Philippine suspects nabbed for 2017 theft in Taipei

Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Two of the five suspects from the Philippines believed to have robbed a Japanese exhibitor in Taipei last year were arrested by authorities at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport early Monday morning. The two suspects were later ... ( read original story ...)

China Eastern says cancels flights amid routes row with Taiwan

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines said on Tuesday it has been forced to cancel 106 round-trip flights to Taiwan around the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday amid a row between Beijing and Taiwan over flight routes. The carrier said on its official ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Bourse Expected To Remain Rangebound On Tuesday

Taiwan Cement lost 0.65 percent, Formosa Plastics added 0.97 percent, Cathay Financial collected 0.91 percent, Mega Financial added 0.39 percent and Fubon Financial spiked 1.50 percent. The lead from Wall Street is negative as stocks gave ground on Monday ... ( read original story ...)

Inside Taiwan’s Cryptocurrency Push

Jan.29 -- The half a billion dollar theft in Japan on the Coincheck Exchange could be a cautionary tale for Taiwan, which has been looking to possibly fill the cryptocurrency void in Asia following the crackdowns in China and South Korea. Bloomberg's ... ( read original story ...)

IBM to enhance private cloud business in Taiwan in 2018

IBM will step up promoting its Cloud Private software platform in Taiwan in 2018 to help enterprise customers in the country better access microservice architectures to create new business values, according to Mars Hsu, president of cloud computing ... ( read original story ...)

Fire Breaks Out at Taiwan Refinery

A blaze set off by an explosion at an oil refinery burned for much of Monday in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. HONG KONG — An explosion at an oil refinery in northern Taiwan set off a fire that took hours to extinguish on Monday, the National Fire Agency said. ( read original story ...)

Chinese flight routes set off military alarms in Taiwan

Public discussion of a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan has increased of late. Beijing's launch of a new air corridor over the Taiwan Strait has contributed to those concerns. Experts say the new flights carry defense implications for Taipei. A recent ... ( read original story ...)

Realty transactions look up in Taiwan at last

Property transactions in Taiwan climbed 8 percent year-on-year in 2017, effectively ending three consecutive years of falling volumes, reported the Ministry of the Interior. Sales of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan numbered around 266,086 units last ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Bourse Expected To Extend Wednesday’s Losses

CTBC Financial lost 1.17 percent, Taiwan Steel Union eased 0.03 percent and China Steel was unchanged. The lead from Wall Street suggests mild consolidation as stocks failed to sustain an early upward move Wednesday before finishing mixed - although the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Bourse May Spin Its Wheels On Friday

For the day, the index gathered 13.79 points or 0.12 percent to finish at 11,165.95 after trading between 11,131.85 and 11,268.61 on turnover of 160.29 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial shed 0.18 percent, while Fubon Financial ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Prospects Rosy

Sales generated by Taiwan’s retail sector and by the food and beverage sector both set new record highs in 2017, and 2018 could be another good year for them, according to the ministry of economic affairs, CNA reported. The MOEA said it was bullish on ... ( read original story ...)