China is more interested in expansionism than solving its own pressing economic and social issues, and Taiwan is determined to defend itself from Chinese aggression, Taiwan's top security official said today.Speaking at a forum in Taipei, Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), head of Taiwan's National Security Council,
The police this morning summoned at least four entertainers for questioning regarding alleged evasion of compulsory military service, including actors Hsiu Chieh-kai (修杰楷) and Chen Bo-lin (陳柏霖), boyband Energy member Chang Shu-wei (張書偉) and former member of the boyband Lollipop Leow Jun-jie (廖俊傑).Th
Taiwan would be a great member of a regional trade bloc that Australia is part of, given its track record as a “trusted economic partner,” a visiting Australian lawmaker said yesterday.In contrast, China, which also seeks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partners
US President Donald Trump yesterday said he expects to reach a fair trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and downplayed risks of a clash over the issue of Taiwan, even as his top trade negotiator accused Beijing of engaging in "economic coercion."Trump suggested to reporters that China
US Senator Ted Cruz yesterday reintroduced a bill that would allow Taiwanese diplomats and military personnel to display the Taiwan flag and wear uniforms while in the US on official business.The draft bill, obtained by CNA, is titled "The Taiwan Symbols of Sovereignty (Taiwan SOS) Act" and seeks to
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) has issued advisories for torrential rain in hilly areas of Taipei, warning that some places could experience "extremely torrential rain."As of 7am today, 62 people had been evacuated from the city's Nangang (南港), Shilin (士林), Wenshan (文山) and Neihu (內湖) dist
UNDOING REFORMS: Under the KMT’s proposal, expected contributions to the civil servant pension fund could fall by NT$278.2 billion, a ministry report said
A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) proposal to roll back Democratic Progressive Party-led (DPP) civil servant pension reforms could jeopardize government finances, with younger civil servants and public school teachers bearing the brunt of the impact, the DPP said yesterday.The KMT legislative caucus
DEFENSE: Reports that Trump blocked a weapons package to Taiwan amid China trade talks were ‘not our understanding at all,’ the head of a business group said
US arms sales to Taiwan next year could reach a record high, pending the approval of a special national defense budget by Taipei later this year, the head of the US-Taiwan Business Council said on Sunday.Speaking to reporters before the annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference, which opened on S
The navy is investigating a captain who allegedly collected data from the Han Kuang exercises and told staff to bypass budget audits, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday.Koo made the remarks at an open meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Com
The National Palace Museum has launched a comprehensive review of its security measures after a high-profile theft of jewelry from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday.The seven-minute heist involved a portable electric ladder mounted on a truck, before thieves used grinders to break a window and en
Fraud comprised 34.73 percent of all criminal cases in the past year, with a total of 224,290 cases recorded from September last year to August, Ministry of the Interior (MOI) data released yesterday showed.In a special report to the legislature — alongside the National Police Agency, National Secur
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a life sentence given to the organizer of 61 kidnappings that led to the deaths of three abductees in 2022.Tu Cheng-che (杜承哲) and his coconspirators lured people to rented residences in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢) and New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) unde
Incoming Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) would be taking over a party full of old wounds, and her main challenge is to rebuild the KMT and political trust, an academic said on Sunday.Cheng on Saturday won the party chairperson election with 65,122 votes, or 50.15 percen
WARNING: Large hospitals’ emergency personnel might think that working at clinics and earning bonuses at UCCs over weekends would be better for them, a union said
More critical care medical personnel could quit due to the National Health Insurance Administration’s (NHIA) plan to launch an “urgent care center” (UCC) trial program next month, the Taipei Doctors’ Union said yesterday.The NHIA announced the plan last week to help relieve emergency room overcrowdi
PREVENTABLE CRISIS: Overseas studies show that more than 20 percent of people who fracture their hip die within one year, a higher death rate than some cancers
On World Osteoporosis Day, which is observed each year on Oct. 20, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) said about one-fifth of elderly people self-reported having been diagnosed with osteoporosis, and urged people to start building up their bone mass at an earlier age.World Osteoporosis Day is
Novelist Yang Shuang-zi (楊雙子) is to engage in three discussions in India next month, including at the influential Mumbai LitFest, under the theme “Taiwan-India Literary Dialogue: The Indian Journey of Taiwanese Literature,” the Ministry of Culture said yesterday.Yang and translator Lin King (金翎) won
A book signing event was held on Saturday at the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany for four Taiwanese authors, drawing international readers eager to explore Taiwanese literature.The event took place at the Taiwan pavilion and featured crime novelist Katniss Hsiao (蕭瑋萱), fiction writer Kevin Chen
Blackpink’s concerts helped Kaohsiung generate more than NT$300 million (US$9.8 million) in tourism revenue, the city government said yesterday.While more than 120,000 people came to see the K-pop girl group at the Kaohsiung National Stadium over two days, Blackpink’s fans also spent money around th
Taiwanese entertainers Hank Chen (陳漢典) and Lulu Huang (黃路梓茵) officially registered their marriage yesterday, a month after announcing their engagement, with family, friends and their talent agency head Isaac Chen (陳鎮川) in attendance to offer congratulations."We really got married! He’s now officiall
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