Taiwan has its own democratic system to counter the ruling party’s autocracy, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said today, calling on China to stop using force to intimidate Taiwan amid a new wave of Chinese military drills announced this morning.The Chinese People’s Libera
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) this morning apprehended a Chinese man who unlawfully entered Taiwanese waters in an inflatable boat near Hanshehua (寒舍花) in Kinmen County. At 6:49am, the Coast Patrol Corps 9th division under the Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu branch of the agency detected and intercepted
Merely introducing migrant workers would not solve labor shortage issues, Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) said, calling on industries to consider seniors and hiring young people part-time.In an exclusive interview with the Central News Agency published today, Hung said that labor shortage issue
A Taiwanese woman trapped in a collapsed hotel in Myanmar following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday last week is believed to be dead, a Taiwanese businessman based in the Southeast Asian country said today.A rescue team with search-and-rescue dogs and life detectors found no signs of life in th
The Office of the US Trade Representative submitted this year’s National Trade Estimate (NTE) report yesterday, criticizing Taiwan for its policies on certain US imports ahead of an expected tariff announcement tomorrow.The NTE is an annual report submitted to US Congress by March 31, although this
Chinese-born influencer Xiaowei (小微) was to be deported after failing to voluntarily leave Taiwan before midnight last night, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said today. Xiaowei took the 2:10pm flight to Guangzhou, China, from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the Chinese-language Liberty
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers yesterday reintroduced the Taiwan International Solidarity Act in the US House of Representatives, after the pro-Taiwan legislation previously stalled in the Senate in 2023.The act "encourages the US to work with allies and partners to oppose the People's Republic
Wet and cool weather is forecast for northern, northeastern and eastern Taiwan today due to the effects of a continental cold air mass and a cloud system from southern China, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Temperatures could hit as low as 12°C to 14°C in parts of central, northern and
POLITICS: Myanmar’s junta has close relations with Beijing, so it is very unlikely it would accept Taiwan’s offer of assistance, some Burmese students said
Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) yesterday said the government has disbanded a Taiwanese rescue team that was on standby to possibly travel to Myanmar after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Southeast Asian country on Friday afternoon. The ministry made the decision after considering
As images of destroyed buildings in earthquake-hit Myanmar flashed across her television screen in Taiwan, Yang Bi-ying could only weep for her family there. Yang, 76, has lived in Taiwan for more than half her life and has a daughter-in-law in the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, which was devasta
CONSENSUAL: The Health Promotion Administration said it would improve its procedures, after a woman publicly complained about its surveyors’ alleged conduct
The Health Promotion Administration yesterday said its Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) interviewers would acquire the consent of participants before performing checkups, and they would not take blood samples in the participants’ home, after a woman complained on Facebook about intervi
A number of new regulations are taking effect this month, including milk subsidy programs for children in some administrative regions, as well as changes in drug prices.The Taipei City Government is launching a milk subsidy program for public elementary schools and kindergartens starting this month
The Highway Bureau yesterday said it expects heavy traffic on various sections of the provincial highways during the four-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday that starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday. The bureau in a news release advised motorists to stay informed of traffic conditions beforehand, and av
Thousands of Muslims, many of whom are workers from Indonesia, yesterday gathered in Taipei for Eid al-Fitr.The Taipei event, jointly held by the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (IETO) to Taipei and Nahdlatul Ulama Taiwan, celebrated a “day of victory” for Muslims who completed a full month o
RESPONSE: The government would investigate incidents of Taiwanese entertainers in China promoting CCP propaganda online in contravention of the law, the source said
Taiwanese entertainers living in China who are found to have contravened cross-strait regulations or collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could be subject to fines, a source said on Sunday.Several Taiwanese entertainers have posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo saying that T
SYMBOLIC GESTURE: Raising military spending would show Taiwan’s seriousness about defense if the US military is to help protect it, the expert said
A US-China expert last week urged Taiwan to increase military spending to at least match the US as a percentage of GDP, saying that it would be unrealistic to reach the White House’s 10 percent demand.Oriana Skylar Mastro, a fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has so far this year expelled Chinese fishing vessels 77 times and detained six small boats for illegally entering restricted waters near the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島), the agency said on Sunday.The statement came a day after Academia Sinica Biodiver
The government should adopt a “leave no trace” principle for the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) if it develops tourism in the protected area, an academic said on Saturday.The Dongsha Atoll National Park, at the southernmost tip of Taiwan’s territory, is the nation’s first marine national pa
The government is still awaiting a response from South Africa regarding its demand that Taiwan’s representative office be relocated from Pretoria and renamed by the end of last month.Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hsiao Kuang-wei (蕭光偉) yesterday said that Taipei has proposed talks with Pretor
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