The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed a non-binding resolution calling for the phaseout of coal use at the Taichung Power Plant by 2028.The motion, introduced by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Lo Ting-wei (羅廷瑋), Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪), Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔) and Hs
Anyone who has worked with a foreign enemy against Taiwan should receive the most severe punishment the state can mete out, the Presidential Office said yesterday, following a report that a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staffer’s cellphone contained a Chinese spying app.The government urgently
LANDSLIDE? An exit poll showed Lee Jae-myung with 51.7% of the vote against 19.3% for Kim Moon-soo, who served under ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the left-leaning Democratic Party appeared on track to win the election by a landslide, exit polls showed yesterday, with turnout high after months of political chaos.Six months to the day after former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol plunged
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee (李家超) yesterday said that China’s recent removal of its top representative in the territory, known for his hardline policies on national security, had been a “normal” personnel change.In a surprise development, China announced late on Friday that Zheng Yanxiong (鄭雁
INDO-PACIFIC REGION: Royal Navy ships exercise the right of freedom of navigation, including in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, the UK’s Tony Radakin told a summit
Freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region is as important as it is in the English Channel, British Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Tony Radakin said at a summit in Singapore on Saturday.The remark came as the British Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, the HMS Prince of Wales, is on an
‘ABUSE OF POWER’: Lee Chun-yi allegedly used a Control Yuan vehicle to transport his dog to a pet grooming salon and take his wife to restaurants, media reports said
Control Yuan Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋) resigned on Sunday night, admitting that he had misused a government vehicle, as reported by the media. Control Yuan Vice President Lee Hung-chun (李鴻鈞) yesterday apologized to the public over the issue. The watchdog body would follow up on similar acc
DISPUTE: The sports body blasted the table tennis association for barring an athlete from playing in a US competition and demanded an apology
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) has instructed the Sports Administration to assist and protect national athletes and their coaches after the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association unilaterally barred a table tennis player from participating in the US Smash competition next month.The association in April
Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki won Poland’s presidential election, official results showed yesterday, in a major blow for the pro-EU government.The 42-year-old fan of US President Donald Trump scored 50.9 percent of the vote in Sunday’s runoff in the highly polarized NATO and EU nation.His 53-
The UK yesterday announced that it would build 12 new attack submarines as it launched a major defense review to move the country to “war-fighting readiness” in the face of “Russian aggression” and the changing nature of conflict.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that “the threat we now fac
BEIJING’S ‘PAWN’: ‘We, as Chinese, should never forget our roots, history, culture,’ Want Want Holdings general manager Tsai Wang-ting said at a summit in China
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday condemned Want Want China Times Media Group (旺旺中時媒體集團) for making comments at the Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit that it said have damaged Taiwan’s sovereignty, adding that it would investigate if the group had colluded with China in the matter and c
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY: If Ukraine were to fall, it would have a ripple effect in Asia and could embolden China, the Lithuanian minister of national defense said
The outcome of the war in Ukraine could have consequences for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Dovile Sakaliene said at the Shangri-La Dialogue yesterday, echoing statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron advocating for greater European engagement
The army is to take possession of an additional 42 US-made M1A2T Abrams tanks before the end of the month, and would hold live-fire drills with its existing Abrams tanks from June 18 to 27, a source said yesterday. The army received 38 of the tanks last year, and would hold drills with them at its s
Seven people were killed and dozens injured after bridges in two separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine collapsed overnight, officials said yesterday, with rail authorities blaming at least one incident on “illegal interference.” In Russia’s Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, a road bridge collap
The US sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal that the White House said is “acceptable” and in its “best interest” to accept, US media reported on Saturday. It came shortly after a UN report said Iran had stepped up production of highly enriched uranium. Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Ar
A PRIORITY THEATER: The secretary of defense reaffirmed the US’ commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and said it would not allow China to control or dominate it
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth yesterday warned that any Chinese attempt to use force against Taiwan would have consequences far beyond the Indo-Pacific region, calling for coordinated regional efforts to deter aggression and ensure stability.“Every day, China’s military harasses Taiwan. These
Taiwan should regulate contacts between online influencers and Chinese officials to prevent harm to national interests, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) said yesterday.The government has the authority to ban Taiwanese from forming quid pro quo relationships with Chinese
Five national universities are expected to establish six research centers in areas of national focus as part of the Ministry of Education’s goal of attracting international talent and supporting local academics to improve Taiwan’s academic competitive edge internationally.The centers will begin attr
CAUTION: An admiral said the US should not get into a shipbuilding arms race and must instead focus on building high-end, capable, large payload volume ships
The US Navy would start fielding an anti-ship version of its Tomahawk cruise missile on destroyers by late September in what US Fleet Forces Command Admiral Daryl Caudle sees as a “game-changer” against a numerically superior Chinese fleet. An anti-ship version of the US’ best-known non-nuclear miss
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he wanted to assure Chinese international students in the country that they would be fine amid his administration’s crackdown on academia.Trump’s administration this week said it would specifically target permissions for Chinese students in its
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