Ministry to test Taiping satellite system

The government is to test a medium Earth orbit satellite system on Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) at the end of next month and aims to activate the low Earth orbit system OneWeb in the first ...

Yen tumbles to a 34-year low

Further fueling speculation, BOJ officials held a rare meeting with the finance ministry and the Financial Services ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times.

Taipei Zoo to increase ticket prices

According to a press release by the Taipei Zoo on Wednesday (March 27), Taipei Zoo Director Chen Yi-tsung (諶亦聰) said that the Taipei City Council approved the price increase on Feb. 6, per Liberty ...

2 Taipei ships launched amid Chinese threat

Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its ...