After undergoing several sea trials, Taiwan's first indigenous defense submarine, the Hai Kun (海鯤), or “Narwhal,” is still on schedule to be delivered in November, the navy said today.Answering questions at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, Navy Chief of
Almost half of Taiwanese are getting their news from YouTube, as traditional media outlets scramble for strategies to counter social media's rising influence across the globe, the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report found.Forty-six percent of Taiwanese respondents said that they used YouTube for
The Food Taipei Mega Shows expo today opened at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center with a record 1,700 exhibitors, and is expected to attract 45,000 visitors, the event organizer said.This year's event, which runs through Saturday, consists of five concurrent exhibitions: Food Taipei (the Taipei F
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) New Taipei City Branch Secretary-General Chen Chen-jung (陳貞容) was released on bail of NT$1 million (US$34,002) late last night after prosecutors indicted 31 people for allegedly forging recall petition signatures.Prosecutors yesterday completed their investigation int
The UK highlighted the importance of regional stability in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in a national security policy paper published yesterday, while saying that the “Taiwan issue” should be resolved peacefully. “The centrality of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait to global trade and s
Taiwan would next year start trials to monitor ultrafine PM0.1 particles in Taichung and Kaohsiung to help develop a stable foundation for monitoring the pollutants, the Ministry of Environment said today.PM0.1, or particulate matter with a diameter of 0.1 micrometers or less, is relatively unstudie
The UK plans to conduct more freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy told the British House of Commons yesterday. British Member of Parliament Desmond Swayne said that the Brit
Taiwan has outperformed global averages in multiple financial inclusion categories, a report released by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) on Monday showed.Financial inclusion, also known as inclusive finance, is a concept the UN adopted in the 2000s that refers to ensuring that all members
US LEADERSHIP: US military intervention is needed as Taiwan is a key chipmaker, it is critical to the defense of other allies and it sends a warning, the poll showed
Nearly 80 percent of Americans support the US taking military action to defend Taiwan if China invades or blockades Taiwan, a survey by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute released on Sunday showed.The poll was published as US President Donald Trump pursues disengagement from sec
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday expressed concern about Taiwan’s situation amid China’s “massive military buildup.”Speaking at a news conference at the The Hague, Netherlands, ahead of the start of NATO’s summit yesterday, Rutte said that countries with close ties to NATO, such as Japan,
The High Court yesterday reduced the sentence of a former lieutenant colonel who was convicted of attempting to recruit spies on behalf of China.In July last year, the Taoyuan District Court sentenced Kung Fan-chia (孔繁嘉) to five years and six months in prison after he pleaded guilty.The High Court y
Shuzo Sumi, former chairman of Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc, is the new chairman of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association following the retirement of Mitsuo Ohashi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.In his inaugural address on Friday, Sumi praised his predecessor, Ohashi, for his
Prosecutors in New Taipei City yesterday indicted 31 individuals affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for allegedly forging thousands of signatures in recall campaigns targeting three Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers.The indictments stem from investigations launched ear
COALITION: Removing the KMT caucus whip from office is vital to reviving Hualien and returning the legislature to normalcy, recall advocates said
A coalition of citizen groups leading the recall campaign against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi on Sunday set up a headquarters in Fu’s constituency in Hualien over the weekend to rally support, and assist eligible voters to return home and cast their vote on July 26.At the
The Customs Administration has flagged 72 export shipments to the United States for false or missing country-of-origin labeling, the result of heightened enforcement aimed at preventing the transshipment of Chinese goods to avoid US tariffs.Customs Administration Deputy Director-General Chao Ta
IN THE AIR: As only six of the nation’s 78 air pollution monitoring stations are designated for traffic monitoring, people do not know what they are breathing, an expert said
Non-governmental organizations and medical groups yesterday urged the government to enhance air pollution monitoring, warning that exposure to pollutants such as fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) can contribute to the development of dementia and other major health issues.A
ECHOVIRUS 11: The rate of enterovirus infections in northern Taiwan increased last week, with a four-year-old girl developing acute flaccid paralysis, the CDC said
Two imported cases of chikungunya fever were reported last week, raising the total this year to 13 cases — the most for the same period in 18 years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.The two cases were a Taiwanese and a foreign national who both arrived from Indonesia, CDC Epidemi
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Civil Service Protection Act (公務人員保障法) that clearly define, set penalties and improve complaint handling procedures for workplace bullying in government agencies.The amendments define workplace bullying as behavior by personnel within the same
The number of passengers passing through Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport this year could exceed that of 2019 amid a strong recovery in air travel and the number of long weekends during the second half of this year, Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) said yesterday.As of May 31, 19.57 mil
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