MAKING AN APPEARANCE: Taiwanese-American author Henry Lien is to appear at the festival today to interact with visitors and share stories about Taiwan
This year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is to showcase 10 English-language versions of Taiwanese books curated by the Ministry of Culture to raise the international profile of Taiwanese literature. The event is taking place today and tomorrow at the University of Southern California in Los A
Business Today on Tuesday launched an initiative in collaboration with academia and government agencies to reverse the loss of seaweed habitats in the seas around Taiwan.Seaweeds in the nation’s waters are experiencing a precipitous decline, especially on the ocean floor around the Penghu islands, w
An autopsy of a 13-year-old boy who died in February amid allegations of school bullying found no signs that he was poisoned, concluding instead that he died from complications related to a viral infection, Tainan prosecutors said on Monday.The Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office in a statement said
Research by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute suggests that the richness of bird species increases with landscape heterogeneity.A research team from the institute analyzed how landscape heterogeneity and total habitat area affect the number of bird species based on
‘BLUE SPY, GREEN SPY’: Taiwan should handle such situations by establishing standards that provide clear expectations of what is acceptable, Peter Mattis said
As cases of Chinese espionage emerge, Taiwan must respond by “depoliticizing” the issue and recognize the fact that anyone could potentially become a spy for China, an analyst told a seminar in Washington on Thursday.There is a need to “recognize that anyone can be a victim. Anyone can make that cho
REVIEWS: The Taiwan People’s Party’s Huang Kuo-chang said that a surveillance security system company is labeling Chinese-made goods as made in Taiwan
The Executive Yuan must do more to prevent Taiwanese companies or foreign countries from importing or exporting goods that are not correctly labeled for origin, as products falsely said to be “Made in Taiwan” might benefit Chinese firms, while also undermining national security, Taiwan People’s Part
US and Japanese military aircraft on Thursday conducted a bilateral aerial exercise off eastern Taiwan as part of a joint mission to bolster training, strategic deterrence and regional stability, the US Indo-Pacific Command (PACOM) said yesterday.The US Air Force 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron — de
Former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) yesterday arrived in Rome to attend Pope Francis’ funeral as a presidential envoy.Chen visited St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City to pay respect to the late pope, who died at his residence on Monday at the age of 88.Chen visited the church shortly after ar
China is “misusing” UN Resolution 2758 to exclude Taiwan from the world body, a US representative to the UN said on Wednesday, while Taipei later expressed its gratitude for the comment.The US Mission to the UN released a transcript of comments to a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in
Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday said that he would attend a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rally in Taipei today, drawing criticism from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which said he was failing to keep a neutral stance.The KMT has organized a rally on Ketagalan Boulevard to
Applications to enter Taiwan for the World Masters Games in Taipei and New Taipei City next month are still being processed, with about half having been approved, Games organizers said on Thursday amid reports that some of the 500 Chinese athletes seeking to take part might withdraw due to difficult
Dancers from the Taiwan Ballet Company yesterday perform at a joint decommissioning ceremony held at Kaohsiung’s Singda Harbor Coast Guard Base for the “Wei Hsing,” “Penghu” and “Hualien” boats, and Patrol Vessel No. 1. The event was hosted by the Fleet Branch of the Coast Guard Administration, with
Actress Sandrine Pinna, second right, poses as a charity ambassador at a news conference on Internet safety for children held by the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families in Taipei yesterday.
A bus and taxi are pictured outside the Tourism Administration’s Singapore office yesterday featuring the agency’s new design, which it hopes would help increase the visibility of Taiwan among Singaporeans and promote tourism to Taiwan.
The families of victims who lost their lives in a fire at a Taichung facility owned by supermarket chain PX Mart said they have not received any statutory compensation.Nine people died in the fire in December last year at an under-construction processing center belonging to PX Mart.Family members of
A Kaohsiung childcare center has been ordered to shut down due to child abuse, while the operators and a former staff member have been released on bail after being questioned by prosecutors.Two childcare workers were found to have abused at least eight children aged two months to two years at Bei Yu
The Taipei District Court ordered Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei chapter director Huang Lu Chin-ju (黃呂錦茹) to be detained and held incommunicado in a second detention hearing today.Huang is currently a suspect in an investigation into whether KMT recall efforts targeting Democratic Progressiv
The Supreme Court today rejected an appeal filed by EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空), upholding a decision made by the High Court last year that a flight attendant strike in 2019 was legal.EVA flight attendant union members on April 19, 2019, voted to go on strike, after their representatives and the airline
China’s Ministry of State Security and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are expanding their infiltration in Taiwan, targeting elites and political parties, a former US intelligence analyst said in a seminar discussing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ideological and cyber warfare yesterday.The semi
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