[{"ar_sbhdtease":"QUIET START: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"4416","ar_id":"2003829771","ar_sbhdbody":"Nearly a week after applications opened, agencies did not announce or promote the program, nor did they explain how it differed from other visitor visas","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"Taiwan launches \u2018digital nomad\u2019 visa","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan has launched a six-month \u201cdigital nomad visitor visa\u201d program for foreign nationals from its list of visa-exempt countries who meet financial eligibility criteria and provide proof of work contracts.To apply, foreign nationals must either provide proof that they have obtained a digital nomad ","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829771","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829771","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"National Development Council Minister Paul Liu, third left, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, third right, and other guests attend an event in Tainan on Dec. 20 last year to promote the new \u201cdigital nomad visa.\u201d","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/07","ph_fname":"P01-250107-602.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/P01-250107-602.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/thumbs\/P01-250107-602.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"UNITY MESSAGE: ","ar_byline":"By Shelley Shan","ar_views":"2169","ar_id":"2003829772","ar_sbhdbody":"Rather than focusing on what Trump said on the campaign trail about Taiwan, Taipei should be willing to engage with the US, Pompeo said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"Trump to keep Taiwan-focused policy: Pompeo","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan plays a key role in Washington\u2019s model of deterrence against China, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a speech in Taipei yesterday.During US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s first term, \u201cwe had developed what we believe was a pretty effective model of deterrence against adversari","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829772","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829772","ph_attr":"Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo speaks at a forum hosted by the Formosa Republican Association in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/07","ph_fname":"P01-250107-006.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/P01-250107-006.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/thumbs\/P01-250107-006.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Yu-fu and Lery Hiciano","ar_views":"960","ar_id":"2003829773","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"CCP pays rewards for \u2018united front\u2019 efforts, rapper says","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwanese rapper Chen Po-yuan (\u9673\u67cf\u6e90) has revealed a document purported to be from within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) describing a program to offer cash rewards to people who act as an intermediary to recruit Taiwanese to open businesses in China\u2019s Fujian Province.On Sunday night, Chen, whose st","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829773","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829773","ph_attr":"Photo: Screen grab from Chen Po-yuan\u2019s YouTube channel","ph_cap":"Taiwanese rapper Chen Po-yuan displays a document purported to be from the Chinese Communist Party in a video posted online.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/07","ph_fname":"P01-250107-005.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/P01-250107-005.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/thumbs\/P01-250107-005.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"569","ar_id":"2003829774","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"Trudeau likely to announce resignation, source says","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was last night after press time to announce he would step down as Liberal Party leader, but stay on until a replacement is chosen, CBC News reported yesterday, citing sources.Trudeau was due to hold a news conference at 3:45pm GMT, it said.After a Globe and Mai","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829774","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829774","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures as he addresses the Liberal Party caucus meeting in Ottawa on Dec. 16 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/07","ph_fname":"P01-250107-323.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/P01-250107-323.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/thumbs\/P01-250107-323.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"637","ar_id":"2003829775","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"Pyongyang fires missile as Blinken warns of Russia ties","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"North Korea yesterday fired a missile as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea, where he warned that Pyongyang was working ever more closely with Russia on advanced space technology.Blinken\u2019s trip came as investigators were trying to arrest South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, wh","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829775","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829775","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"A person at a station in Seoul stands in front of a television showing news about a North Korean missile launch yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/07","ph_fname":"P01-250107-322.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/P01-250107-322.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/07\/thumbs\/P01-250107-322.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"INCREASING THREAT:","ar_byline":"By Aaron Tu and Sam Garcia","ar_views":"1519","ar_id":"2003829709","ar_sbhdbody":"Beijing continues to escalate its cyberattacks targeting Taiwan, employing diverse hacking techniques, the National Security Bureau said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-06","ar_head":"Chinese cyberattacks doubled last year","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taiwan faced twice as many cyberattacks per day last year compared with the previous year, with the majority attributed to Chinese cyberforces, the National Security Bureau (NSB) said in its latest report. The government service network registered a daily average of 2.4 million cyberattacks last yea","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/2003829709","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829709","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"A person types on a laptop with binary numbers displayed in front of the Chinese flag on Aug. 19, 2022.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/06","ph_fname":"P01-250106-328.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/P01-250106-328.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/thumbs\/P01-250106-328.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Esme Yeh","ar_views":"1318","ar_id":"2003829710","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-06","ar_head":"Ministry mulls banning ownership of 955 animals","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday said it is planning to ban the ownership or importation of 955 more animals, including racoons and alligator snapping turtles. The Department of Animal Welfare in a meeting on Friday discussed amendments to the ministry\u2019s List of Animals Banned from Being Owned,","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/2003829710","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829710","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of the Animal Disease Control Center of Changhua County","ph_cap":"A Burmese python is pictured in Changhua County on Sept. 23 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/06","ph_fname":"P01-250106-608.