GLOBAL COMMITMENT: US senators have expressed concern over the opposition-controlled legislature holding up defense plans, despite rising threats from China
If the opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan continues to block a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.6 billion) special defense budget, the international community could misunderstand Taiwan’s determination to defend itself, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Pressure from politicians in the
A New York court on Tuesday sentenced a Taiwanese man to 30 years in prison for conspiring to distribute narcotics, money laundering, and conspiring to sell adulterated and misbranded medication.Lin Rui-siang (林睿庠) was arrested in May 2024 for operating an online narcotics marketplace, called “Incog
The Tech World Pavilion, originally built by Taiwan for last year’s World Expo in Osaka, Japan, is to be recreated and displayed at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi County next month, the Executive Yuan said yesterday.The pavilion is being brought back to Taiwan to give local audiences access t
PUSHBACK: An alliance of middle powers united around common values of democracy and respect for international law is needed, the group said
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged nations to push back against “aggressive superpowers,” such as Russia, China and the US under President Donald Trump, accusing the countries of undermining human rights and undoing much of the progress of the past decades.In an interview with Agence France-Presse (
Iran has asked the US to move diplomatic talks originally planned for Turkey to Oman and to limit the agenda to the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, people familiar with the matter said.Tehran is resisting US pressure to include its ballistic missile program and support for allied militias in the
‘GENERATION OF PROSPERITY’: Taiwan is on the right economic path and is striding confidently onto the world stage, the president underlined
Taiwan must look to fellow democracies, not China, for trade and economic cooperation, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, as his government mapped out how the nation plans to work with the US in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and critical minerals.Senior Taiwanese and US officia
Opposition parties not passing defense funding harms Taiwan’s national security, two US senators said separately in rare public criticism.“I am disappointed to see Taiwan’s opposition parties in parliament [the legislature] slash President [William] Lai’s (賴清德) defense budget so dramatically,” Roger
The National Development Council (NDC) yesterday said it is aiming to grow Taiwan’s GDP by 4.56 percent this year and GDP per capita to US$42,170 on the back of strong economic growth momentum.The target is higher than the 3.54 percent annual growth forecast by the Directorate-General of Budget, Acc
EMERGING FIELDS: The Chinese president said that the two countries would explore cooperation in green technology, the digital economy and artificial intelligence
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) yesterday called for an “equal and orderly multipolar world” in the face of “unilateral bullying,” in an apparent jab at the US.Xi was speaking during talks in Beijing with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, the first South American leader to visit China since US sp
Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife, former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, are to testify in a US House of Representatives investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the former president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the cou
President William Lai (賴清德) today said that the US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD) highlighted three key strategic directions for bilateral cooperation: economic security, an innovative economy and a prosperous future.The sixth round of talks under the framework concluded in W
WANTED LIST: The navy is also planning to build a second Panshih-class fast combat support ship and another Yushan-class amphibious landing platform dock
The military is planning to build a submarine rescue vessel after the completion of its first domestic submarine prototype, according to a defense ministry report released last week.The project to build the rescue vessel would be carried out over a seven-year period — from next year to 2033 — at a c
GROWTH MOMENTUM: Start-up exports expanded 29.3% year-on-year to NT$147.9 billion last year, with Southeast Asia recording the strongest growth at 125.48%
Investment in Taiwan’s start-ups is expected to hit a new record for last year and this year, surpassing NT$100.2 billion (US$3.17 billion) in 2024 primarily in the healthcare, biotechnology and electronics hardware sectors, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.The NT$100.2 billion invest
Taiwan is crucial to Japan’s survival, and the two nations should work together to strengthen supply chains, Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Representative Kazuyuki Katayama said.Katayama made the remarks in an interview with SETN that aired on Saturday, adding that relations should be complementa
Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez on Sunday won Costa Rica’s presidential election by a landslide, after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.Fernandez’s nearest rival, economist Alvaro Ramos, conceded defeat as results showed the ruling party far exce
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party is likely to score a landslide victory in next week’s lower house election, a survey by the Asahi newspaper showed, heightening the chance that the country would continue to pursue big spending and tax cuts.A strong showing in Sunday’s election would so
GROWING AMBITIONS: The scale and tempo of the operations show that the Strait has become the core theater for China to expand its security interests, the report said
Chinese military aircraft incursions around Taiwan have surged nearly 15-fold over the past five years, according to a report released yesterday by the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Department of China Affairs.Sorties in the Taiwan Strait were previously irregular, totaling 380 in 2020, but h
‘REALLY PROUD’: Nvidia would not be possible without Taiwan, Huang said, adding that TSMC would be increasing its capacity by 100 percent
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) on Saturday praised and lightly cajoled his major Taiwanese suppliers to produce more to help power strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI), capping a visit to the country of his birth, where he has been mobbed by adoring fans at every step.Speaking at an im
The Taiwan Artificial Intelligence College Alliance (TAICA) launched by the Ministry of Education has yielded positive results, with student enrollment and course completion rates having grown for three consecutive semesters.The ministry launched TAICA in the second semester of the 2024 academic yea
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