Tue, Sep 29, 2026
A total of 3,401 people were investigated in human trafficking cases from 2021 to last year, 147 of whom were implicated in suspected organ harvesting, data released by the Ministry of Justice showed.Forced labor accounted for the largest share of human trafficking investigations, involving 1,914 pe
The government yesterday said it had received confirmation that Morocco resumed accepting tourism visa applications from Taiwanese passport holders last week, two months after abruptly suspending the process in July.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a staffer at its office in Tokyo called the Mor
HEAVY RAIN: The rainy season is not new, but it seems to be a very rough year, and Myanmar’s state of upheaval is not helping efforts to rescue survivors or provide aid AFPAt least eight people have died in flooding in Thailand since Sept. 16, although none in the capital, Bangkok, which declared a disaster this weekend following heavy rains, the Thai government said yesterday.The eight died in eastern provinces — five in Sa Kaeo, two in Chanthaburi and one in Sara
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) discuss arms sales to Taiwan every time they get together but the US stance on Taiwan remains unchanged following the Chinese leader’s state visit to Washington last week, the US president’s top envoy to Beijing said. “We don’t support
RESILIENCE: Keeping the defense industry’s assembly lines open would prove essential should the nation be involved in a prolonged conflict, a source said The Ministry of National Defense has prepared a NT$22 billion (US$692.3 million) program to acquire about 200 improved Hsiung Feng anti-ship missiles from next year to 2035, a source said. Commenting on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking defense official said the ministry’s plan for enhanced-cap
Taiwan’s Fu Chao-hsuan (傅兆玄) won gold in the men’s high jump at the Asian Games in Nagoya yesterday, becoming the first Taiwanese man in 60 years to win an Asian Games athletics title.The 23-year-old high jumper cleared 2.25m in the final, matching his season best and securing Taiwan’s third gold me
TIMING: Missing a production window could push a weapons order into a later run, causing delays that would have significant consequences, the source said The long-delayed US$14 billion arms sale that Washington put on hold prior to US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) last week is closely tied to Taiwan’s plans for developing a layered air-defense network known as “T-Dome,” sources said.The package is expected t
DEMAND: The program needs to be accelerated to replenish ammunition depleted during military exercises and drills, which have become more frequent, an official said The military aims to quadruple its stockpile of combat ammunition from 30 days to 120 days under a six-year, NT$27.59 billion (US$868.16 million) procurement program to bolster its ability to sustain operations in a blockade, according to the Ministry of National Defense’s budget proposal for next y
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday attended the screening of a film marking the 30th anniversary of the murder of prominent feminist and women’s rights activist Peng Wan-ru (彭婉如).Peng became the first director of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Department of Women’s Affairs in 1996. On N
More than 40 civic groups are planning to protest outside the Legislative Yuan today, calling for opposition lawmakers to “stop slacking off,” as the new legislative session opens.The campaign, called “No slacking off as the legislative session opens, citizens sound the alert after work,” is being o
LONG WEEKEND: The goal was to ensure that no traveler is left behind at major transportation hubs and that everyone reaches their destination, the minister said Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) yesterday said that the ministry met its goal of preventing travelers from being stranded and ensuring they reached their destination during the holiday, adding that his trip to Germany did not interfere with his handling of holiday t
The National Police Agency’s Third Special Police Corps yesterday said that from May to July, it intercepted five smuggling operations from China, seizing more than 70,000 counterfeit Beyblades with an estimated infringement value of NT$34.45 million (US$1.08 million). It added that any bootleg unit
A new tunnel connecting Zhongxiao E Road with an access road to the National Biotechnology Research Park in Nangang District (南港) opened yesterday, significantly reducing travel time, the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement.A ceremony was held yesterday morning for the opening of the Shengj
A man was found dead on a bus in New Taipei City on Sunday, several days after he boarded, and the bus operator has been fined, authorities said.The Taipei City Government on Sunday said that after an initial investigation of the incident, its Public Transportation Office has fined the operator, Sin
ANOTHER TAKE: A ‘Liberty Times’ report said that the dispute was not over a drug debt, but one of the groups’ refusal to sell the other drugs on credit Three suspects have been arrested and one remains at large after allegedly getting into a fight over drugs, killing two men and injuring a third, local authorities said.The Kaohsiung Police Department said the incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday at an out-of-business health spa on Baot
EXPANSION: The Singapore fab has the potential to break even earlier than anticipated, with full capacity utilization projected ahead of the 2029 schedule, Vanguard said Foundry service provider Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp (世界先進) said it is fast-tracking the timeline for its second fab in Singapore, after holding a grand opening ceremony for its first 12-inch wafer fab yesterday. The new fab, operated by VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Pte L