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/P01-250106-608.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/thumbs\/P01-250106-608.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1303","ar_id":"2003829711","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-06","ar_head":"Hon Hai says it is partnering with Nvidia to develop humanoid robots","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (\u9d3b\u6d77\u7cbe\u5bc6) is partnering with US artificial intelligence (AI) chip designer Nvidia Corp to develop humanoid robots, chairman Young Liu (\u5289\u63da\u5049) said on the sidelines of the Kaohsiung Smart City meeting on Friday.The company is adopting Nvidia\u2019s software technologies and hardwa","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/2003829711","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829711","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Hon Hai Precision Industry Co chairman Young Liu speaks at the Kaohsiung Smart City meeting on Friday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/06","ph_fname":"P01-250106-605.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/P01-250106-605.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/thumbs\/P01-250106-605.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"MIDEAST CONFLICT: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"686","ar_id":"2003829712","ar_sbhdbody":"An armed wing of Hamas on Saturday released a video of Liri Albag, an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its attack on Oct. 7, 2023","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-06","ar_head":"Biden administration announces US$8bn arms sale to Israel","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The administration of US President Joe Biden has notified the US Congress of a planned US$8 billion arms sale to Israel, a source familiar with the plan said on Saturday. The US State Department \u201chas informally notified Congress of an US$8 billion proposed sale of munitions to support Israel\u2019s long-","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/2003829712","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829712","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Israeli police officers remove a protester during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza by Palestinian militants, outside the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on Saturday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/06","ph_fname":"P01-250106-333.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/P01-250106-333.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/thumbs\/P01-250106-333.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"602","ar_id":"2003829713","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-06","ar_head":"South Koreans keep protesting amid snowstorm","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Thousands of South Koreans braved a snowstorm yesterday to rally in support or opposition of President Yoon Suk-yeol, suspended over a failed martial law bid and resisting arrest a day before the warrant expires. Yoon plunged the country into political chaos last month with the bungled martial law d","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/2003829713","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829713","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"An effigy of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is pictured during a rally against him in Seoul yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/06","ph_fname":"P01-250106-334.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/P01-250106-334.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/06\/thumbs\/P01-250106-334.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"MODERN ISSUE: ","ar_byline":"By Rachel Lin and Esme Yeh ","ar_views":"1485","ar_id":"2003829661","ar_sbhdbody":"Smartphone addiction can harm learning, and many countries have promulgated regulations limiting students\u2019 mobile phone use, a legislator said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-05","ar_head":"Ministry mulls cellphone ban at schools","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Ministry of Education yesterday said it plans to propose a regulation banning students\u2019 use of mobile phones on campus except for learning or emergencies. The legislature in October last year held a public hearing, in which mandatory regulations on smartphone use at schools were suggested, as te","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/05\/2003829661","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829661","ph_attr":"Photo: Hung Mei-hsiu, Taipei Times ","ph_cap":"Students put their smartphones in lockers at the Yu-hsien Junior-High School in Hsinchu City on Thursday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/05","ph_fname":"p01-250105-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/p01-250105-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/thumbs\/p01-250105-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"ANNOUNCEMENT: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"3942","ar_id":"2003829662","ar_sbhdbody":"People who do not comply with the ban after a spoken warning would be reported to the police, the airport company said on Friday","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-05","ar_head":"Taoyuan airport bans use of scooter-suitcases","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Taoyuan International Airport Corp on Friday announced that riding on vehicles, including scooter-suitcases (also known as \u201cscootcases\u201d), bicycles, scooters and skateboards, is prohibited in the airport\u2019s terminals. Those using such vehicles should manually pull them or place them on luggage trolley","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/05\/2003829662","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829662","ph_attr":"Photo: Screen grab from Taoyuan International Airport Corp\u2019s Facebook page ","ph_cap":"A poster with a sign showing that riding of motorized luggage is banned is pictured in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/05","ph_fname":"p01-250105-Newban.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/p01-250105-Newban.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/thumbs\/p01-250105-Newban.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"512","ar_id":"2003829663","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-05","ar_head":"Johnson wins re-election as US House speaker","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Republican Mike Johnson won re-election as US House of Representatives speaker, overcoming resistance from a small but pivotal group of conservative hardliners after a flurry of last-minute talks and with the help of a critical endorsement from US president-elect Donald Trump. Johnson won a majority","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/05\/2003829663","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829663","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"US Representative Mike Johnson is sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives after being re-elected at the US Capitol in Washington on Friday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/05","ph_fname":"p01-250105-305.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/p01-250105-305.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/thumbs\/p01-250105-305.