TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei is the world’s 16th smartest city and 5th smartest in Asia, according to a global index. On April 8, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) based in ...
Taiwan Appoints Senior Executive at TSMC Supplier as New Economy Minister
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's incoming premier announced on Tuesday he had appointed a senior executive from TSMC supplier Topco Scientific as economy minister, saying he would be tasked with resolving the persistent problem of stable power supplies.
Speaker Johnson to advance separate Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan bills after Iran attack
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to bring a vote on four individual bills to fund Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. Johnson faces a renewed push to move on a long-shelved foreign aid package after Iran's attempted attack on Israel over the weekend.
Taiwan’s Incoming Leader Sends Reassuring Signal to U.S. on National Security
TAIPEI—Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te is preparing to stock his national-security team with holdovers from the current administration, a signal to the U.S. that his incoming government won’t rock the boat too much as the White House grapples with geopolitical crises in Ukraine and Gaza.
Ma Ying-jeou urges Taiwan’s next president to respond ‘pragmatically’ to Xi Jinping’s ‘olive branch’
Ma, who met mainland Chinese leader Xi in Beijing last week, said Taiwan’s next leader, William Lai Ching-te, should take note of Xi’s goodwill and refrain from “walking the independence path”. Lai, of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party,
North Taiwan baseball stadium reschedules games due to poor turf
TAIPEI (Taiwan News ... according to Taoyuan City Government Sports Bureau. Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium began a large-scale facility improvement project last year, but renovation was not ...
Bee swarm delays Kinmen to Taipei flight by 54 minutes
Mandarin Airlines flight AE1272 was scheduled to depart from Kinmen with 70 passengers at 3:50 p.m., reported Liberty Times. However, a swarm of bees surrounded the aircraft and stung two passengers ...
S’porean couple last 2 people missing in Taiwan earthquake, search suspended due to aftershocks
The search efforts were suspended with the consent of the couple's family. A married Singaporean couple — Sim Hwee Kok and Neo Siew Choo, both 47 — are the last two people who remain missing after an ...
Taiwan’s Earthquake Should be a Wake-up Call for Global Supply Chains
Achieving transparency and making supply chains more agile will be crucial in minimizing disruptions to semiconductor output.
Taiwan quake: Search for missing Singaporeans suspended due to aftershocks
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan around 40 minutes later, with the epicentre about 18km south-west of Hualien City on the island’s east coast. Family members of the couple, who also hold ...
Taiwan quake: Search for missing S’poreans suspended due to aftershocks
The couple were last seen alighting from a bus at the Shakadang Trail in Hualien’s Taroko Gorge. Read more at straitstimes.com.
M503: How Did The Adjustment Of A Flight Route Cause Controversy Between Taiwan & Mainland China?
However, the Taiwan authorities fiercely opposed this route. They argued that the M503 route, being only 4.2 nautical miles (approximately 7.8 kilometers) from the Taiwan Strait's median line, would ...
Northern Taiwan municipalities offer subsidies to bus drivers
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Four counties in northern Taiwan are resorting to monthly subsidies of up to NT$10,000 (US$308) to overcome a bus driver shortage.
Second Body review — a beguiling marriage of dance and digital from Taiwan
Dance was an early adopter of new technology — it makes sense that a visual art form freed from the restrictions of text would be able to go anywhere the digital age could take it. In the case of
Group proposes new health projects
A group of physicians yesterday proposed a “Healthy Taiwan Sprout Project” (健康台灣深耕計畫), and suggested that the central government begin the project with four main themes next year. As part of president ...
15,600 attend T1 basketball game at Taipei Dome
Taipei Dome held its first basketball game on Saturday (April 13) with a sold-out crowd of 15,600 people, setting a league attendance record. The game was a matchup of T1 League teams, the New Taipei ...