[{"ar_sbhdtease":"PUBLIC HEALTH:","ar_byline":"By Lee I-chia ","ar_views":"1327","ar_id":"2003830508","ar_sbhdbody":"People having an insufficient understanding of the government\u2019s public health policies would significantly affect their effectiveness, health groups said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Cuts could hinder disease prevention","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Proposed cuts to the Ministry of Health and Welfare\u2019s (MOHW) budget might hinder disease prevention and health promotion efforts, nine medical workers\u2019 associations said yesterday, urging legislators to consider the public\u2019s health. \u201cThe Legislative Yuan has reviewed the central government\u2019s 2025 ge","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830508","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830508","ph_attr":"Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters","ph_cap":"A teller counts NT$1,000 notes at a bank in Taipei in an undated photograph.\r\n","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-pic1AAA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"IDENTITY: ","ar_byline":"By Chen Cheng-liang \r\nand William Hetherington","ar_views":"3780","ar_id":"2003830509","ar_sbhdbody":"Compared with other platforms, TikTok\u2019s algorithm pushes a \u2018disproportionately high ratio\u2019 of pro-China content, a study has found","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"TikTok could be affecting views of young Taiwanese","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media. Asked to suggest the best survival strategy for a small country facing a pow","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830509","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830509","ph_attr":"Photo: REUTERS","ph_cap":"China\u2019s flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustration picture taken July 16, 2020. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-323.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-323.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-323.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lee Wen-hsin \r\nand Jason Pan","ar_views":"788","ar_id":"2003830510","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Investment scams topped losses from fraud in 4th quarter","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Losses from investment scams made up the largest proportion of the total money lost due to fraud in the fourth quarter of last year, with many victims being women older than 50, Ministry of the Interior data showed.Taiwanese lost NT$37.19 billion (US$1.23 billion) to fraud in the final quarter of la","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830510","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830510","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of the police via CNA","ph_cap":"Banknotes along with other items are pictured on Jan. 10 after they were confiscated by New Taipei City police from alleged scammers.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-606.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-606.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-606.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"550","ar_id":"2003830511","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"TikTok blocked in US \u2018for now\u2019","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Millions of TikTok users were blocked from accessing the popular app in the US as a national ban came into effect yesterday, with US president-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.TikTok, removed from prominent app stores hours before the ban, said in a message to users attem","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830511","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830511","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"A screenshot from a cellphone displays a message from the TikTok app reading \u201cSorry, TikTok isn\u2019t available right now\u201d on Saturday in San Bruno, California. Photo: AP","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-322.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-322.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-322.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"440","ar_id":"2003830512","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-20","ar_head":"Gaza ceasefire takes hold, raising hopes of ending war","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip yesterday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to a devastating 15-month conflict. A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the start of the truce ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/20\/2003830512","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830512","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"Displaced Palestinians make their way past rubble as they return to their homes on the day a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. Photo: Reuters","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/20","ph_fname":"P01-250120-326.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/P01-250120-326.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/20\/thumbs\/P01-250120-326.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"NEW YORK PRINCIPLES: ","ar_byline":"By Jake Chung ","ar_views":"1470","ar_id":"2003830459","ar_sbhdbody":"Washington is committed to working with allies to ensure the security of undersea cable infrastructure, a US Department of State spokesperson said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-19","ar_head":"US concerned over damaged cables","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The US Department of State has expressed concern over the recent severance of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and near Taiwan, urging all sides involved to collaborate with investigators. The US is closely following reports of undersea cables being damaged in multiple areas, including in the Balti","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/19\/2003830459","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830459","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Chinese bulk carrier <i>Yi Peng 3<\/i> sails under the Great Belt Bridge in Korsor, Denmark, on Nov. 19 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/19","ph_fname":"p01-250119-332.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/p01-250119-332.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/thumbs\/p01-250119-332.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1338","ar_id":"2003830460","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-19","ar_head":"MOFA rebuts \u2018erroneous\u2019 sovereignty claim by Xi","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday called out China for its \u201cerroneous claim\u201d about Taiwan and reaffirmed its stance that the country is sovereign and independent.The ministry\u2019s response followed remarks Chinese President Xi Jinping (\u7fd2\u8fd1\u5e73) made regarding Taiwan\u2019s sovereignty during his ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/19\/2003830460","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830460","ph_attr":"Photo: Yang Cheng-yu, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs\u2019 logo is pictured in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/19","ph_fname":"p01-250119-taiwan.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/p01-250119-taiwan.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/thumbs\/p01-250119-taiwan.