Tue, Oct 13, 2026
ALLIES TARGETED: China’s coercive tactics would only expose its unreasonable behavior and boost Taiwan’s diplomatic support, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Taiwan yesterday condemned China for interfering in other nations’ sovereignty and foreign policy through political coercion after Beijing sanctioned ministers from Paraguay and Belize over their diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Paraguay and Belize are two of just 12 countries to maintain formal di
Lala Mountain (拉拉山) in Taoyuan has been designated an Urban Night Sky Place by DarkSky International, becoming the first site in Taiwan and the third in Asia to receive the recognition, the city’s Department of Tourism said yesterday. The department said it was notified of the designation on Saturda
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced that he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage.” “During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localized,” the 71-ye
US-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford yesterday won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, saying the winners were
‘EQUALS’: The ROC and PRC are not subordinate to each other, which is the consensus among Taiwanese, who are the only ones who can decide Taiwan’s future, MOFA said Taiwan yesterday urged China to stop its hostile rhetoric toward Taiwan as the US welcomed President William Lai’s (賴清德) commitment to Taiwan Strait stability in his Double Ten National Day speech.Lai on Saturday described Taiwan as a “city upon a hill” and said that “Taiwan cherishes peace, but we
PATROL PARTNERS: The ‘Chiayi’ and the ‘Penghu’ departed for a two-day joint patrol of Palau’s exclusive economic zone, the CGA’s second diplomatic visit to the country The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) set a record for its southernmost deployment of a coast guard vessel as the vessels Chiayi and the Penghu reached Palau’s Pulo Anna Island on Saturday in a cooperative exercise between the two countries.The island, about 217 nautical miles (401km) southwest of Ko
‘DEEPLY DESTABILIZING’: The coast guard would handle expelling China maritime militia vessels that enter Taiwan’s territorial waters, the national defense minister said The military is monitoring a series of Chinese live-fire drills along the country’s coast this week, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday while accusing China of stoking tensions.Starting from Thursday, the China Maritime Safety Administration announced no-sail notices fo
Taiwan yesterday resumed accepting visa applications from Moroccan nationals, ending a months-long suspension imposed after the North African country abruptly halted visa applications from Taiwanese nationals in July.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it had made the decision a
Prosecutors yesterday searched 10 locations and questioned four people over allegations that Chinese-developed software was repackaged and marketed as Taiwanese for use by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Three companies allegedly disguised Chinese-developed endpoint security management software as a
Two executives of drone supplier Jiin Ming Industry Co have been detained and held incommunicado over the company’s alleged use of prohibited China-made chips and camera lenses in drones supplied under military contracts, the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.The prosecutors said i
HASHING IT OUT: Shen said he had signed an agreement to participate, while a Chiang representative said they needed to confirm arrangements for another debate Six major news outlets including the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper) yesterday formally invited all Taipei mayoral candidates to discuss their policies in a televised debate.In a joint statement, the Liberty Times, China Television, Taiwan Television, Formosa Televisi
A man who admitted he reposted a defamatory image of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen (沈伯洋) has been granted deferred prosecution for two years, on condition that he attends legal education classes, prosecutors said yesterday.The man, surnamed Wu (
Twelve mayoral candidates have signed pledges to promote sustainable and resilient policies if elected, civic groups said yesterday.Civic groups, including the Taipei-based Green Citizens’ Action Alliance (GCAA) and the Taiwan Climate Action Network (TCAN), announced the candidates at news conferenc
Kaohsiung’s two major-party mayoral candidates yesterday outlined their plans for developing the city’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry, with proposals ranging from an AI industry cluster and closer industry-academia ties to wider access to AI education.Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
GENE REGULATION: The four hub genes could serve as therapeutic entry points or biomarkers for early intervention to treat the disease, NHRI researchers said A National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) research team has identified four potential hub genes highly correlated with early-onset schizophrenia, which could explain how the disease develops and lead to new treatments, a researcher at the institute’s Center for Neuropsychiatric Research said yest
ONGOING BITE: Nanya is expecting soaring profits as the DRAM supply crunch continues, fueled by the insatiable appetite of the AI sweeping the globe DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) expects memory prices to remain on an upward trajectory this quarter due to an acute supply crunch and strong artificial intelligence (AI) demand, boosting the company’s gross margin outlook.A 60 percent sequential surge in the average selling prices sent
UPWARD TREND: Demand for electronics in support of the AI boom drove growing export numbers, showing an increase of almost 30 percent from this time last year Taiwan’s machinery exports rose again last month, driven mainly by shipments of electronic equipment amid strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and semiconductors, the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry said yesterday.Outbound shipments of machinery products increased 29.
