
Taiwan hopes to cooperate further with NASA on developing a satellite to monitor air quality, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明) said yesterday at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on cross-border air pollution hosted by the ministry in Taipei.Hopefully collaboration with NASA woul
Taiwan’s population could drop to fewer than 15 million by 2070, which would be more than 8 million fewer people than today, the National Development Council (NDC) estimated.Every two years, the council releases estimates on the country’s projected population and birthrate for the following 50 years
New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, fifth right, attends a news conference in the city yesterday to promote the New Tiapei CIty Railway Relay, which is scheduled for April 20.
Athletes and officials attend a pre-game press conference in Taipei yesterday announcing the new season for Taiwan’s University Basketball Association.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Lin Yu-chang, second row, third right, gestures along with party supporters at an event in Taipei yesterday marking the DPP’s 38th anniversary.
The Taiwan Bar Association has announced a march for Saturday to protest proposed changes to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法), after issuing a statement signed by 153 lawyers yesterday condemning the bill.The amendment, submitted by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Weng Hsiao
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) plans to hold an expansive commemoration for the 100th anniversary of Republic of China founder Sun Yat-sen’s (孫逸仙) death on March 12 next year, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said today. Chu made the announcement at a commemoration for Sun’s 159th birthday, where he
The 2026 and 2027 Taiwan Lantern Festivals are to be held in Chiayi and Miaoli counties respectively, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) announced today.The two counties were chosen by the Tourism Administration and a selection committee, which reviewed applications to hold the
The Legislative Yuan today passed amendments to the Fire Services Act (消防法) requiring property owners or managers to abide by new fire safety regulations or face up to seven years in jail if their negligence results in death or injury.This bill was originally drafted in response to an industrial fir
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