Taiwanese developers are delaying new housing projects as tight credit, high prices and weak demand weigh on the market, with the transaction value of new-home and presale launches in northern Taiwan falling 17.6 percent in the first nine months of the year, the Chinese-language My Housing Monthly (
SECURITY: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has repeatedly downplayed the risk of AI slipping out of human control, saying that safety concerns are an engineering challenge Nvidia Corp introduced a new double-layered artificial intelligence (AI) security system that it says would have prevented the recent high-profile breach of Hugging Face by OpenAI’s AI models. The semiconductor giant, which has been rapidly expanding its product lineup beyond chips, is rolling out t
Taiwan’s financial market has undergone a significant liquidity squeeze, with many banks raising loan rates to new highs, and local media reporting that several banks were extending approval periods, reducing loan amounts or rejecting loan applications. Where did the money go? Are monetary authoriti
To address the nation’s declining birthrate and encourage young people to marry and have children, the government is planning to extend statutory marriage leave for workers from eight days to 14, subsidizing employers for the six additional days of wages.An extra six days of marriage leave is welcom
Over the past two weeks, the Taipei Security Dialogue and the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience International Forum brought together leading figures working on Taiwan’s defense and resilience, with discussions ranging from higher defense spending and asymmetric capabilities to societal preparednes
TENSE AFFAIR: Ireland’s players wore black armbands for their match with Israel in Hungary and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the game Substitute Dimitrios Kourbelis on Sunday gave Greece a shock 1-0 UEFA Nations League win away to Germany as Ireland’s players wore black armbands for their match against Israel. Portugal coach Jorge Jesus dropped Cristiano Ronaldo and was rewarded as his replacement Goncalo Ramos scored the winner i
Manchester City’s fate is yet to be sealed, but reports they have been found guilty of widespread financial impropriety cast a new light on a meteoric rise from mid-table mediocrity to English Premier League domination since a transformative Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008. In the 18 years since United A
One of the joys of the Asian Games is stumbling onto sports that do not get wide attention beyond the continent. There are many regional sports being played — sepak takraw or wushu or kurash, for instance — but the curiosity champion is probably kabaddi. The Games offer all the Olympic regulars, but
Lin Chung-wei yesterday won bronze in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, one of four bronze medals Taiwan collected during the day, while the Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting guaranteed herself at least a bronze medal. Lin Chung-wei’s finish gave Taiwan a track and fi
OLD WOUNDS: Protestant marchers seized on an overturned injunction to stage a march, which drew thousands of counterprotesters to block the road in Portadown UK leaders called for calm as a tense standoff with residents seeking to halt a pro-British Protestant march through a primarily Catholic area stretched into the night on Sunday, in one of the worst crises for Northern Ireland in the past few years.The tensions were triggered after a Belfast appeal
CRIME-DRIVEN: The shootings are endemic to poorer poorest areas of the country, which has one of the highest gun death rates and where 60 people a day are murdered The death toll in a mass shooting in a South African tavern has risen to 18 after one person died in the hospital, police said yesterday, announcing at least two of the dead were Lesotho nationals. The shooting west of Johannesburg on Saturday was part of a bloody weekend in the crime-weary country,
Hurricane Nolo swept away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday as major Hurricane Polo bore down on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, threatening storm surge, high winds and heavy rains.Nolo was well southwest of Hawaii and moving away from the Big Island (Hawai’i) as the weekend drew to a close. A
In 1951, the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Reform Committee launched an English-language magazine, which, for the next 75 years, would serve as a mouthpiece for Taiwan’s government. Initially titled the Free China Review, and later rechristened as the
Off the coast of Taichung lies the well known Gaomei Wetlands (高美濕地), a popular nature preserve. On weekends, especially in the evenings, the site’s walkways are crowded with sunset watchers, its mudflats filled with people wading and taking pictures of the local wildlife. Birds, amphibious fish, cr
Sept. 28 to Oct. 4Opening in 1971, Singapore’s Wisma Theatre (海燕歌劇院) was entirely modeled after Taiwanese live variety shows, combining singing, dancing and drama. Even its performers were recruited from Taiwan. The formula was an instant hit, selling out on the third night with the crowd fighting o
Taiwanese students have achieved impressive results in four major international assessments in recent years. Across mathematics, science, reading, civic knowledge, computer and information literacy, computational thinking and problem-solving, Taiwanese students ranked among the world’s top five. The
對話 Dialogue清清：華華，連假你是怎麼過的？Qīngqing: Huáhua, liánjià nǐ shì zěnme guò de?華華：昨天是教師節，我跟幾個同學去看了我們以前的一位老師。Huáhua: Zuótiān shì Jiàoshījié, wǒ gēn jǐ ge tóngxué qù kànle wǒmen yǐqián de yí wèi lǎoshī.清清：哇！你跟老師還有聯絡喔？真不簡單！Qīngqing: Wa! Nǐ gēn lǎoshī hái yǒu liánluò o? Zhēn bù jiǎndān!華華：那位老師是我的高中老師，以前很照顧我們，所
1. 政府呼籲全國民眾共同對抗新冠病毒的擴散。ˇ The government called the whole nation to combat the spread of COVID-19.χ The government called all the nation to combat COVID-19 from spreading.註︰「全國」一般用 the whole country/nation，「全民族」用 the whole nation/people，「全城」用 the whole town；不用 all the country, all the nation, all the
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