In South Korea, the medical cosmetic industry is fiercely competitive and prices are low, attracting beauty enthusiasts from Taiwan. However, basic medical risks are often overlooked. While sharing a meal with friends recently, I heard one mention that his daughter would be going to South Korea for
Freedom of the press is not a catch-all defense, and whistle-blower protections cannot pardon every crime. Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) has recently been exposed for directing journalists to follow his political opponents, and has hailed former Central News Agency reporter Hs
Chinese actor Alan Yu (于朦朧) died after allegedly falling from a building in Beijing on Sept. 11. The actor’s mysterious death was tightly censored on Chinese social media, with discussions and doubts about the incident quickly erased. Even Hong Kong artist Daniel Chan’s (陳曉東) post questioning the tr
When I first introduced artificial intelligence (AI) tools into my classrooms in Hsinchu and Taitung, I expected curiosity. What surprised me was how quickly students — and teachers — began reshaping the learning process. The faster we produced content, the faster AI produced alternatives, competing
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The immigration raid at a South Korean-owned electric battery plant in Georgia last month shocked the world with its overreach. At a time when the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to reindustrialize the US, why humiliate hundreds of business travelers? As the injured party, Seou
On Sept. 24, 20 democratic nations — including Brazil, Chile, Norway and Spain — came together at the UN not just to reaffirm their commitment to democracy, but to develop an agenda which would sustain and enrich it.The membership of this group, Democracia Siempre (Democracy Always), has increased e
Youth-led protests across Asia in recent months have centered on corruption, elitism and censorship, but behind Gen Z’s anger lies something even more troubling — A staggering jobs crisis.The generation born at about the turn of the century is facing a bleak economic future. A shrinking pool of jobs
The election campaign for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair is heating up, with only 10 days left before party members cast their ballots on Oct. 18. The campaign has revealed potential strengths for the party going into important elections next year and in 2028, particularly the desire amon
A Sept. 19 New York Times report has raised questions about China’s role in clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. In July, the most serious armed confrontations in a decade broke out on the border between the two countries, while China has sought to portray itself as a mediator.However, Thai intell
On Oct. 8, 1998, then-South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and then-Japanese prime minister Keizo Obuchi signed the Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration: A New Japan-Republic of Korea Partnership Towards the Twenty-First Century during Kim’s state visit to Japan. Twenty-seven years on, it is cle
US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) on Sept. 24 issued a Withhold and Release Order under Section 307 of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 — which prohibits imports of goods made with forced labor — targeting bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories manufactured by Giant, a Taiwanese bicycle bra
Public transport failuresThe removal and reconstruction of the Gongguan roundabout in Taipei’s Zhongzheng District (中正), originally scheduled to take 65 days as proposed by the design team and approved by city officials, was shortened to just 17 days and officially completed on Monday.While Taipei M
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Sanae Takaichi, the pro-stimulus conservative poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, is an energetic nationalist with a soft spot for the hard-nosed politics of the “Iron Lady,” former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and the music of British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden.I
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev last month announced an ambitious plan to transform his country into a “fully digital nation” and regional digital hub. In some respects, Kazakhstan has already made remarkable progress toward these goals, with an Internet-penetration rate of about 93 percent —
Taiwan’s working-age population is expected to decline substantially in the coming years. Ministry of the Interior data showed an estimated 6.67 million people are projected to retire in two waves, with the first already under way starting in 2023, with 3.78 million people — those born in the late 1
Twenty years ago, during my time at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC), I wrote the lyrics “treat disease prevention like fighting a war” to a song drawing on the martial spirit of preparing for and responding to war. After Taiwan’s experiences with enteroviruses
Taiwan’s diplomatic situation has never been easy. Under constant pressure from China, every bit of space the nation gains on the international stage is a result of years of hard work by diplomats. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) has recently been making frequent visits overseas, dra
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