Most Americans support Taiwan and are in favor of strengthening US relations, a recent poll by the Humanity for Freedom Foundation found.The poll, commissioned by Remington Research Group, found that 82 percent of respondents viewed Taiwan as an independent country, with 68 percent holding a positiv
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday requested that Somalia reverse its decision to prohibit people with travel documents issued in Taiwan from entering or transiting through the country.Somalia said it is following the “one China” principle based on UN Resolution 2758.The ministry said that So
The Keelung District Court late last night granted bail for a city government official accused of using public household registration rolls to aid a recall effort against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) city councilors. At nearly midnight, the court released Keelung Department of Civil Affairs Di
Taiwan's first domestically built submarine is almost certain to miss the date that sea trials were scheduled to begin, with only one day remaining until the deadline.According to the timeline set by the Ministry of National Defense (MND), sea trials for the Hai Kun (海鯤), or “Narwhal,” Taiwan's Indi
Hwang Jau-yuan (黃昭元), a former Constitutional Court justice, has been appointed as Taiwan's representative to the WTO, the Presidential Office said yesterday.Hwang's appointment as representative to the WTO, the only major international organization in which Taiwan has full membership, was made via
‘GREAT POTENTIAL’: The LDP Youth Division plays an important role in the Japanese party by promoting Taiwan exchanges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday welcomed a delegation of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Youth Division led by Japanese Representative Yasutaka Nakasone.Taiwan-Japan Relations Association Deputy Secretary-General Lin Yu-hui (林郁慧) said Japan’s Golden Week holiday began last we
LAI MEETING: The pace of efforts to foster whole-of-society defense is ‘nothing short of inspiring,’ the US Navy admiral said, promising that support would continue
Taiwan’s flourishing democracy is crucial to regional peace and stability, former US Navy admiral John Aquilino said during a meeting with President William Lai (賴清德) in Taipei yesterday.Aquilino, who was head of the Indo-Pacific Command, made the comments at an event at the Presidential Office atte
China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) Deputy Chairman Lee Tsung-kuei (李宗奎) on Monday was handed a suspended two-year sentence for breaching election laws by paying for signatures to support the presidential bid of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) last year.The Taipei District
National Defense University’s participation in a Defense Challenge event and a separate event it intends to host would deepen the military’s cybersecurity and uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) research to ensure that it can boost national defense by leveraging cutting-edge technology, said Rear Admiral
COOL! The average temperature of 20.4°C this spring was the third-coldest since 2011, while the average rainfall was higher than the climatic average, data showed
The nation is likely to have a hotter plum rain season after having experienced a colder and more humid spring, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. The state-run meteorology agency issued its forecast for the plum rain season, which generally lasts from May to June. It also conc
COVID-19 infections have climbed for three consecutive weeks and are likely to reach another peak between next month and June, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.Weekly hospital visits for the disease increased by 19 percent from the previous week, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center
The Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems should conduct a strict review of the Chinese firm chosen to be the supplier of automatic door systems for the MRT Circular Line, Taipei City Councilor Vincent Chao (趙怡翔) said yesterday. French company Alstom, which is to supply trains for the line, sel
E-commerce transactions in Taiwan topped NT$1.8 trillion (US$55.85 billion) last year, 1.7 times higher than that in 2019, National Credit Card center data showed yesterday. The figure was based on the amount of credit card transactions last year, which grew from NT$660 billion in 2019, the center s
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai is to headline a new exhibition starting at the end of this month at the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum.The masterpiece, on loan from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, is to be displayed from May 30 to June 29 as part of the museum’s three-mo
‘STUPID’: Shoulder checks would be more effective than ‘pointing and calling,’ which could significantly slow traffic and compromise safety, civic groups said
Several road safety groups yesterday panned the Highway Bureau for its plan to introduce a mandatory “pointing and calling” requirement in driving tests, saying the “stupid” regulation lacked consensus from civic groups and could compromise traffic safety.After a meeting with road safety groups on F
Several batches of oysters and avocados imported from the US have been intercepted by customs officials after being found to contain excessive levels of the heavy metal cadmium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday.Three of the eight shipments that failed inspections this week origi
The sun sets over Zhongxiao W Road in Taipei yesterday. Temperatures are to rise today as the northeasterly winds weaken, with mostly sunny skies expected across Taiwan. A weather front is expected to pass near northern Taiwan tomorrow.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, seventh left, Lienchiang County Government Secretary-General Chang Lung-te, sixth right, and other officials attend an event in Kaohsiung yesterday ahead of the start of direct flights between Kaohsiung and Lienchiang’s Nangan Airport on June 6.
Stable electricity prices are important to Taiwan’s industrial base, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said today, defending the special budget’s NT$100 billion (US$3.11 billion) subsidy for Taiwan Power Co (Taipower).On Thursday last week, the Executive Yuan passed a NT$410 billion special budget seeking
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