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"EXPRESSING GRATITUDE: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"6491","ar_id":"2003830461","ar_sbhdbody":"Without its Taiwanese partners which are \u2018working around the clock,\u2019 Nvidia could not meet AI demand, CEO Jensen Huang said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-19","ar_head":"TSMC and Nvidia team up on silicon photonics, CEO Jensen Huang says","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, \u53f0\u7a4d\u96fb) and US-based artificial intelligence (AI) chip designer Nvidia Corp have partnered with each other on silicon photonics development, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang (\u9ec3\u4ec1\u52f3) said. Speaking with reporters after he met with TSMC chairman C.C. Wei (\u9b4f\u54f2\u5bb6","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/19\/2003830461","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830461","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co chairman and CEO C.C. Wei, front left, looks on as Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, front right, speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/19","ph_fname":"p01-250119-604.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/p01-250119-604.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/thumbs\/p01-250119-604.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"414","ar_id":"2003830462","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-19","ar_head":"Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire deal","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Israel\u2019s Cabinet yesterday voted to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The ceasefire, set to begin today, would halt fighting and bombardment in Gaza\u2019s deadliest-ever war. It would also enable the release of hostages held ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/19\/2003830462","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830462","ph_attr":"Photo: The Israeli Government Press Office via AFP","ph_cap":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fifth right, heads a security Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem  on Friday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/19","ph_fname":"p01-250119-312.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/p01-250119-312.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/thumbs\/p01-250119-312.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"475","ar_id":"2003830463","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-19","ar_head":"S Korea\u2019s Yoon Suk-yeol in court","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was in court for the first time yesterday for a crucial hearing that would decide whether to extend his detention as investigators probe his failed martial law bid. Yoon\u2019s supporters rallied outside the court and scuffled with police as he arrived in a ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/19\/2003830463","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830463","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A blue van believed to be transporting impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Seoul Western District Court yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/19","ph_fname":"p01-250119-315.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/p01-250119-315.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/19\/thumbs\/p01-250119-315.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"SHARED VALUES: ","ar_byline":"By Su Yung-yao and Jake Chung ","ar_views":"1567","ar_id":"2003830412","ar_sbhdbody":"The US, Taiwan and other allies hope to maintain the cross-strait \u2018status quo\u2019 to foster regional prosperity and growth, the former US vice president said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-18","ar_head":"Pence backs strong US-Taiwan ties","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Former US vice president Mike Pence yesterday vowed to continue to support US-Taiwan relations, and to defend the security and interests of both countries and the free world.At a meeting with President William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Pence said that the US and Taiwan enjoy st","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/18\/2003830412","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830412","ph_attr":"Photo: Screen grab from the Presidential Office\u2019s Flickr page","ph_cap":"Former US vice president Mike Pence, left, and  President William Lai, right, meet at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/18","ph_fname":"p01-250118-pence1.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/p01-250118-pence1.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/thumbs\/p01-250118-pence1.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"STRATEGIC SHIFT:","ar_byline":"By Lo Tien-pin and Sam Garcia ","ar_views":"1396","ar_id":"2003830413","ar_sbhdbody":" While the US has a history of sending military instructors and special operations teams to Taiwan, it is the first time it has officially announced such a mission","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-18","ar_head":"Taiwan, US ink specialized naval training program","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan and the US have signed a two-year specialized training program for the local navy, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday, in an unexpected announcement confirming US training.The US has a history of stationing military instructors and special operations teams in Taiwan to quietly as","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/18\/2003830413","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830413","ph_attr":"Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters","ph_cap":"Taiwan\u2019s national flag flutters as a vessel participates in a navy drill ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Kaohsiung on Jan. 2, 2021.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/18","ph_fname":"p01-250118-defense.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/p01-250118-defense.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/thumbs\/p01-250118-defense.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"408","ar_id":"2003830414","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-18","ar_head":"Israel\u2019s security Cabinet meets to vote on truce deal","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Israel\u2019s security Cabinet yesterday convened to vote on a ceasefire deal after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants there.Mediators Qatar and the US anno","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/18\/2003830414","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830414","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"A woman walks past photographs of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem yesterday. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/18","ph_fname":"p01-250118-322.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/p01-250118-322.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/thumbs\/p01-250118-322.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"503","ar_id":"2003830415","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-18","ar_head":"Russia, Iran leaders meet to ink partnership treaty","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The presidents of Russia and Iran yesterday opened their talks in the Kremlin before signing a broad cooperation pact.The Kremlin said that the \u201ccomprehensive strategic partnership treaty\u201d to be signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, covers all are","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/18\/2003830415","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830415","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/18","ph_fname":"p01-250118-324.