The High Court today upheld a district court ruling that three former officials from the Military Intelligence Bureau serve a sentence of at least 10 months in prison in their second trial for organizing a spy ring and passing secret intelligence on to China.The ruling can be appealed.The Taipei Dis
ARMS DELIVERIES: Taiwan has ordered hundreds of PAC-3 MSE systems and is likely to deploy them to defend the airspace over Hualien and Taitung counties
The air force is to form its fourth Patriot missile-armed air defense battalion in anticipation of arms deliveries from the US this year and next, a source said on condition of anonymity yesterday.The Ministry of National Defense has funded the procurement of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)
The indigenous Hai Kun submarine does not have a confirmed date to begin its sea acceptance tests originally scheduled for this month, as shipbuilders are working to correct some shortcomings, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday.The submarine’s sea trials were originally
Taiwan needs to streamline the application process for new undersea cables to “encourage more investment,” while also prioritizing the protection of critical underwater infrastructure against China’s “gray zone” threats, the head of the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) said yesterday.In a s
VIGILANCE NEEDED: The lessons of the Holocaust are relevant to Taiwanese: They teach the dangers of silence and the consequences of hatred, the Israeli envoy said
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday joined Israeli and German envoys in remembering victims and survivors of the Holocaust during an annual memorial in Taipei.In a rare English-language address on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Lai said that the policies of the authoritarian Nazi regime
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is feigning ignorance of its members’ wrongdoing by demanding an investigation into the judiciary over allegations of signature fraud in its campaign to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, DPP Legislator Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) said yesterday.“K
PRAISE: Japanese visitor Takashi Kubota said the Taiwanese temple architecture images showcased in the AI Art Gallery were the most impressive displays he saw
Taiwan does not have an official pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan, because of its diplomatic predicament, but the government-backed Tech World pavilion is drawing interest with its unique recreations of works by Taiwanese artists. The pavilion features an artificial intelligence (AI)-based
Taiwanese vaccine maker Adimmune Corp could face a fine of up to NT$2 million (US$61,554) if it is found to have violated lab safety regulations, Minister of Health and Welfare Chiu Tai-yuan (邱泰源) said yesterday, after Chinese-language media said there was a rat-related sanitation breach at one of i
A man convicted of stabbing two passengers on the Taichung Metro, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in December last year, has received a reduced sentence of nine years and nine months after reaching a settlement with one of the two victims, the High Court’s Taichung branch said in a statement
Up-to-date testing protocols for car safety seat certification should be implemented, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers, a child safety group and industry representatives said yesterday.Last year, 1,395 Taiwanese children died in car crashes, up 34 percent from child fatalities in 2020, J
A convenience store in Hsinchu City yesterday issued a notice warning people of theft charges, saying that more than 400 hard-boiled tea eggs were stolen in the past two months. The 7-Eleven store, located in the cafeteria of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, said that after accounting check
Taiwanese doctor Peter Karl Mayer (馬培德) has published an English-language book on traditional Chinese medicine, titled Ancient Channels in Chinese Medicine (中醫古典經絡), to promote the field overseas. Mayer, who hails from Germany and obtained Taiwanese citizenship six years ago, said he has long been i
Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) yesterday published on its website new fares which will go into effect on June 23, with prices on services operated by the state-run railway company set to increase by an average of 26.8 percent.According to the chart published by TRC, the fare from Taipei Station to Xi
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office yesterday summoned 10 suspects for questioning on suspicion of facilitating the illegal entry of Chinese nationals into Taiwan.Prosecutors searched nine locations and are investigating the suspects for violation of the Act Governing Relations Between the Pe
TAIWANESE ART: Expo Chicago has steadily raised its international profile over the past few years, becoming a major international event, the Ministry of Culture said
This year’s Expo Chicago is showcasing six video art pieces by Taiwanese artists from today until Sunday, marking the first time that the show is featuring selections from Taiwan. The works selected include Breathing by Chen Liang-hsuan (陳亮璇), Somewhere Beyond Right and Wrong, There is a Garden. I W
Members of the Taiwanese-South Korean girl band GENBLUE pose in front of their likeness at an event held at the Maokong Gondola in Taipei yesterday. The group has been appointed ambassadors for the gondola.
Members of the National Nuclear Abolition Action Platform perform a skit in front of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Kaohsiung chapter yesterday. They protested against the party’s proposal to extend the life of the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant and called on people to be aware of the risks of
Chimpanzees yesterday eat snacks hidden inside specially designed books to celebrate World Book Day at Kaohsiung’s Shoushan Zoo. Zookeepers and volunteers hid some of the chimps’ favorite foods inside the recycled cardboard books, such as raisins, dried pineapple and sunflower seeds.
This year's Expo Chicago is to showcase six video art pieces by Taiwanese artists from tomorrow to Sunday in the US, marking the first time that the show is featuring selections from Taiwan.The works selected include Breathing by Chen Liang-hsuan (陳亮璇), Somewhere Beyond Right and Wrong, There is a G
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