The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday thanked the Czech Senate for passing a draft resolution rejecting China’s interpretation of UN Resolution 2758 and supporting Taiwan’s membership in international organizations.Passed on Tuesday, the draft resolution, brought by Czech Senator Pavel Fi
SOVEREIGNTY: China’s intention to ‘annex’ Taiwan — which meets all the criteria for statehood — represents a ‘substantial risk’ to Canada, a foreign policy institute said
A Canadian public policy institute has urged the Ottawa government to drop its long-standing diplomatic ambiguity over Taiwan’s status and take a clear stance in support of Taiwan’s sovereignty and democracy.The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), an Ottawa-based domestic and foreign policy think tan
The US will continue to push for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the WHO, a US government spokesperson said on Tuesday, even though Washington has taken steps to pull out of the world health body.An unnamed US Department of State spokesperson told the Central News Agency that Taiwan is a “relia
CARE: The requirement for people to sign advance decision forms to undergo ACP consultation has been an obstacle, with only 103,000 people signing them
The addition of two new categories eligible for National Health Insurance (NHI) payouts under Advance Care Planning (ACP), starting today, is expected to benefit 1.8 million people nationwide, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) said yesterday. Elderly people with severe injuries or
Raising the operating speed of the railway service connecting Hualien and Taitung counties to 160kph is unfeasible due to safety issues, Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) said yesterday. The ministry in the past advocated using the high-speed rail system as the core o
Taiwan might partially authorize emergency contraceptives, also known as morning-after pills, to be sold over the counter following an ongoing regulatory experiment in Japan, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday. The agency last week initiated the legal process for conducting medica
The Action Alliance on Basic Education yesterday urged the government to stop using the terms “psychiatric disorder” and “mental illness,” and instead use the term “neurodiversity” to make children and parents more willing to seek treatment.Changing the terminology could increase the number of child
SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT: The dessert lunchbox was inspired by TRC lunchboxes, with rice crackers resembling rice and mango pudding resembling a boiled egg
Passengers of the Future Express (鳴日號) would soon be able to enjoy food prepared by the chef of a three-star Michelin restaurant in Taipei, Lion Travel said yesterday. The tourist train’s fine dining experience is the fruit of a collaboration of the Taipei-based travel agency, Taiwan Railway Corp (T
The Ministry of Labor has issued new guidelines requiring airlines to offer trousers as a uniform option for female flight attendants, reinforcing efforts to eliminate gender discrimination in workplace dress codes. The move follows a 2023 report from the National Human Rights Commission, which foun
More than 36,000 green iguanas have been culled since a campaign to eliminate the invasive species was launched at the beginning of this year, about three times the number in the same period of last year, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said yesterday. The Ministry of Agriculture in coll
Minister of Culture Li Yuan, center, and Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development Director Wang Shu-fang, second left, pose with the heads of local entertainment enterprises at a news conference in Taipei yesterday to promote domestic movies. At least 27 new domestic films would be relea
Members of the New Taipei City Council’s Democratic Progressive Party caucus gesture at a market in the city yesterday. The councilors visited markets and parks in the city’s Banciao and Shulin districts to help civic groups collect signatures for petitions to recall Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial and Commercial Design students Lo Yu-hsuan, left, and Chang Chi-yun pose in front of a booth displaying products they designed and made from recycled plushies at the department’s graduation exhibition in Taipei yesterday.
A local advocacy group today urged that Taiwan change the way it describes and talks about childhood mental illnesses by categorizing them as "neurodiversity" to reduce stigma and improve access to treatment.At a news conference, the Action Alliance on Basic Education said that many parents lack acc
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today thanked the Czech Senate for passing a draft resolution rejecting China’s interpretation of UN Resolution 2758 and supporting Taiwan’s membership in international organizations.The draft resolution passed yesterday, brought by Czech Senator Pavel Fischer,
The Ministry of Environment, Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Justice today held an event honoring police and prosecutors who have made outstanding contributions in investigating environmental crimes.Environmental police and prosecutors set up a cooperative platform in 2011 to handle crimina
Most Americans support Taiwan and are in favor of strengthening US relations, a recent poll by the Humanity for Freedom Foundation found.The poll, commissioned by Remington Research Group, found that 82 percent of respondents viewed Taiwan as an independent country, with 68 percent holding a positiv
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday demanded that Somalia reverse its decision prohibiting Taiwanese passport holders from entering or transiting through the country.Somalia said it is following the “one China” principle based on UN Resolution 2758.The ministry said that Somalia is misinterpre
The Keelung District Court late last night granted bail for a city government official accused of using public household registration rolls to aid a recall effort against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) city councilors. At nearly midnight, the court released Keelung Department of Civil Affairs Di
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