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A high-profile, China-friendly Taiwan mayor who lost a recall election last week said on Tuesday he would not contest the vote in the courts, smoothing the way for an election for his replacement. ( read original story ...)

Chinese fighter jets briefly entered Taiwan's airspace on Tuesday, forcing the island to scramble its own, Taipei said shortly after announcing plans for its largest annual live-fire military drill. " ... ( read original story ...)

A pandemic, an economic downturn and an untested military have forced Beijing to temper calls for war. The move highlights the dangers of harnessing nationalism to bolster party control. ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Navy has conducted a Taiwan Strait transit to “demonstrate the U.S. commitment to a free and open IndoPacific,” according to a statement from Naval Sea Systems Command. Navy destroyer USS ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea yesterday tested the patience of South Korea by delaying a regularly scheduled phone conversation at a liaison office, after saying it was abolishing the project that once allowed the ... ( read original story ...)

Mengjie Lai, Kent Tsai and Mandy Wei promote for their new web series “All Your Hairs” in Taipei today. It is a story about an orange cat and its master who has the ability to communicate with pets. ( read original story ...)

KAOHSIUNG - Mr Han Kuo-yu, the once-popular Kaohsiung mayor who was trounced in Taiwan's presidential election earlier this year, will now be removed from his office after a move to recall him passed ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden towards Beijing on the democratic ... ( read original story ...)

China has not ruled out using military action against Taiwan. An invasion of the island has derided as the ‘million man swim’ because previously the Chinese Navy was not equipped to pull it off. That ... ( read original story ...)

The speaker of the city council in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung jumped to his death late on Saturday after the mayor lost a highly-charged recall vote, casting a deep pall over what was an already ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan will further ease its restrictions related to control of the coronavirus, the government said on Sunday, as the island has kept the pandemic well in hand with only 6 active cases and no local ... ( read original story ...)

A high-profile mayor from Taiwan's main opposition party lost an acrimonious recall vote on Saturday, auguring new problems for the party that is already reeling from losing January elections on the ... ( read original story ...)

It helped the government counter false claims that the material used to make masks was the same as that found in toilet paper. In response Taiwan's Premier posted a self-mocking cartoon, which showed ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Han Kuo-yu, the once-popular Kaohsiung mayor who was trounced in Taiwan's presidential election earlier this year, will now be removed from his office after a move to recall him passed ... ( read original story ...)

A populist Taiwanese mayor was recalled by voters on Saturday, abruptly ending the rise of a politician whose failed presidential bid had favoured closer ties with China. The historic recall by citize ... ( read original story ...)

Many New Yorkers had their fill of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily COVID-19 briefings some time ago; they had gone from inspiring to frustrating as New York City’s lockdown entered its fourth ... ( read original story ...)