The High Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted seven people — a man from Hong Kong and six former and active military service members — on charges of spying for China.Ting Hsiao-hu (丁小琥), a Chinese man who holds Hong Kong residency, entered Taiwan multiple times on business and tourist visas to dev
Fraud reports last month reached 13,673, with losses totaling more than NT$6 billion (US$192.2 million), the National Police Agency’s anti-fraud dashboard showed. According to the National Police Agency, among the total of 13,673 fraud cases handled last month, the most common was “online shopping f
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for Hamas to be expelled from the region, a day after the UN Security Council endorsed US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war that offers the Palestinian militant group amnesty.Netanyahu publicly endorsed the plan during a White Hou
TAIWAN ROW: Beijing vowed to ‘protect the safety’ of foreigners, as Tokyo told its citizens to avoid crowded areas or places identified as frequented by Japanese
Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds, as a diplomatic row spirals over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan.The escalating spat has already seen Beijing advise Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan and hit To
‘TROUBLEMAKER’: Most countries believe that it is China — rather than Taiwan — that is undermining regional peace and stability with its coercive tactics, the president said
China should restrain itself and refrain from being a troublemaker that sabotages peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Lai made the remarks after China Coast Guard vessels sailed into disputed waters off the Senkaku Islands — known as the Diaoyut
The Ministry of Economic Affairs said it plans to revise the export control list for strategic high-tech products by adding 18 items under three categories — advanced 3D printing equipment, advanced semiconductor equipment and quantum computers — which would require local manufacturers to obtain li
BILINGUAL EDUCATION: Taiwan is the first non-English-speaking nation to have English as a medium of instruction coursework recognized by top schools
University students who complete enough courses taught in English may apply to partner universities in the US without needing to provide English-language test scores, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said yesterday. If a student has taken enough courses with English as a medium of instruction (EMI),
China is escalating its confrontation with Tokyo over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, with state media threatening major countermeasures after Beijing’s travel warnings raised the specter of economic retribution.Yuyuantantian, a social media account linked to China’s sta
Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday, a major political blow to the US-friendly Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa. With three-quarters of the vote counted, about 60 percent of Ecuadorans had voted “no” to lifting a longstanding ban
MISINFORMATION: The generated content tends to adopt China’s official stance, such as ‘Taiwan is currently governed by the Chinese central government,’ the NSB said
Five China-developed artificial intelligence (AI) language models exhibit cybersecurity risks and content biases, an inspection conducted by the National Security Bureau (NSB) showed. The five AI tools are: DeepSeek, Doubao (豆包), Yiyan (文心一言), Tongyi (通義千問) and Yuanbao (騰訊元寶), the bureau said, advis
DISPUTE: A Chinese official prompted a formal protest from Tokyo by saying that ‘the dirty head that sticks itself out must be cut off,’ after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Four armed China Coast Guard vessels yesterday morning sailed through disputed waters controlled by Japan, amid a diplomatic spat following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. The four ships sailed around the Senkaku Islands — known as the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) to Taiwan,
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) has lost representatives from three member countries due to coercion from China, IPAC cofounder and executive director Luke de Pulford said on Saturday, adding that Beijing is using direct diplomatic coercion to deter international support for Taiwan.
A dedicated, child-centered agency supporting children’s physical and mental health development would be established under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday during his opening remarks at the Healthy Taiwan Sustainability Forum at National Taiwan Universit
The US wants South Korea to eventually deploy its newly approved nuclear-powered submarines to help counter China’s rapidly expanding fleet, a top US admiral said, calling it a responsibility expected of a key ally. “Utilization of that submarine for countering China, I think is a natural expectatio
CHECKING BOUNDARIES: China wants to disrupt solidarity among democracies and test their red lines, but it is instead pushing nations to become more united, an expert said
The US Department of State on Friday expressed deep concern over a Chinese public security agency’s investigation into Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) for “secession.”“China’s actions threaten free speech and erode norms that have underpinned the cross-strait ‘status quo’ for decades,” a US Department of
The Presidential Office yesterday accused Beijing of saber-rattling at Japan for political gain, hours after Chinese maritime authorities said it would conduct live-fire missile drills in the Yellow Sea.The Chinese People’s Liberation Army tomorrow through Thursday would conduct missile tests with l
About 40,000 eggs contaminated with pesticide residue have entered the market from a farm in Changhua County despite the farm being subject to “movement control” by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said, adding that it has demanded clarification from local agricult
Japan raised objections yesterday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down.The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary
UNANSWERED ISSUES: There were questions about the plan, such as the role of the Palestinian Authority and details regarding the ISF’s mandate, sources said
The UN Security Council is to vote today on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.The US last week officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year war between Israel and
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