The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today said that it has allocated a budget of NT$156 million (US$5.07 million) for the purchase of a property to house its representative office in Boston.Currently, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston is located in a rented building at 99 Summer S
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) said yesterday it was still committed to making all carriages on its trains "quiet" but that it had adjusted its enforcement approach following complaints that this policy was unfriendly toward children.The company said it replaced seat pocket cards that read "quiet spa
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair candidate Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) today said he would call on Beijing to acknowledge the existence of the Republic of China (ROC) and declare it would not use force if Taiwan does not declare independence. Hau, former Taipei mayor, held a press conference today on cr
The Legislative Yuan today unanimously agreed to fast-track amendments to a special act for rebuilding in the aftermath of extensive flooding last month directly to a second reading. The draft bill would fund relief efforts after Hualien County’s Mataian River (馬太鞍溪) landslide dam failed on Sept. 23
One of the suspects accused of last month hacking the Web site of publicly-funded Radio Taiwan International (RTI) allegedly worked on behalf of Taiwan People's Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), Mirror Media reported today. RTI management on Sept. 11 reported to authorities an online attack in w
The Executive Yuan said yesterday that it would propose its own amendment to the fiscal revenue act, adding to controversy over the act’s revision as lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties have proposed amendments. Amendments to the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and
The special resilience budget, which includes funding for NT$10,000 (US$327.39) cash handouts for the public, is set to proceed to its third reading on Friday after a consensus was reached in a cross-party negotiations today.The government is to "execute the cash distribution as quickly as possible"
The US and 10 of Taiwan's diplomatic allies spoke in favor of Taiwan’s efforts to join the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), at its recent triennial assembly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today.The 10 allies, along with the US, advocated for Taiwan's inclusion in the ICAO, a
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE: The CCP’s bounty notices are a clumsy attempt to extend its long-arm jurisdiction and wage ‘lawfare’ against Taiwan, the official said
China’s “bounty notices” targeting what it called 18 members of Taiwan’s “psychological warfare unit,” along with threats of the death penalty against them, are an attempt to create a chilling effect among Taiwanese, an official said yesterday.The public security bureau in the Chinese city of Xiamen
Minister of National Defense Wellington Ku (顧立雄) yesterday said that it would be “challenging” for the builder of the Hai Kun (海鯤) submarine to deliver the ship to the navy next month, as equipment tests and calibration take time.Ku spoke of progress in readying Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine b
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) should support proposed amendments to national security laws if it believes foreign forces are attempting to interfere with elections in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus said yesterday.The call came in the wake of allegations by senior KMT mem
NATIONAL SECURITY: The three are accused of repeatedly hacking Radio Taiwan International’s Web site, including posting a flag of China
Taipei prosecutors yesterday appealed a court decision to release on bail two suspects who allegedly hacked the Radio Taiwan International (RTI) Web site. RTI management on Sept. 11 reported to authorities an online attack, in which hackers replaced the banner on its page with the People’s Republic
The Government Service Network of the Executive Yuan has reported more than 2.8 million cyberattacks a day on overage so far this year, a document submitted by the National Security Bureau (NSB) to the Legislative Yuan showed yesterday.In the document, sent to lawmakers ahead of a legislative c
PLANNING ONGOING: An evacuation plan is being compiled, which would not involve asking people to take shelter on higher floors of buildings, a Hualien County official said
Without an updated evacuation plan, the government is unable to lift the red alert for Hualien County’s Guangfu Township (光復) amid danger from the barrier lake in the Mataian River (馬太鞍溪), the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said. The barrier lake overflowed on Sept. 23 due to excessive rain
Scam tactics have evolved, despite a decrease in the number of reported cases over the past year, with scammers repeatedly targeting flood relief efforts, the National Police Agency’s Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday.Scam rings were using fake fundraisers to swindle people who wanted to
The Taipei City Government yesterday urged Shin Kong Life Insurance Co to accept a compensation agreement in exchange for relinquishing the surface rights of plots T17 and T18 in Beitou Shilin Science Park, where AI chip giant Nvidia Corp wants to build its Taiwan headquarters.The controversy ove
Proposals to allow people to pay extra for imported brand-name drugs need careful consideration, as they might create a negative impression about domestically produced generic drugs, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week
EVA Airways, one of the leading international carriers in Taiwan, yesterday said that it was investigating reports that a cabin crew manager had ignored the condition of a sick flight attendant, who died on Saturday.The airline made the statement in response to a post circulating on social media tha
New Zealand yesterday became the eighth country to open its e-Gate service to Taiwanese biometric passport holders, two ministries said.The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in separate statements said that they had been working with New Zealand’s immigration agency to mak
RSS