Taiwanese athletes yesterday modeled the uniform the nation’s Olympic team are to wear at the opening ceremony in Paris this summer, with the garments to be displayed at Taipei Fashion Week.The uniforms — designed by Justin Chou (周裕穎) — were debuted at a news conference in Taipei, with Olympic trap
EIGHT-DAY EVENT: Overall, the Han Kuang military exercises are focused on countering cognitive warfare and mobilizing reserve forces, the defense ministry said
The computerized war games of this year’s Han Kuang military exercises began yesterday and are to include lessons learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Ministry of National Defense said.Special emphasis would also be given to scenarios such as “gray zone” ac
Thailand Week, organized by the de facto Thai embassy in Taiwan, is to be held from Wednesday next week to the end of the month, featuring a concert, a food festival and cultural events, the Southeast Asian country’s top representative said on Thursday.Thailand Week is to be held just after Songkran
The Cabinet is to allocate more than NT$20 billion (US$615.16 million) to support relief efforts in Hualien County following an earthquake on April 3 that measured 7.2 on the Richter scale.The estimate was confirmed on Thursday at a meeting led by Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) and attended by of
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday urged the public not to fall for information spread by “ill-intentioned individuals,” following local media reports earlier in the day that confidential documents were being sold online.The Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times)
TRAILBLAZER: Chang established a company that has taken microchip production to unparalleled levels, developing a ‘sacred mountain’ protecting the country
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) founder Morris Chang (張忠謀) received one of the nation’s highest medals of honor yesterday in recognition of his achievements as the founder of TSMC and envoy to APEC.Known as the “godfather” of the nation’s chip industry, Chang founded TSMC three decades
SUPPORT: The Connecticut House of Representatives bill that was passed said Taiwan is an indispensable US partner in safeguarding peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific
The Mississippi legislature and Connecticut House of Representatives this week passed resolutions supporting closer ties with Taiwan.The Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives signed a bill on Wednesday to “encourage further economic ties and friendship” between the state and Taiwan.Taipei
University students yesterday proposed six ways to update the Gender Equity Education Act (性別平等教育法), two decades after its enactment, to better address today’s issues.The legislature passed amendments to the act in July last year.Former National Taiwan University (NTU) Student Association Gender Wor
The Judicial Reform Foundation yesterday urged the judiciary to consider countermeasures against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and announced that it would publish a self-help manual for those victimized for supporting the #MeToo movement.People harassed by the judiciary sh
Vice president-elect Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) on Thursday touted Taiwan’s progress in gender equality by saying that the country should aim for women to make up 50 percent of lawmakers in the Legislative Yuan, at an event celebrating diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA).At the DEIA forum
Critics yesterday questioned Legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) about her sources of income after seeing a surge in her personal assets within a year, continuing what has been a week of accusations directed at the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker.Hsu and her husband, Liu Yen-li (劉彥澧), an offici
Visitors to the Neiwei Arts Center in Kaohsiung pose with their dogs in front of a mural by the artist Nelson Syndrome yesterday. Dogs are welcome to join their owners at the special exhibition of the artist’s work throughout the month.
HOSPITALITY HIT: Hotels in Hualien have an occupancy rate of 10 percent, down from 30 percent before the earthquake, a Tourism Administration official said
The Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled a stimulus package of vouchers and subsidies to revive tourism in Hualien County following a quake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale.The tremor on April 3, which killed at least 17 people and left two others missing, caused the county an estimated NT$3 billion
CASE ONGOING: A child welfare foundation employee is also under investigation for falsifying documents, Taipei prosecutors said
A foster carer surnamed Liu (劉) and her younger sister were indicted yesterday on child abuse charges in the case of a one-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death in December last year, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.The Liu sisters are accused of criminal offenses that include
The National Land Management Agency doled out subsidies to 70 projects to strengthen buildings against earthquakes in nine administrative regions from January to last month, it said on Tuesday.The quake-proofing projects consisted of 20 in Taipei, 16 in New Taipei City, 10 in Taitung County, eight i
The army recently concluded two rounds of drills in Pingtung County testing the precision shooting capabilities of its missiles and rockets, the Military News Agency reported yesterday.The two rounds of live-fire exercises included the annual “Mighty Eagle” exercises featuring the Aviation and Speci
Vanilla products from Taiwan have received this year’s Superior Taste Award from the Brussels-based International Taste Institute, the Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station said on Wednesday.The two products were “Organic Vanilla Beans” produced by the Taoyuan-based Harmony Or
SMALL BUSINESSES: The changes are expected to benefit more than 10,000 workers nationwide and they could potentially create 4,000 vocational opportunities if passed
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved draft amendments to the Act for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (中小企業發展條例) that would give tax breaks to small businesses if they increase employee wages.The changes are expected to benefit more than 10,000 workers nationwide if passed.The draft amen
HOMECOMING: The council estimates the number of overseas Taiwanese who would attend the presidential inauguration as being between 1,500 and 1,700
Nearly 900 overseas Taiwanese have signed up to attend president-elect William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration on May 20, Overseas Compatriots Affairs Council Minister Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) said yesterday.Since registration for the ceremony opened earlier this month, 870 Taiwanese living abroad had signed u
Proposed legislation by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to make contempt of the legislature a punishable offense would have a chilling effect, making officials, citizens and civic groups unwilling to come forward to present information at the legislature, Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Mi