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/p01-250118-324.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/thumbs\/p01-250118-324.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung","ar_views":"672","ar_id":"2003830416","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-18","ar_head":"Holiday traffic advisory unveiled","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Holiday traffic advisory unveiledThe Ministry of Transportation and Communications has issued a series of measures and recommended transportation routes to ensure smoother traffic during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday starting on Saturday next week.The usual measures \u2014 traffic control, priority","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/18\/2003830416","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830416","ph_attr":"Photo: Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Vehicles drive along a section of Chiang Wei-shui Memorial Freeway (Freeway No. 5) in New Taipei City\u2019s Pinglin District in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/18","ph_fname":"p01-250118-motc.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/p01-250118-motc.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/18\/thumbs\/p01-250118-motc.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"\u2019TAIWAN\u2019S VOICE\u2019","ar_byline":"By Lery Hiciano","ar_views":"1357","ar_id":"2003830347","ar_sbhdbody":"The group, led by the KMT\u2019s Han Kuo-yu, projects unity to the outside world, to contribute to deepening ties with the US, the president said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-17","ar_head":"Lai stresses unity for delegation\u2019s US trip","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"President William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) yesterday stressed unity despite domestic political differences as he received the delegation that is to attend the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump at the Presidential Office in Taipei.A cross-party delegation led by Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (\u97d3\u570b\u745c) is","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/2003830347","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830347","ph_attr":"Photo: screen grab from the Presidential Office livestream","ph_cap":"President William Lai, left, hands a gift to Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/17","ph_fname":"p01-250117-002.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/p01-250117-002.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/thumbs\/p01-250117-002.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1453","ar_id":"2003830348","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-17","ar_head":"Marco Rubio says China is \u2018biggest threat\u2019 to US","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"US Senator Marco Rubio, US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of state, on Wednesday said that a \u201cdangerous\u201d China cheated its way to superpower status, as he vowed to ramp up support to deter an invasion of Taiwan.Rubio laid out his worldview to fellow senators at a confirmation h","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/2003830348","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830348","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"US Senator Marco Rubio, US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of state, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Wednesday. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/17","ph_fname":"p01-250117-326.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/p01-250117-326.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/thumbs\/p01-250117-326.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger","ar_views":"1089","ar_id":"2003830349","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-17","ar_head":"US House passes Taiwan-US double taxation relief act","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The US House of Representatives yesterday passed the US-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act by a 423 to 1 vote.The bill is to be first sent to the US Senate to vote on before being sent to the US president for his signature to be passed into legislation.The act would first exempt taxation for qua","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/2003830349","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830349","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"The US Capitol Building is pictured in Washington on Dec. 29, 2020.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/17","ph_fname":"p01-250117-bill.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/p01-250117-bill.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/thumbs\/p01-250117-bill.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"MADE IN TAIWAN: ","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger","ar_views":"648","ar_id":"2003830350","ar_sbhdbody":"The probe was launched aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 2 Resilience lunar lander developed by Japanese start-up ispace Inc on a SpaceX rocket in Florida","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-17","ar_head":"Nation\u2019s first lunar probe successfully launched, expected on moon in May","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"A Deep Space Radiation Probe developed by National Central University\u2019s Department of Space Science and Engineering was successfully launched into space on Wednesday.Taiwan\u2019s first lunar mission is expected to land on the moon in four months.The probe was launched aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 2 Resil","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/2003830350","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830350","ph_attr":"Photo: screen grab from NASA livestream","ph_cap":"National Central University\u2019s Deep Space Radiation Probe is launched via SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 Rocket in Florida on Wednesday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/17","ph_fname":"p01-250117-003.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/p01-250117-003.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/thumbs\/p01-250117-003.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"484","ar_id":"2003830351","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-17","ar_head":"Hamas demands holding up truce, Netanyahu says","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that a \u201clast-minute crisis\u201d with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of people across the","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/17\/2003830351","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830351","ph_attr":" Photo: AP ","ph_cap":"Smoke rises behind destroyed buildings by Israeli bombardments as seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel on Thursday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/17","ph_fname":"p01-250117-329.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/p01-250117-329.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/17\/thumbs\/p01-250117-329.jpg"}}]