■POLITICS
Congress ties established
The legislature established amity associations with members of the Mongolian and Danish congresses yesterday. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), who heads both of the associations, said the objective of the organizations was to urge the government to increase cultural exchanges with the two nations. Legislators are scheduled to visit Mongolia during the legislature’s upcoming recess, she said. The current legislative session, originally slated to go into recess today, will be extended until next Tuesday.
■TECHNOLOGY
Taiwanese Web less risky
Taiwan’s Web domain was ranked among the world’s least risky last year in a list topped by Japan and Australia, according to an annual report released by US-based security technology company McAfee. Also on the list were Canada, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico and most nations in Europe and South America. McAfee uses a technology, SiteAdvisor, to test Web sites for browser exploitation, phishing, excessive pop-ups and malicious downloads and analysis. The report was produced after analyzing more than 27 million Web sites and 104 top-level domains. It revealed that Africa’s Cameroon was the Web’s riskiest domain last year, followed by China and Samoa. The report said Cameroon’s extension .cm was easily exploited by unscrupulous users because it was similar to the popular extension .com. The report also showed a rapid deterioration in Singapore’s domain security, with the country ranked as the world’s 10th-riskiest domain last year, up from 67th the previous year, mainly because of Chinese pharmacy spam sites. Hong Kong was the riskiest domain in 2008.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,900) for advertisements that exceeded its approved business scope and ordered the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license would be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter supervision of Chinese e-commerce platforms and more stringent measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan as US President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on origin laundering. The legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday met to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report on the matter. Democratic Progressive Party
Taiwan and its Pacific ally Tuvalu on Tuesday signed two accords aimed at facilitating bilateral cooperation on labor affairs, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The governments inked two agreements in Taipei, witnessed by Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) and visiting Deputy Tuvaluan Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone, MOFA said in a news release. According to MOFA, the agreements will facilitate cooperation on labor issues and allow the two sides to mutually recognize seafarers’ certificates and related training. Taiwan would also continue to collaborate with Tuvalu across various fields to promote economic prosperity as well as the well-being of their
Sung Chien-liang (宋建樑), who led efforts to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lee Kun-cheng (李坤城), was released on bail of NT$80,000 today amid outcry over his decision to wear a Nazi armband to questioning the night before. Sung arrived at the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office for questioning in a recall petition forgery case last night wearing a red armband bearing a swastika, carrying a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and giving a Nazi salute. Sung left the building at 1:15am without the armband and covering the book with his coat. Lee said today that this is a serious
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