NO CHANGE: The TRA makes clear that the US does not consider the status of Taiwan to have been determined by WWII-era documents, a former AIT deputy director said
The American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) comments that World War-II era documents do not determine Taiwan’s political status accurately conveyed the US’ stance, the US Department of State said.An AIT spokesperson on Saturday said that a Chinese official mischaracterized World War II-era documents as
The Taipei District Court yesterday again approved bail for former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and Taipei City Councilor Ying Hsiao-wei (應曉薇), keeping their original bails of NT$70 million and NT$40 million (US$2.32 million and US$1.32 million) respectively.The ruling follows a decision by the High
MORE SLEEP: Research has shown that the biological clock of junior-high and high-school students lends itself to getting up after 8am, a psychiatrist said
A citizen-initiated petition to delay junior-high and high-school class starting times to 10am has gained more than 10,000 signatures in less than a week, prompting the Ministry of Education yesterday to announce that it would review the proposal and reply within two months.Most junior-high and high
The US, South Korea and Japan yesterday commenced an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.”The exercise called Freedom Edge is aimed at strengthening the countries’ combined operational capabilities in t
A defense deal to be signed this week could see troops from Papua New Guinea (PNG) serve in the Australian military, Canberra said yesterday, the pact seen as an attempt to counter Beijing’s rising Pacific influence.The fresh defense agreement is scheduled to be signed by Australian Prime Minister A
FIVE PILLARS: The forum would cover key defense topics of civil training, strategic supplies, infrastructure security, transport and communications, and finance security
The Presidential Office’s Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee is to host its first international forum on Saturday, with more than 20 foreign experts and representatives expected to attend, a source said yesterday.The event, titled “Resilient Taiwan, Sustainable Democracy,” marks the commi
CATCHING UP: As demand for nuclear energy specialists has declined, the nuclear research agency would send researchers to the US, Europe and Japan to study
The Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) plans to launch a four-year project to develop small modular reactor (SMR) and micro modular reactor technologies, an official familiar with the matter said. Before the four-year project, which is estimated to cost NT$800 million (US$26.45 million), the commission
Taiwanese speedskater Kuo Li- yang (郭立陽) on Saturday won a gold medal in the men’s 200m dual time track final at this year’s Speed Skating World Championships held in Beidaihe, China.With a time of 17.599 seconds, the 22-year-old skater’s win marked Taiwan’s first-ever gold medal in the tournament.“
Taiwan’s Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) won gold at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in the United Kingdom on Sunday, by defeating Yoseline Perez of the United States in the finals of the women’s 54-kilogram competition.Huang defeated Perez 4-1 over three rounds, with just on
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel yesterday, as Israel intensified its attacks against northern Gaza, flattening another high-rise building and killing at least 12 Palestinians.Rubio said ahead of the trip that he would be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see t
Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country’s airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense said.Romanian Minister of National Defense Ionut Mosteanu said that F-16 pilots came close to taking
IMPORTANT BACKER: China seeks to expel US influence from the Indo-Pacific region and supplant Washington as the global leader, MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng said
China is preparing for war to seize Taiwan, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said in Washington on Friday, warning that Taiwan’s fall would trigger a regional “domino effect” endangering US security.In a speech titled “Maintaining the Peaceful and Stable Status Quo Acros
LEGAL WARFARE: An AIT spokesperson said Beijing is twisting WWII-era documents to advance false narratives and isolate Taiwan diplomatically
China is misrepresenting the Cairo Declaration and other World War II-era documents to support its coercive actions toward Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said on Friday.On Sept. 3, Beijing staged a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, promoting a n
Taiwan is projected to lose a working-age population of about 6.67 million people in two waves of retirement in the coming years, as the nation confronts accelerating demographic decline and a shortage of younger workers to take their place, the Ministry of the Interior said.Taiwan experienced its l
The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk pledged on Friday to carry on her husband’s work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured. Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down US President Donald Trump
Newly appointed Nepalese Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki began work yesterday by visiting young protesters wounded in the deadly anti-corruption rallies that ousted her predecessor.Karki, a 73-year-old former chief justice, was tasked a day earlier with restoring order and addressing protesters
SHARED TIES: Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung and other officials joined Czech officials at the National Palace Museum’s ‘100 Treasures, 100 Stories’ exhibition in Prague
Taiwanese and Czech officials gathered at the National Museum of the Czech Republic in Prague yesterday for the opening of a National Palace Museum (NPM) exhibition.Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠), NPM director Hsiao Tsung-huang (蕭宗煌) and a delegatio
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) plans to seek up to a record US$33 billion in special funding to upgrade the nation’s defenses against a potential Chinese attack, a senior lawmaker told AFP.As Beijing ramps up its military pressure, Taiwan over the past few recent years has responded by boost
FULLY AWARE: The PLA aircraft carrier’s transit through the Strait coincided with US Marine and Japanese forces exercises in Okinawa testing advanced anti-ship weapons
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday said it had deployed joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to track the movements of China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, as it transited the Taiwan Strait en route to the South China Sea.The military said the measures were
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