STAR-STUDDED STUDENTS: Students are staging increasing numbers of launches out of the Pingtung rocketry site for the equipment-laden research rockets they build
The successful launch of a research rocket by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) yesterday at Pintung County’s Hsu-Hai Research-use Rocket Launching Area is a result of the National Science and Technology Council’s efforts to foster homegrown aerospace engineering talent within Taiwan, the Ta
Taiwan has detected banned Sudan red dyes in cosmetics for the first time, prompting 14 local and foreign companies to recall affected products and suspend their sales.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it learned late last month that some Chinese-made cosmetics might contain the
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan Cooperative Bank (TCB) to collaborate on the first botulism early warning system for black-faced spoonbills in Taiwan.The institute introduced botulinum antitoxin therapy after
The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a fraud case in which suspects gained access to the personal information, accounts and insurance of a New Taipei City woman and emptied her savings, taking NT$83 million (US$2.6 million) over three months.The victim said that she received a ca
MORE RETALIATION: China would adopt a long-term pressure strategy to prevent other countries or future prime ministers following in Sanae Takaichi’s steps, an academic said
Taiwan should maintain communications with Japan, as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is to lead a revision of security documents, Taiwanese academics said yesterday.Tensions have risen between Japan and China over remarks by Takaichi earlier this month that the use of force against Taiwan wou
PATRIOTIC HEROES: The president honored Taiwan’s soldiers who gave their lives during the Huaihai Campaign to defend their beliefs and to resist authoritarianism
The people we should remember are the soldiers of the Armed Forces, not communist spies, President William Lai (賴清德) wrote on Facebook yesterday, in an apparent reference to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) attending an event honoring people killed during the White Terro
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on Friday said a tariff deal with the US has not yet been finalized, rejecting a Financial Times report earlier that day saying that Taiwan would commit to investing US$400 billion in the US for a lower rate.Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) to
To maintain Taiwan’s competitiveness in the global semiconductor industry, the nation needs to compete in the entire value chain, instead of just chip manufacturing, economic historian Chris Miller, author of the book Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, said on Thursday.Spe
An alternative-service conscript enlisted for less than seven hours at Chenggong Ling (成功嶺) military training camp in Taichung on Thursday stole an officer’s car keys and drove out of the base, police and military officials said.The man, surnamed Lee (李), 26, went missing on Thursday, his first nigh
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for commending Taiwan’s efforts in combating disinformation.Macron on Wednesday during his “tour of France” seminars spoke about “democracy being tested by social media and algorithms” and praised Taiwan for es
Actor Brando Huang, left, takes a selfie with the cast of “Left-Handed Girl” on the red carpet at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei last night.
Competitors participating in the family category flex at the 2025 National Bodybuilding Championship at the New Taipei Sinjhuang Gymnasium yesterday. The event, promoting a government policy encouraging the public to take up sports, attracted more than 300 participants this year, the Chinese Taipei
A visitor looks at the works of photographer Liu Chen-hsiang at the 2025 Art and Life for Human Rights exhibition at the White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City yesterday. The exhibition, titled “The Path of Democracy in Progress — Echoes of the Polyphonic Carnival,” runs until Dec. 14.
ECONOMIC WARFARE: As China hits Japan with teeth-rattling seafood bans, DPP lawmakers urged Taiwanese to support Japan as neighbors by buying their goods
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers representing constituencies in Kaohsiung yesterday expressed deep support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi by urging Taiwanese to buy Japanese goods and travel there as Japan weathers Chinese economic sanctions following Takaichi’s remarks suppo
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) yesterday departed for the Netherlands despite threats against him by Beijing.China’s Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau late last month listed Shen as “wanted” and launched an investigation into his alleged “secession-related” cr
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday voiced dissatisfaction with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans- Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), whose latest meeting, concluded earlier the same day, appeared not to address the country’s application.In a statement, MOFA said the C
Taiwan’s public health collaboration with foreign partners under the Diplomatic Allies Prosperity Project is essential to the cause of human rights, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.Lin made the comments in a social media post following a meeting with Haitian Minister o
SHIP TO SHORE: The PLA might use civilian vessels to rapidly expand amphibious assault capability, practicing the employment of commercial ships to project force
China is rehearsing for a potential invasion of Taiwan using a shadow navy of civilian cargo ships and ferries, according to a Reuters investigation that tracked vessel movements and analyzed satellite imagery of military exercises conducted this summer.The investigation reveals that the Chinese Peo
NEGLECTED: Greenpeace said that none of the NT$400 billion climate adaptation budget was allocated for adolescents, despite them representing future generations
Greenpeace yesterday urged the Ministry of Environment to include children and teenagers in climate adaptation programs, and invest more funding to protect them against heat injuries during outdoor activities.Wu Chi (吳際), a sixth-grade student of Ci-Xin Waldorf Elementary School in Yilan County’s Do
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