‘GLOBAL INTEREST’: Taiwan is a guardian of stability in the region, and defending the ROC’s status does not equate to pursuing ‘independence,’ the president said
The meaning of Taiwanese independence is that “Taiwan is not part of the People’s Republic of China [PRC]” and that “the Republic of China [ROC] and the PRC are not subordinate to each other,” President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Lai made the remarks at a youth forum for the Democratic Progres
RESILIENCE: Although the door to the world is closed, Taiwan built its own stage to showcase its healthcare advancements, foreign minister Lin Chia-lung said
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday said he arrived in Geneva to attend activities Taiwan is staging in the country to coincide with the World Health Assembly (WHA).Lin is the first Taiwanese foreign minister to visit the Swiss city during the annual gathering. The minister wro
The subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) in Kumamoto, Japan, turned a profit in the first quarter of this year, marking the first time the first fab of the unit has become profitable since mass production started at the end of 2024.According to the contract chipmaker’s fin
The WHO yesterday declared an international health emergency over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine.Fears of further spread grew when a laboratory yesterday confirmed a case in the major ea
A huge wave of more than 500 Ukrainian drones attacked Russia overnight, killing four people in the Moscow region, authorities said yesterday.Air defenses shot down 556 drones in more than a dozen regions, including Moscow, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, in one of the largest Ukrainian barrag
SECURITY: Taipei presses the US for arms supplies, saying the arms sales are not only a reflection of the US security commitment to Taiwan but also serve as a mutual deterrent against regional threats
Taiwan is committed to preserving the cross-strait “status quo” and contributing to regional peace and stability, the Presidential Office said yesterday.“It is an undeniable fact that the Republic of China is a sovereign and independent democratic nation,” Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo (
US Republican and Democratic lawmakers have urged US President Donald Trump’s administration to continue with weapons sales to Taiwan after Trump on Friday said he has not made a decision on whether to move forward with an arms package for the nation.Trump made the statement en route to Washington a
GLOBAL STANDARDS: Taiwan would be watching the Radiocommunication Conference and developments abroad for internationally acknowledged bands, Chen Wei-cheng said
Taiwan has begun planning for 6G, with a spectrum strategy expected to be proposed by the end of this year, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said yesterday.The government has been examining next-generation communication spectrums and techniques in preparation for 6G commercial operations, Department
Israel yesterday launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon, despite the extension of the truce between the two countries.Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine villages. The continuing bombardment has only increased skep
A senior Islamic State (IS) group leader has been killed in a joint operation by US and Nigerian forces in the west African country, the two countries’ presidents said.Under US sanctions since 2023, Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was the second-in-command of IS worldwide, according to US President Donald Trump
US-CHINA SUMMIT: MOFA welcomed US reassurance of no change in its Taiwan policy; Trump said he did not comment when Xi talked of opposing independence
US President Donald Trump yesterday said he has not made a decision on whether to move forward with a major arms package for Taiwan after hearing concerns about it from Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).Trump’s comments on Taiwan came as he flew back to Washington after wrapping up critical talks i
US President Donald Trump said he had made “fantastic trade deals” and settled “a lot of different problems” in his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) this week, but hours after the summit ended yesterday, details on exact agreements remained scarce.Trump had arrived in Beijing seeking
A bipartisan group of 26 US lawmakers on Thursday sent a letter to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressing “serious concern” over Taiwan’s exclusion from a ministerial conference in Cameroon in March.The letter — signed by US representatives including Ted Lieu, Judy Chu, Ami Bera and Raj
The legislative caucuses yesterday agreed to invite Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) to present a special report on Tuesday on preparations for the first tranche of procurement authorized by a special defense budget act, Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday.The legislature on May
‘SEISMIC SHIFT’: Matthew Wale is likely to be ‘more moderate’ on China ties and focused on national interests, education and health, an academic said
Solomon Islands yesterday elected as its new prime minister Matthew Wale, who has been a critic of the South Pacific nation’s closeness to China and pledged to bring change.The Solomons has been seen as one of Beijing’s closest Pacific islands partners in the past few years, and any change of leader
TAIWAN ISSUE: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on the first day of meetings that ‘it wouldn’t be a US-China summit without the Taiwan issue coming up’
There were no surprises on the first day of the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday, as the government reiterated that cross-strait stability is crucial to the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the world.As
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday said in Beijing that US policy on Taiwan has not changed, following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).“US policy on the issue of Taiwan is unchanged as of today and as of the meeting that we had here today,
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) yesterday met in Beijing for talks, discussing economic cooperation, the Iran war and other issues.The pair met for about two hours behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People and discussed trade and other issues.Trump told Xi
DRONE ISSUES: A defense official said that the legislature’s downsized budget would cut funding for person-portable counterdrone systems
The Cabinet is considering ways to fund key weapons programs excluded from a supplementary budget bill passed by the legislature last week, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday.The options include proposing another supplementary budget or increasing the Ministry of National Defense’s annual bud
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