Taiwan is extending military service mandates from four months to one year as tensions with China keep the island nation on edge. Starting in 2024, men born after 2005 will be required to serve one ...
Draft carbon fee has loopholes for corporations: NPP
The New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday questioned a proposed preferential carbon fee, saying that it might provide loopholes for large enterprises. The Executive Yuan in April passed the ...
Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year
Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and ...
Taiwan to extend conscription to a year in bid to counter China threat
Taiwan has pledged to beef up its armed forces with longer military service and more muscular training as President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to strengthen the country’s defences against the threat of an ...
Taiwan to extend mandatory military service to one year, citing China threat
TAIPEI: Taiwan on Tuesday (Dec 27) announced an extension in mandatory military service from four months to one year, citing the threat from an increasingly hostile China. Beijing considers self-ruled ...
Taiwan Makes 1-Year Military Service Mandatory Amid China Threat
Taiwan on Tuesday announced an extension in mandatory military service from four months to one year, citing the threat from an increasingly hostile China.
Taiwan reports China’s largest ever incursion to its air defence zone
Taiwan accused China of the largest ever incursion into its territory on Monday, saying 71 Chinese air force aircraft, including fighter jets and drones, entered its defence identification zone. Of ...
PLA drills around Taiwan break August record targeting US move
The joint drills by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) around the island of Taiwan on Sunday in response to the recent escalation in the US-Taiwan collusion were record-breaking, surpassing ...
China’s latest move on Taiwan has escalated tension between the two countries, here’s what we know
Taiwan has reported the identification of over seventy Chinese aircraft inside its air defence identification zone.
Government might issue vouchers to return taxes
Lawmakers on the legislature’s Finance Committee asked Acting Minister of Finance ... encourage consumer spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. From left, former New Taipei City councilor Ho Po-wen, ...
Financial industry in Taiwan – statistics & facts
The small island at the contact point of the East and South China Sea has a population of 17.t million people, but Taiwan’s financial punching power is dwarfed by the much smaller regions of ...
China stocks rise on consumption bets; defense shares up on Taiwan tensions
China stocks rose on Monday as investors looked past surging COVID-19 infections in the country and bet on a likely recovery in consumption trends. ** Defense-related shares, meanwhile, jumped amid ...
Taiwan share market, South Korea’s Kospi ends in green on Monday, 26 Dec; Know top gainers, losers here
Taiwan' TWSE 50 Index fell 185.15 points to 10,839.24 and South Korea's KOSPI dipped 1.83% to 2,313.69 on Monday.
China Holds Biggest Military Drill Near Taiwan Since Pelosi Trip
China sent 71 warplanes as a part of its biggest display of military might near Taiwan since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the democratically-run island in August, with Taipei accusing Beijing ...
China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours
China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related ...
Eight Model IR Enterprises Announced at the 1st Taiwan Investor Relations Awards
The Taiwan Investor Relations Institute (TIRI) hosted the Taiwan Investor Relations Awards ceremony at the Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel on December 14, 2022. After rigorous planning of the voting ...