China Airlines yesterday said that it plans to increase flights to New York, London and Prague, and partner with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on a codeshare route to Helsinki, Finland, next year.At an investor conference, an airline spokesperson said the company remains optimistic about its outlook next
TABLE TALK: Instead of responding to a call for action, Han criticized the DPP, saying it had broken three of the legs that support Taiwan’s security, the DPP said
Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday used a Chinese idiom to suggest that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) should deal with its own problems, after President William Lai (賴清德) urged Han to lead lawmakers across party lines in supporting DPP Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋), whom China is i
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the UK in joining Taiwan, the US, Japan, Australia and Canada as the newest full partner of the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF).The ministry’s statement was released after British Representative to Taiwan Ruth Bradley-Jones earlier
Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel despite criticism over its war in Gaza because Israel has shown support for Taiwan unmatched by other countries in the Middle East, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.Taiwan will be “friendly to countries that are friendly to us
‘NORMALIZING’: A slew of statements and a new holiday are not an escalation for China, but a lifting of self-imposed restraints on how it talks about Taiwan, an academic said
In the past few weeks China has released a series of statements, articles and photographs that analysts say signal an escalation in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) approach to Taiwan.Beijing has vowed to annex Taiwan under what it terms “unification.” China’s military is not believed to be capab
Taiwan believes in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) first European fab, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Tuesday, during a visit to the plant’s construction site in Dresden, Germany.It is a project “Taiwan believes in as much as it believes in TSMC itself,” Tsai said during
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday said it would refer two men to a summary court under the Taipei District Court for allegedly spreading false claims that Taiwan paid for Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim’s (蕭美琴) recent speech in Brussels.Hsiao spoke at the European Parliament in Brusse
HUMAN RIGHTS: DPP Secretary-General Hsu Kuo-yung criticized using Singapore as inspiration, saying that the country is ‘not a truly free and democratic country’
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) yesterday suggested that Taiwan follow Singapore in using caning as a punishment for online scammers, while the Ministry of Justice said it is evaluating the issue.Hung at the Judiciary and Organic Laws Committee meeting yesterday propos
INFLATION: Cumulative CPI increased by 6.79 percent over the past year, which met the government’s adjustment trigger of 5 percent for monthly premiums
Starting on Jan. 1, people enrolled in the National Pension Program would have to pay an additional NT$43 to NT84 (US$1.38 to US$2.70) in monthly premiums according to a government plan to raise the monthly insured amount from NT$19,761 to NT$21,103, a Ministry of Health and Welfare official said ye
A recent study found that only 20 percent of students have used the government’s mental health support program, and that they tend to first ask artificial intelligence (AI) when they encounter emotional problems.The Taiwan Counseling Psychologist Union (TCPU) from April to September conducted a surv
The government is planning to open government-funded Mandarin teaching centers in Japan, Australia and New Zealand next year before expanding the project to Latin America, a senior official in charge of the program said yesterday.Fielding questions on the Overseas Community Affairs Council’s (OCAC)
A Taoyuan man who served 10 years in prison for strangling and killing his girlfriend was ordered detained and held incommunicado yesterday on suspicion of killing his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said.In a statement, the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office said that on Monday it received notificatio
A man who placed a live crocodile at the main entrance of the Legislative Yuan last month to protest a proposed ban on exotic pets has been fined NT$10,000, the Taipei District Court said.The protest, by a crocodile breeder surnamed Ruan (阮), came after the Ministry of Agriculture on Oct. 8 proposed
The National Institute of Cyber Security on Monday urged people not to click on shortened URLs, after discovering that some URL-shortening services had been abused by scammers.Short URL services — commonly known as URL shorteners — are often valued for their readability, aesthetics and convenience,
Taiwanese gelato maker Sylvia Chao (趙韻嵐) from Changhua County has won first prize at the Sherbeth International Artisan Gelato Festival in Italy, organizers announced on Facebook on Tuesday.Chao took the top honor with her creation "Luce d’Oolong" (Light of Oolong), a delicate blend inspired by Tai
At the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei yesterday, KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, third right, KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi, second right, and KMT member Yeali Sun, a granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, pay their respects to a statue of Sun Yat-sen at an event commemorating the 160th ann
The Puzangalan Children’s Choir, made up of students from Lai Cuo Elementary School in Taichung, perform at the Corporate Maritime Sustainability Award ceremony in Taipei yesterday. Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, not pictured, attended the ceremony, hosted by the Ocean Affairs Council, to confer awar
The high-speed rail (HSR) is to run four extra trains from Nangang to Taichung this evening, after morning services were reduced due to Tropical Storm Fung-wong.The trains are to depart Nangang for Taichung at 5:30pm, 5:50pm, 6:10pm and 6:30pm, and stop at all stations, the rail operator said in a s
A recent study found that only 20 percent of students have used the government’s mental health support program, and that they tend to first ask artificial intelligence (AI) when they encounter emotional problems.Taiwan Counseling Psychologist Union (TCPU) conducted a survey on university students’ s
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