BEHIND SCHEDULE: Testing is not expected to finish until at least the middle of the year, with three phases remaining, despite delivery scheduled for November last year
The Hai Kun (海鯤), Taiwan’s first locally built submarine, is said to be departing for its first submerged trials as early as this morning.The Hai Kun, which underwent a dry-docking on Dec. 5 last year for calibration and maintenance, was undocked and returned to pier No. 91 at Kaohsiung Harbor for s
Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) on Friday witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Technology Licensing Office of Stanford University’s Robotics Center (SRC) in San Francisco that formally brings Taiwan int
The government issued a tepid response to the founding of a “revolutionary communist” organization, saying the group had not formally registered as a political party and appeared to be more of an intellectual society or “book club.”The group, known as the Revolutionary Communist Party of Taiwan, ann
The Taiwan Go Go Front is aiming to field candidates in all Taipei electoral districts to run for city councilor positions in the local elections in November.New Power Party Chairwoman Claire Wang (王婉諭) yesterday outlined the plans to challenge all Taipei City Council seats, while she joined street
PRESSURE VALVE The health ministry hopes urgent care clinics will help bleed off a seasonal spike in casualties limping, leaking and coughing into beleaguered ERs
Emergency room visits during the Lunar New Year holiday rise about 50 percent above regular levels, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday as it encourages people to visit urgent care centers (UCCs) for mild conditions during the holiday to ease emergency room overcrowding.The health mini
KID GLOVES After discouraging passenger use of power banks on the metro due to fire risk, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp said that it would not enforce a mandatory ban
The Taipei Metro would not enforce its advisory against using power banks, it said on Saturday evening after its announcement of the new regulation on Friday sparked public and political backlash.The Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) on Friday issued an advisory urging people not to use power banks i
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency is raising the bounty for adult green iguanas to NT$300 apiece for certified iguana removers, after more than 260,000 iguanas were removed nationwide last year.The ministry last year set up a task force to control the invasive spe
US climber Alex Honnold’s 91-minute free solo ascent of Taipei 101 yesterday fanned interest in rock climbing, but a doctor warned the sport heavily engages the upper body, so those interested should train, warm up, monitor their condition and rest as needed to reduce the risk of injury.Rock climbin
A woman trapped in an elevator of a newly purchased residence in Taichung’s Longjing District (龍井) was able to use her wireless earphones’ built-in functions to call emergency services last month.A woman surnamed Hsu (許) was going downstairs on Jan. 21 when the elevator made a weird noise and became
Hundreds of teachers took part in a rally in Taipei yesterday calling for the abolition of campus incident resolution meetings to stop the waste of administrative resources and ensure decent work for frontline primary and secondary school teachers.The National Federation of Teachers Unions hosted th
The heavy cargo pier of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should be torn down to halt beach erosion caused by the groin effect in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮), environmental advocates said on Thursday, adding that Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) concealed monitoring data from supervision committ
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) is investigating a Starlux Airlines flight from Taichung to Kobe, Japan, after it experienced a hard landing on Jan. 20, and has grounded the crew pending the inquiry.According to the CAA, flight JX306 exceeded vertical G- force limits during its landin
People hold a banner during a rally in Taipei yesterday in support of anti-government protests in Iran.
Reservists run the Kinmen Marathon yesterday, the last day of the two-day event which attracted more than 12,500 runners from 24 countries.
MORE FALL: An investigation into one of Xi’s key cronies, part of a broader ‘anti-corruption’ drive, indicates that he might have a deep distrust in the military, an expert said
China’s latest military purge underscores systemic risks in its shift from collective leadership to sole rule under Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), and could disrupt its chain of command and military capabilities, a national security official said yesterday.If decisionmaking within the Chinese C
A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) member yesterday said the KMT-CCP Forum is likely to be postponed to next month and become “interactions between think tanks,” limited to non-political discussions.Local media had reported that the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were to resume the Cross-S
EQUALLY PROSPEROUS: The KMT said backer Yang Chien-kang does not aim to block military procurement, but to ensure that Taiwan’s development is balanced
Yi Kang chairman Yang Chien-kang (楊建綱), a long-time financial backer of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), during a gathering at party headquarters on Friday urged KMT lawmakers to stand firm on the party line regarding arms procurement.A source who attended the event quoted Yang as saying that th
Taiwanese and US defense groups are collaborating to introduce deployable, semi-autonomous manufacturing systems for drones and components in a boost to the nation’s supply chain resilience.Taiwan’s G-Tech Optroelectronics Corp subsidiary GTOC and the US’ Aerkomm Inc on Friday announced an agreement
Former legislative speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) on Friday took over as chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and said that cross-strait relations should be based on mutual understanding rather than confrontation.Su assumed the post in a special board meeting of the SEF, a semi-official b
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