TRADE TALKS: Taipei met the treasury department’s criteria for trade and current account surpluses, and the US did not ask it to appreciate its currency
The US Department of the Treasury has retained Taiwan on its currency monitoring list, a move that reflects smooth communication between Taiwan and the US, and the absence of appreciation pressure on the New Taiwan dollar amid efforts to ease bilateral trade imbalances, the central bank said yesterd
Starting this year, June 15 is to be observed as Police Day, with all police agencies and academies granted the day off, the Ministry of the Interior announced yesterday.The move follows the Legislative Yuan’s passage last month of amendments to the Act on Implementing Memorial Days and State Holida
Americans considered the consequences yesterday of the spectacular split between Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, who threatened to strip the world’s richest man of his huge government contracts.Trump and Musk’s unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce on Thursday.The p
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and pursuing peace, even as Germany’s new chancellor appealed to him as the “key person in the world” who could halt the bloodshed by pressuring Russian Presiden
GROWING CLOSER: Arevalo said his administration was seeking to develop a new chapter in Taiwan-Guatemala relations with enhanced economic and trade cooperation
Taiwan and Guatemala yesterday signed two agreements to boost cooperation on semiconductors and establish a new mechanism for political consultations, as President William Lai (賴清德) met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo at the Presidential Office in Taipei.The two countries will continue to
WIDER VIEW: The scope of background checks would be expanded to include contacts with domestic groups that are suspected of being controlled by foreign forces
New amendments for vetting civil servants are to take effect today, starting with the top members of the Executive Yuan, following a rise in incidents of suspected spying.The premier and vice premier, as well as the secretary-general and two deputy secretaries-general, are to be the first to undergo
Taiwan yesterday denied Chinese allegations that its military was behind a cyberattack on a technology company in Guangzhou, after city authorities issued warrants for 20 suspects.The Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau earlier yesterday issued warrants for 20 people it identified as members
At least five people, including a one-year-old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed yesterday in a nighttime Russian drone strike that hit the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky, officials said, hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Six
South Korea’s liberal-led legislature yesterday overwhelmingly passed bills to launch special investigations into former president Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law in December last year and criminal allegations against his wife, targeting the ousted conservative a day after his
A DIFFERENT PATH: While discussion of the Tiananmen Square Massacre is taboo in China, Taiwanese are free to discuss it and criticize their government, the premier said
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday commemorated the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on social media, underscoring the importance of defending democracy and freedom.Security was tight and activists faced pressure from police in Hong Kong on the anniversary of China’s bloody crack
‘ZERO TOLERANCE’: Any amendment the justice ministry proposes would increase penalties for child abuse, Minister of Justice Cheng Ming-chien said
The Ministry of Justice is considering increasing penalties for child abuse, including eliminating the potential of parole for cases resulting in the deaths of children younger than seven years old, Minister of Justice Cheng Ming-chien (鄭銘謙) said yesterday.Cheng was responding to questions from legi
The High Court yesterday found a New Taipei City woman guilty of charges related to helping Beijing secure surrender agreements from military service members.Lee Huei-hsin (李慧馨) was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for breaching the National Security Act (國家安全法), making illegal comp
South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae-myung, yesterday pledged to raise the country from what he described as the near destruction caused by a martial law attempt and revive a struggling economy facing global protectionism.Lee’s decisive victory in Tuesday’s snap election stands to usher in a
A US and Israeli-backed group operating aid sites in the Gaza Strip yesterday announced the temporary closure of the facilities, with the Israeli army warning that roads leading to distribution centers were “considered combat zones.”The announcement by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) follows
LIKE-MINDED NATIONS: The two leaders pledged to broaden cooperation to include sports, education and aviation, to facilitate prosperity and development
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday welcomed Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine to Taiwan with full military honors, and expressed the hope that both sides would deepen their cooperation for coprosperity.Heine was greeted with a 21-gun salute and the two countries’ national anthems were played
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
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