NONVIABLE OPTION: The tech matchup, PLA special operations inexperience and Taiwanese defensive readiness make replicating the Venezuela raid here unlikely
Chinese social media users are calling for a lightning Venezuela-style black-bagging of Taiwan’s leaders in a prelude to taking over the nation, but analysts, academics and defense officials say China’s modernizing military is still far from ready.In Taiwan, they say, China’s military has an adversa
Taiwan and Israel share many common interests and the two sides are likely to cooperate more closely in the tech, medical and defense realms, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu (吳志中) said in an interview published on Friday.“Israel really respects our leadership position in the semicondu
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) plan to review and pass part of the central government’s general budget would be “a good job half done” if the rest of the budget remains shelved, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.The KMT and the Taiwan People’s Party reportedly planned to transfer sev
LEASE FOCUS: The ministry is struggling to find land in prime areas, the minister of the interior said, adding housing in distant areas would struggle to attract residents
Fewer social housing units are being built due to land scarcity, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said yesterday, adding that it is shifting focus to accelerating lease and management services. President William Lai (賴清德) during his 2024 presidential campaign pledged to launch a “1 million renter
A recent Microsoft survey ranked Taiwan 23rd in the world in artificial intelligence (AI) use, with 28.4 percent of Taiwanese reporting that they use the technology. The Microsoft Al Economy Institute in a release on Thursday said that 16.3 percent of the global population used AI tools last year, s
IMBALANCE: ’K’-shaped growth refers to a divergence of performance in different sectors, with some moving higher and some lower, with the graph resembling a ‘K’
Despite Taiwan’s per capita GDP forecast to top US$40,000 this year amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, an economist warned of “K”-shaped industrial growth, which would result in low wages in certain domestic demand-oriented industries. Dachrahn Wu (吳大任), director of National Central Univers
Taichung gaming business owner Liu Shih-hui (劉世惠) was on Friday sentenced by citizen judges to life in prison for kidnapping and torturing a man to death. In the case, which was heard in the Taichung District Court, the citizen judges reviewed evidence, including videos taken by perpetrators. Liu, 3
A man who allegedly set himself on fire at a fuel station in New Taipei City on Friday afternoon is in an intensive care unit, police said yesterday. The New Taipei City Fire Department said that it at 5:44pm on Friday received a report that a man had self-immolated at a CPC Corp, Taiwan gas station
More than 80,000 potential pesticide residue cases were tested via rapid screening with mass spectrometry over the past three years, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Agency said, adding that its annual screening capacity would be boosted to 50,000 cases this year.Combined with fast
Participants of the “Speediest Dinosaur” subevent at this year’s Kaohsiung Fubon Marathon line up on the tracks at Kaohsiung National Stadium in preparation for the start of the event yesterday. Participants included Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai.
From left, figurines of Nami, Roronoa Zoro and Monkey D. Luffy, some of the main characters in the manga and anime series “One Piece,” are on display at a 25th anniversary exhibition of the television series at the National Taiwan Science Education Center yesterday. The exhibition opened yesterday a
‘WASTE OF TIME’: The Executive Yuan criticized the blocking as an unnecessary drain on the public’s time, as it hinders government measures and development
Opposition parties yesterday again blocked a special budget aimed at bolstering the nation’s overall defense posture and the general budget for this year because of what they said was the government’s failure to prepare a budget in accordance with the law.The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucu
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday promised to provide legal assistance to retired police officers and firefighters affected by the government’s refusal to budget pension increases mandated by a bill passed by the legislature and signed by President William Lai (賴清德).The KMT and the Taiwa
DEMOCRATIC PARTNERS: Italian politicians from across the political divide attended the meeting, where they affirmed the importance of Taiwanese investment in Italy
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Thursday met a cross-party delegation of the Taiwan-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Group led by its cochair, Italian Deputy Member Alessandro Cattaneo.The delegation’s seven lawmakers are visiting Taiwan for the first time, and their meeting marked
The military has expanded the scope of its search-and-rescue operation for the missing pilot of an F-16V jet, deploying sea, air and ground forces around the clock, but had made no further progress as of noon yesterday.Army units stationed in Taitung County broadened their coastal search area during
The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted Internet influencer Holger Chen (陳之漢) for allegedly calling for the decapitation of President William Lai (賴清德) during a live stream in October last year.While Chen was commenting on Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “decapitation s
INVERTED PYRAMID: New US guidelines prioritizing red meat, whole milk and animal-based fats have sparked debate, with a local expert advising Taiwan to follow its own
The release of the newest national dietary guidelines could be postponed to the second quarter following the dramatic shift in the US’ dietary guidelines emphasizing protein and healthy fats, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday.International dietary recommendations c
Many young Taiwanese are not unwilling to have children, but tend to be more cautious as they evaluate practical conditions before getting married and having kids, a counseling psychologist said.The latest Ministry of the Interior statistics showed the number of newborns plunging to a historical low
The Agriculture and Food Agency yesterday called on farmers to enhance measures to protect crops as the effects of a cold air mass and radiative cooling continued to affect the nation.Farmers are advised to refrain from planting rice seedlings during the cold surge and set up cold barriers around ri
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