COORDINATED: More than 100 Chinese ships have been reported in the west Pacific, with two main clusters seen between Taiwan and its neighbors, the report said
China might be conducting a major, unannounced military exercise simulating the isolation of Taiwan that is larger than the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) “Justice Mission 2025” exercise, the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War said in a joint report relea
Beijing has confirmed for the first time that it is discussing a historic meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平), US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning (毛寧) said at a press briefing this week in Beijing that C
Iran said yesterday that its military has grown “stronger” since the outset of its war with the US, which has offered a US$20 million reward for information about Tehran’s nuclear program.Mediators have been working to prevent any resumption of fighting after months of deadlock in the Middle East co
The next wave of the northeast monsoon is expected to arrive tomorrow, with temperatures in parts of northern Taiwan expected to drop as low as 16°C, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.The CWA said the monsoon is expected to affect Taiwan early in the week before weakening on Th
PLUMMETING: The TAIEX plunged 3,737.67 points in early session yesterday, the largest intraday drop in history, and closed down 1,873.08 points due to AI data center concerns
The government yesterday authorized the activation of its NT$500 billion (US$15.26 billion) National Stabilization Fund (NSF) to support local shares, as the stock market experienced significant fluctuations while uncertainties in the international political and economic situation continue.The NSF’s
Independent Legislator May Chin (高金素梅) and three others were indicted yesterday on national security and corruption charges over allegations that they carried out activities on Beijing’s behalf.Chin, her former legislative office director Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑), and publicly funded legislative assis
RESTRICTING TAIWAN: Beijing is using coercion and economic incentives to force other countries to accept its claims on Taiwan, the MOFA said
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday it would close its representative office in Papua New Guinea and stop buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country, citing Chinese pressure.Papua New Guinea’s minister of foreign affairs in July said the government had decided to close Tai
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena’s resignation amid a financial crisis in his country would not affect Asuncion’s diplomatic ties or cooperation with Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.Taiwan and Paraguay maintained close cooperation on projects aimed at improving people’s live
Israel’s opposition saw a new path yesterday to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of its leaders backtracked on demands that ultra-Orthodox Jews serve in the military, opening the door to a once improbable alliance with the community.Neither Netanyahu nor opposition chief Gadi Ei
Taiwan today ordered the financial regulator to "stabilize" the stock market, as the nation's tech-heavy index was caught up in a massive sell-off hitting global markets. Shares in Taiwanese chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) plummeted as much as 9.8 percent, dragging
The High Prosecutors' Office today indicted independent Legislator May Chin (高金素梅) and three of her aides on suspicion of receiving Chinese funding to develop organizations in Taiwan, seeking a 14-year prison sentence for Chin. Chin and her former and current staffers Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑), Chen Ch
BOLSTERING THE SYSTEM: The Ministry of Justice said it was working with agencies on proposals that define transnational repression crimes and impose heavy penalties
A total of 131 Taiwanese have been targeted a combined 149 times through Chinese transnational repression since 2005, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) told a legislative session yesterday.The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has employed nine forms of transnational r
LAUNCHPAD: TASA has reviewed applications from 16 organizations seeking to open operations in its space start-up accelerator, it said in a report to lawmakers
The government is in talks with leaders in Taiwan’s tech industry to create a national space investment fund by next year, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) said yesterday.As the science and technology budget could only support the construction of a limited n
The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday released retired army general Tsang You-hsia (臧幼俠) and five others on bail after they were questioned on suspicion of facilitating Beijing-directed election interference.Tsang had been released on a NT$700,000 bail and barred from traveling outsid
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) was yesterday sentenced to 10 more years in jail for colluding with foreign powers, the second time he has been penalized under the territory’s National Security Law.Wong, 30, is one of the most globally recognized faces of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy mov
Flag-waving protesters yesterday marched through French cities and public workers went on strike, in a renewed challenge to French President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of unrest that have rattled his government five months before a presidential election.The mobilization, called by trade unions incl
BE VIGILANT: President Lai said that numerous suspicious accounts have been appearing on social media, some of which are flooding posts with comments to influence voters
Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on suspected cases of election disinformation and transnational repression ahead of the Nov. 28 elections, the National Police Agency (NPA) said yesterday.Police have launched investigations into nine cases suspected to involve external forces colluding wit
‘GENERATIONAL REMAKE’: The Democrats, who focused their campaigns on Trump corruption and affordability, took over huge swaths of the country from Republicans
Democrats on Tuesday and early yesterday seized control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, scoring sweeping victories in Republican strongholds for the first time in generations as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to US President Donald Trump. Voters in conserv
Investigators yesterday seized two fishing boats in Keelung as part of a probe into a legislative aide who jumped bail in September after being indicted on corruption charges and reportedly fled Taiwan by boat late last month.Directed by Taipei prosecutors, the Coast Guard Administration yesterday s
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