PUSHBACK: The KMT’s Fu Kun-chi, speaking the same day 11 Chinese military aircraft were detected near Taiwan, said the Cabinet’s version of the budget would not pass
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) does not oppose prioritizing the Executive Yuan’s proposed special defense budget alongside its own version for review after the Lunar New Year holiday, TPP caucus convener Chen Ching-lung (陳清龍) said yesterday.He added that the party is not seeking to block the Cabine
GOOD TIDINGS: The TAIEX surged 10,080.3 points during the Year of the Snake, with TSMC benefiting heavily from an AI boom, soaring 68.72 percent, TWSE data showed
The TAIEX yesterday rose 532.74 points — or 1.61 percent — to close at a record high 33,605.71 and cap the Year of the Snake with a 42.84 percent rally, as individual investors pocketed an average gain of NT$2.46 million (US$78,149) over the period.Yesterday was the last trading session of the Year
The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) yesterday released the first images from its Formosat-8A satellite, featuring high-resolution views of Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區), Tainan’s Anping District (安平), Kaohsiung’s Singda Harbor (興達港), Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo and Barcelona airport.Formosat-8A, na
Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant on Tuesday opened fire at a high school in western Canada in one of the country’s deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.The attack was carried out by a shooter described as “a female in a dress with brown hair,” police said.Six
The US on Tuesday barred Palauan Senate President Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the US, accusing him of corruption linked to China, as Washington pushes back on Beijing’s effort to boost its influence in the Pacific.“Baules abused his public position by accepting bribes in exchange for
President William Lai (賴清德) this morning told the nation that “defense cannot wait,” as he urged the legislature to pass the government’s proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.74 billion) special defense budget. The Executive Yuan on Nov. 27 approved the budget to strengthen Taiwan’s defense and asymmetr
RESTRAINTS: Should China’s actions pose any threat to Taiwan’s security, economic or social systems, China would be excluded from major financial institutions, the bill says
The US House of Representatives on Monday passed the PROTECT Taiwan Act, which states that Washington would exclude China from participating in major global financial organizations if its actions directly threaten Taiwan’s security.The bill, proposed by Republican Representative Frank Lucas, passed
The Mainland Affairs Council yesterday dismissed Beijing’s call for “reunification,” describing it as a rehash of its longstanding stance with the ultimate goal of Taiwan’s annihilation.Addressing the meeting of Beijing’s annual “Taiwan Work Conference” yesterday, Chinese People’s Political Consulta
Independent Legislator May Chin (高金素梅) and 17 others were brought in for questioning yesterday after prosecutors searched her office over alleged corruption involving national security concerns tied to campaign finances and assistant expenses.The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau’s national s
DEMOCRACIES SLIPPING: Most countries are failing to keep corruption under control, including advanced nations like the US and the UK, whose scores dropped
Taiwan jumped one spot to rank 24th globally in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, marking the country’s best-ever result, the Agency Against Corruption said yesterday.Taiwan showed steady progress in the evaluation, outperforming 86 percent of the 182 countries and terr
China yesterday released a policy white paper on Hong Kong’s practice of safeguarding national security to ensure stability in a volatile world, emphasizing that Beijing has “fundamental responsibility” for national security affairs in the territory.The white paper was released by China’s State Coun
LANDSLIDE WIN: Wishing the Japanese leader the best, the president said that he looks forward to working with her to promote peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region
President William Lai (賴清德) on Sunday night congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on their historic landslide victory in Japan’s general election earlier in the day.The decisive win “clearly demonstrates the trust and expectations of Japanese vot
The sentencing yesterday of former Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai (黎智英) raised concerns from international governments, while Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law.Lai, a 78-year-old prominent democracy advocate, was sentenced to 20 years
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday “strongly condemned” the “political persecution” by Chinese authorities after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Hong Kong’s National Security Law.In a statement, MAC said it “condemns the Chinese Communist Pa
Taiwanese trade negotiators told Washington that Taipei would not relocate 40 percent of its semiconductor production to the US, and that its most advanced technologies would remain in the nation, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said on Sunday.“I told the US side very clearly — that’s impossible,”
US ENVOY? A KMT vice chair said he meant no disrespect when he said Greene’s position was ‘only slightly higher than that of a section chief’
The director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is the US secretary of state’s representative in Taiwan who fully represents the US government’s position, a US Department of State spokesperson said on Saturday following controversial remarks by a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) official. KMT
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was sentenced today to a total of 20 years in jail on three charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials.The Mainland Affairs Council condemned the "harsh" sentence and called for Lai
DETERRENCE EFFORTS: Washington and partners hope demonstrations of force would convince Beijing that military action against Taiwan would carry high costs
The US is considering using HMAS Stirling in Western Australia as a forward base to strengthen its naval posture in a potential conflict with China, particularly over Taiwan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. As part of its Indo-Pacific strategy, Washington plans to deploy up to four nuc
DIPLOMACY: During Honduras’ presidential election last year, Nasry Asfura had expressed his intention to restore relations with Taiwan
Honduran President Nasry Asfura on Saturday said he is considering switching diplomatic ties to Taiwan from China. Asfura was quoted as making the remarks after his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the latter’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Asfura, a conservative businessman and former mayo
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