The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today thanked eight European and Indo-Pacific countries for opposing unilateral changes to the “status quo” across the Taiwan Strait in a joint statement issued on Tuesday.Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) welcomed the joint statement and expresse
Ties between Taiwan and Somaliland are strong and cooperation is expanding, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said after receiving a delegation on Tuesday led by Somaliland Minister of Interior and National Security Abdalle Mohamed Arab.Lin added that he hoped to personally visit the c
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena yesterday reaffirmed his country’s strong support for Taiwan and its full and meaningful participation in the UN and its specialized agencies while addressing the UN General Debate at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Excluding Taiwan deprive
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday reiterated that US arms sales to Taiwan remain under review, saying that the US must balance such decisions against its own needs.After four Republican senators raised concerns earlier in the day about stalled US arms sales and other military assistance to
INSPIRATION ASSOCIATION: Among those who disapproved of the legislature, 36.1 percent said that the budget review process had been slow and inefficient
Strong public dissatisfaction with the opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan is a stinging rebuke of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), the Taiwan Inspiration Association told a news conference in Taipei yesterday, citing the results of a poll.The survey of Tai
EYE ON ARMS: The Chinese leader’s top priority is to slow approval of US arms packages to Taiwan, but Washington is aware of Beijing’s strategy, the official said
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will try to pressure US President Donald Trump to postpone arms sales to Taiwan and roll back deployments of US forces in the Indo-Pacific region, a senior Taiwanese official said yesterday.Xi was expected to arrive in the US after press time last night and meet wi
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) are expected to discuss trade, artificial intelligence (AI) and Taiwan at a summit beginning in Washington today, with academics saying the talks would also aim to manage competition between the two countries.The summit, the leaders’ s
The Minimum Wage Review Committee is to meet today to decide whether to increase the minimum wage next year, with Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) saying the monthly rate could top NT$30,000 (US$946) and the hourly rate NT$200.The committee — comprising representatives of labor groups, businesse
Taiwan debuted its first-ever national pavilion at the InnonTrans global transportation technology trade fair in Berlin on Tuesday, aimed at demonstrating resilient railway solutions and attracting international partners, officials said at the event.Organized by the Ministry of Transportation and Co
The Tourism Administration yesterday unveiled a new marketing campaign — which includes airline partnerships, travel platforms, tourism products and international content creators — to attract international visitors to southern Taiwan.The Check in and Discover Southern Taiwan campaign, organized by
Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters from the three branches of the military yesterday morning conducted a route survey ahead of flight rehearsals for this year’s Double Ten National Day celebrations, with the Ministry of National Defense promising a spectacle similar to previous years while incorpor
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday urged people to take precautions against gastroenteritis during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when barbecues, family gatherings and outings are popular.People planning to barbecue during the holiday should use fresh ingredients, keep raw and cooked food se
SANCTIONS: Social workers found guilty of committing crime related to their duties would have their certificate revoked and name published on the ministry’s Web site
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday said it had asked the Taipei City Government to launch an administrative investigation after a former social worker supervisor was on Tuesday detained for allegedly embezzling NT$12 million (US$378,358) from elderly people.Prosecutors and police received
About one in six people receiving care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experience preventable harm, the Taiwan Alliance of Patients’ Organizations said yesterday, calling for better patient safety governance through enhanced patient engagement.As part of World Patient Safety Day, observed annua
ROOTS OF PASSION: Howard Chen said that as a child, he admired how cartoons could tell stories through drawings without relying heavily on dialogue
Artist Howard Chen (陳人豪), who earlier this month won a Primetime Emmy Award, said the cartoons he grew up with in Taiwan planted the seeds for his career in the US. Chen won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his background design on the first episode of The Mighty Nein on Prim
Taiwanese airlines are turning to culture and cuisine to enhance their flying experience, with Tigerair Taiwan unveiling a National Palace Museum-themed aircraft ahead of its 12th anniversary this weekend.Tigerair yesterday announced a three-year collaboration with the museum to decorate the fuselag
Members of the Rotary Club District 3490 hold gold-colored shovels as they plant a tree in honor of the volunteers who helped clean residents’ homes using shovels they brought themselves after the flooding caused by the Mataian River barrier lake overflow in Hualien County last year.
A 26-year-old former warehouse employee and ID Logistics Taiwan have been ordered to jointly pay NT$870.78 million (US$27.49 million) in compensation, after the employee’s discarded cigarette butt caused a fire at a Carrefour logistics warehouse in March 2022, the Taoyuan District Court ruled.The fi
Taiwan’s drone industry output is now expected to surpass NT$50 billion (US$1.58 million) annually by 2030, reaching the initial estimate of NT$40 billion far earlier than expected, Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said in an interview published yesterday.Russia’s war against Ukrain
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