Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment last year on Tokyo’s potential reaction to a Taiwan-China conflict has forced Beijing to rewrite its invasion plans, a retired Japanese general said.Takaichi told the Diet on Nov. 7 last year that a Chinese naval blockade or military attack on Taiwan
The Central Election Commission (CEC) faces six major challenges, including Chinese election interference, newly inducted Chairman Michael You (游盈隆) said yesterday, calling for heightened vigilance ahead of the year-end local elections.Speaking at the handover ceremony, You said that his two priorit
‘REGIONAL STABILITY’: Cheng Li-wun said she plans to present a new direction for cross-strait relations that would also align with US interests
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) yesterday said she plans to visit the US in June, where she is to meet with political figures, think tanks and members of the Taiwanese diaspora to spread her message of cross-strait peace.Cheng, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping
An ongoing project to construct an oil reserve facility and an industrial park in the Kingdom of Eswatini would help enhance the southern African nation’s energy resilience and spur economic growth, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Sunday.Lin, who is in Eswatini to attend King
SAFETY: Simulating the perspective of attackers, researchers enabled businesses to identify potential issues before product launches, the cybersecurity institute said
The Administration for Cybersecurity said it identified vulnerabilities in 20 Taiwan-made information and communications technology (ICT) products before their official launch. The National Institute of Cybersecurity, which executed the administration’s initiative, said that it invited 179 cybersecu
The government’s Healthy Taiwan Cultivation Plan has helped public hospitals in the same region team up and establish healthcare networks to meet local needs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday. The five-year plan was launched last year to address the nation’s growing demand for medic
HUMAN ERROR: The driver should have paid attention to road conditions, observed the speed limit and kept their hands on the steering wheel, the safety board said
A deadly traffic accident in January last year involving an electric vehicle near Yangmei Service Area on the National Sun Yat-sen Freeway (National Freeway No. 1) occurred due to speeding and inaccurate use of the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board sai
The successful connection between the 8U CubeSat Black Kite-2 and ground stations marks "a key step" toward multi-satellite system verification, Taiwan-based wireless technology company RapidTek said Monday.CubeSats are small, box-shaped satellites typically launched into low Earth orbit for Earth o
The Ministry of Education yesterday has allocated NT$83 million (US$2.64 million) this school year to support the hiring of additional foreign teaching assistants for elementary and junior-high schools nationwide. The ministry has promoted the English Language Teaching Assistant Program (ELTA) since
Members of several state-owned enterprises and public institutions’ labor unions yesterday protested in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei, demanding a minimum salary increase of NT$6,000 for all ranks and overtime pay calculated based on their total monthly wage. Union members performed a skit t
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology student Cheng Li-kai (鄭立楷) has won the Gunpla Builders World Cup’s U-20 championship with his work titled “Kira Kira.” Cheng, a sophomore in the university’s College of Design, was crowned champion of the U-20 championship the second time, after h
Taiwanese fashion designer Goji Lin (林國基) has launched an embroidery workshop in Yunlin County to bring professional embroidery and beadwork craftsmanship to rural areas, providing disadvantaged families with new economic opportunities. The training program, in collaboration with Rotary Internationa
A cross-campus initiative was launched yesterday aimed at screening and discussing films depicting the White Terror era at schools across Taiwan to deepen public engagement with the country’s authoritarian past.The initiative, co-organized by the Modern Culture Foundation and the New Taiwan Peace Fo
A Chinese national is under investigation for allegedly handling a sea turtle on Siaoliouciou (小琉球) over the weekend.The man, surnamed Liu (劉), was visiting the island on Sunday when he allegedly violated conservation laws by touching a protected sea turtle. He claimed the contact was accidental, sa
People hold placards at a news conference in New Taipei City yesterday promoting this year’s New Taipei Poetry Festival, which would take place at the Wugu Shou Rang Hall on Saturday. The New Taipei City Library said this year’s poetry festival, themed “Writing Poems for Mothers,” would include a “C
The Legislative Yuan holds a hearing in Taipei yesterday on a motion to impeach President William Lai. The Democratic Progressive Party caucus boycotted the session, calling it a political farce by the opposition. The Legislative Yuan is to hold the impeachment vote on May 19.
Pingtung County Commissioner Chou Chun-mi, right, holds placards with models in a mock wedding at a news conference in Pingtung County yesterday, promoting the county government’s annual mass wedding event, which is to take place on June 7. This year’s event, themed “Love in Pingtung, Happiness Toge
A battalion commander has been disciplined with two demerits for screening a Chinese propaganda movie for troops at an army camp in Yilan County, the Ministry of National Defense confirmed today.The Chinese movie The Eight Hundred (八佰), a war film about Chinese Nationalist soldiers during the 1937 B
Cross-party negotiations over the special defense budget ended after just one hour this afternoon, after Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers clashed over the budget cap.Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) convened the third round of negotiations today, but ended the meeting early so the KMT a
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