Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is “distorting her political record” on Taiwan’s defense policy and misrepresenting her political stance to US audiences while on a two-week visit to the nation, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) mission in the US said in a news rele
Final inspections have been completed for the new MRT Sanying Line, with the section on track to begin operations by the middle of the year, the New Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems said yesterday. The department and New Taipei Metro Corp are to operate a new 14.29km-long metro line c
Delivery platforms are using a new delivery services law as a pretext to raise fees on partner restaurants without offering them a meaningful choice, the National Delivery Industrial Union said today, calling on regulators to investigate.The Legislative Yuan passed the Delivery Workers' Rights Prote
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued heavy rain advisories for 16 cities and counties across Taiwan, saying that an approaching seasonal front, strengthening southwesterly winds and strong afternoon convection could bring localized downpours into the evening.The advisories were issu
The military is to formulate a replacement plan for its aging T-34C basic trainer aircraft, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said today, after one of the decades-old aircraft crashed last week.Although the T-34C trainers have not yet reached the end of their service life, the Minist
Palau President Surangel S Whipps Jr expressed strong support for Taiwan during Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim's (蕭美琴) visit to the Pacific ally, saying yesterday that failure to recognize Taiwan's sovereignty would call into question the sovereignty of small countries."If Taiwan's sovereignty is not
Following last year's Thailand National Day Reception, Executive Director Narong Boonsatheanwong of the Thailand Trade and Economic Office visited the Taichung City Government again on May 28. Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen personally welcomed the delegation and engaged in warm exchanges with its membe
Formosan black bears have been captured on camera head-on in Chiayi County’s Alishan Township (阿里山) in April and last month, confirming a stable population in the region, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s Chiayi Branch said on Friday.The bears were recorded near the southern end of Tefuy
Banana prices have plunged from a peak of NT$150 per kilogram last year to as low as NT$8 per kilogram, leaving farmers struggling to cover production costs as lower-grade fruit is only fit for use as fertilizer.Due to typhoons impacting southern Taiwan last year, banana production had dropped sharp
DANGEROUS TERRITORY: The KMT legislators’ draft amendment to the Nationality Act obscures the whole concept of sole allegiance to the ROC, an official said
A bill proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi to allow naturalized Chinese spouses to run for office or assume government posts without giving up their Chinese citizenship is confusing sole allegiance to the Republic of China (ROC), an official said yesterday.Chinese spou
BIASED? DPP Legislator Wang Ting-yu criticized the meeting, saying that Cheng visited the democratic US, only to meet with an academic sympathetic to China
Rational cross-strait dialogue must be based on opposition to Taiwanese independence to lower tensions, which aligns with the shared strategic interests of the US, China and Taiwan, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said last week during a luncheon in Boston.During her to
In a historic first, Taiwanese officials participated in this year’s Riga Strategic Communications Dialogue in Latvia from Wednesday to Friday last week, which debuted a breakout session focused on Taiwan The event organizer, the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence, displayed Taiwan’s
Vendula Vinsova, daughter of late Czech Senate president Jaroslav Kubera, said her recent trip to Taiwan with current Senate President Milos Vystrcil was a way to fulfill her father’s final wish.As the four-day trip drew to a close on Thursday last week, Vinsova said that she believed the mission ha
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) yesterday encouraged more Taiwanese tourists to visit Palau, one of Taiwan’s three Pacific allies, after snorkeling with President Surangel Whipps Jr during her first visit to a diplomatic ally as vice president.Hsiao, who arrived in Palau on Saturday on a direct
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) reaffirmed the government’s commitment to combating drugs and organized crime, deepening marine conservation efforts, and advancing oceanographic research during a ceremony marking National Oceans Day in Kaohsiung yesterday.Speaking at Piers 16 and 17 of Kaohsiung Port,
MORE RULES: Experts would be commissioned to study motorcycle accidents involving children to create seat standards and regulations on transporting kids on such vehicles
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications plans to introduce national standards for motorcycle child safety seats, similar to those required for cars, an official said yesterday.In 2023, 7,484 children aged 0 to 12 were injured in motorcycle incidents, ministry data showed. The figure peaked
The Changhua District Court’s recent decisions to release suspects accused of causing drug-impaired vehicle accidents and injuring police officers without bail have sparked a public outcry.The incidents prompted Changhua Mayor Lin Shih-Hsien (林世賢) on Saturday to blast what he described as a “lenient
The Taichung MRT Blue Line is facing a major budget shortfall, with Taichung Rapid Transit System Bureau Director-General Su Jui-wen (蘇瑞文) on Saturday estimating that nearly NT$100 billion (US$3.18 billion) might be needed.The 24.8km line is slated to have 20 stations — eight elevated and 12 undergr
Chunghwa Post yesterday pledged to adjust the mail-sorting system at its Taoyuan logistics center after an equipment glitch delayed about 500 National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) admission notices. The postal service was commissioned on May 29 by the university to deliver admission notices to 1,7
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