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"598","ar_id":"2003829664","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-05","ar_head":"Yoon Suk-yeol resists arrest as two camps protest","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital yesterday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment. The country has been plunged into political chaos since last m","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/05\/2003829664","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829664","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A participant sings during a rally in support of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/05","ph_fname":"p01-250105-330.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/p01-250105-330.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/thumbs\/p01-250105-330.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"673","ar_id":"2003829665","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-05","ar_head":"US sanctions China-based hackers with ties to the Chinese government","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The US on Friday slapped sanctions on a Beijing-based hacking outfit with links to the Chinese government, accusing it of targeting \u201ccritical\u201d US government infrastructure. The US Department of the Treasury said it had targeted Integrity Technology Group Inc for its role in multiple attacks since 20","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/05\/2003829665","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829665","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters ","ph_cap":"A man uses a laptop as code is projected on him on May 13, 2017.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/05","ph_fname":"p01-250105-331.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/p01-250105-331.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/05\/thumbs\/p01-250105-331.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"FAKE NEWS: ","ar_byline":"By Fang Wei-li and Lery Hiciano","ar_views":"1193","ar_id":"2003829623","ar_sbhdbody":"Facebook remained the platform most susceptible to disinformation tactics by the Chinese Communist Party, with a 40% increase compared with 2023","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-04","ar_head":"Disinformation doubled last year: NSB","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The National Security Bureau (NSB) yesterday published its analysis of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) disinformation tactics last year, showing that disinformation doubled compared with 2023.CCP disinformation seeks to undermine confidence in Taiwan\u2019s military, US support for Taiwan and President Wil","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/04\/2003829623","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829623","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A Facebook \u2018military interest\u2019 page misrepresenting old photos and videos of army operations to falsely claim that Washington was helping Manila prepare for war is pictured in an illustration photo taken on Nov. 21 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/04","ph_fname":"p01-250104-318.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/p01-250104-318.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/thumbs\/p01-250104-318.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"ALLEGATIONS: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"1129","ar_id":"2003829624","ar_sbhdbody":"The CUPP is using a political party name as a cover for organized crime and its members endanger national security, stability and fair elections, the ministry said","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-04","ar_head":"Interior ministry to request that CUPP be dissolved","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Ministry of the Interior on Thursday said it would ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP).The ministry in a statement said that its Political Party Review Committee approved a resolution to seek the dissolution of the New Taipei City-based CUPP with","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/04\/2003829624","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829624","ph_attr":"Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Members of the China Unification Promotion Party call on the government to approve the use of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at a protest in Taipei on June 2, 2021.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/04","ph_fname":"p01-250104-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/p01-250104-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/thumbs\/p01-250104-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Wu Liang-yi and Jonathan Chin","ar_views":"900","ar_id":"2003829625","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-04","ar_head":"Lantern Festival features revealed by tourism office","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"The Tourism Administration yesterday said that artist Akibo Li\u2019s (\u674e\u660e\u9053) Paradise would be the featured installation at next month\u2019s Lantern Festival marking the Year of the Snake.The 36th edition of the festival is scheduled to take place from Feb. 12 to Feb. 23 in Taoyuan, officials told a news conf","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/04\/2003829625","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829625","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Children hold lanterns to be given out during the Lantern Festival in front of a model of the main festival\u2019s lantern during a news conference promoting the event yesterday in Taipei.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/04","ph_fname":"p01-250104-601.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/p01-250104-601.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/thumbs\/p01-250104-601.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"437","ar_id":"2003829626","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-04","ar_head":"At least 30 dead in Gaza as Israeli strikes continue","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"At least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight on Thursday and into yesterday morning, hospital staff said, as  sirens sounded across Israel and stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume.More than one dozen women and children were killed in strikes that hit","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/04\/2003829626","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829626","ph_attr":"Photo:  AFP","ph_cap":"Activists hold a silent demonstration to protest the killing of journalists and calling for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/04","ph_fname":"p01-250104-325.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/p01-250104-325.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/thumbs\/p01-250104-325.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"578","ar_id":"2003829627","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Front Page","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-04","ar_head":"South Korea\u2019s impeached president defies warrant","dp_urlname":"front","ar_desc":"South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol after a near-six-hour standoff, during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It is the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two head","ar_url":"News\/front\/archives\/2025\/01\/04\/2003829627","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829627","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"A protester holds a South Korean flag and a US flag during a rally near impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s official residence in Seoul yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/04","ph_fname":"p01-250104-324.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/p01-250104-324.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/04\/thumbs\/p01-250104-324.jpg"}}]