A surge in travel fueled by Taiwan’s artificial intelligence (AI) boom is driving record guest numbers at Formosa International Hotels Corp (晶華國際酒店), showing the technology sector’s growing impact beyond just the chip industry.The company, led by chairman Steven Pan (潘思亮), is on track for record rev
Media reports about personal data breaches affecting at least 68,000 people at several South Korean financial institutions have linked the attacks to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity tool ARTEX. The stolen information included customers’ names, phone numbers, annual income and
The relocation of Taipei International Airport (Songshan Airport), which Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) proposed on Thursday, has been debated for years. Mayoral candidates have previously advocated preserving the site as a park and green space, which I would have no objection to. However, plans f
A Facebook post by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) earlier this month achieved record levels of engagement — although perhaps inadvertently. In it, he attacked Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen (沈伯洋) for an op-ed published in 2014 discussing drug h
COMPETiTIVE FINISH: Powering through the tournament in China, Lin Yun-ju finished second, losing in the final to the world No. 1 in a close-fought match Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju finished second in the men’s singles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) China Smash on Sunday in the final against world No. 1 Sora Matsushima of Japan. Lin, the world No. 6, recovered from a loss in the first two games to take a 3-2 lead, but was overtaken by Matsushima, who won th
DOUBLE DOMINANCE: Verstappen won both the Grand Prix and the sprint race on a weekend marked by technical issues and pushback from a team head against criticism A dominant Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time on Sunday, 24 hours after taking the checkered flag in the sprint race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.TECHNICAL ISSUESFor the second weekend in a row, software glitches on this year’s generation of cars caused problems.A wee
Brice Turang homered and Milwaukee’s bullpen kept the Los Angeles Dodgers in check on Sunday as the Brewers triumphed 2-1 in game one of baseball’s National League Championship Series.One year after they were unceremoniously swept by the Dodgers in the NLCS, the Brewers thrilled fans in Milwaukee, l
Manchester City survived a hostile reception at Anfield in their first match since a guilty verdict on widespread financial impropriety, but a 3-0 win over Liverpool highlighted the uncertainty that surrounds the Premier League season.Enzo Maresca’s men are sitting pretty at the top of the table wit
PAUSE? It is clear that ‘Putin does not read Truth Social,’ Zelenskiy said after Russia had struck numerous energy facilities, including a power plant in Kharkiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday said that Russia has continued to strike Ukraine’s energy facilities even after US President Donald Trump said a day earlier that the warring countries had agreed on an energy ceasefire. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, Zelenskiy said
A fresh Houthi strike on Sunday hit Riyadh’s international airport, killing one person and wounding 11 others, a day after a deadly attack claimed by the Yemeni group forced authorities to suspend operations there. Saturday’s attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, was a sharp esc
BUILDUP: The report comes as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi boosts defense spending in the face of China’s military expansion and the North Korean threat French defence contractor Thales will establish a maintenance and operational support base in Japan in what is seen as the first such move by a foreign firm in the country, a report said yesterday. Thales chairman and CEO Patrice Caine told the Nikkei business daily that the base “will mark a milest
The Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC, 核安會) on Sept. 24 approved the re-operation plan that Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) filed in March for the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, after three rounds of review and 589 comments. Taipower now has to carry out the work in the plan and its o
Cognitive warfare, says the Ministry of National Defense (MND), is the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) use of “political, economic, cultural, military and legal means, with the intent to divide internal unity and undermine social stability” in Taiwan. Last week offered several examples.PRC media
Oct. 12 to Oct. 18 After 11 years in prison on Green Island, Yen Shih-hung (顏世鴻) was finally due for release when a camp guard asked him for NT$20,000 to help pay his bride price.Yen refused. The next day, officials deemed that he had “failed to improve his thinking” and ordered him to under
The 2026 Nobel Prize laureates were announced from Oct. 5 to yesterday across six categories: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences. Their award-winning contributions span a broad range of fields, including neuroscience, astrophysics, molecular chemistry
對話 Dialogue 華華：最近看到許多朋友在IG上分享露營的照片，美麗的星空加上溫暖的營火，畫面好美。 Huáhua: Zuìjìn kàndào xǔduō péngyǒu zài IG shàng fēnxiǎng lùyíng de zhàopiàn, měilì de xīngkōng jiā shàng wēnnuǎn de yínghuǒ, huàmiàn hǎo měi. 清清：這幾年露營越來越流行了。尤其是「豪華露營」，不用自己搭帳篷，很適合新手。 Qīngqīng: Zhè jǐ nián lùyíng yuèláiyuè liúxíng le. Yóuqí shì “h
1. 他手術醒來時並不覺得痛。ˇ He felt no pain when he awoke from surgery.χ He felt painless when he awoke from surgery.註：painless 是「無痛的」、「不使人感覺痛苦的」，用於事物，如 painless death（善終）。說人覺得痛或痛苦，須用 to feel a pain；說人不覺得痛或痛苦，該用 to feel no pain。2. 恐懼與自我懷疑是創意的死敵。ˇ Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity.χ Fear
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