The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, retreating almost 90 points or 0.5 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just shy of the 17,430-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reveals high cost of PLA aggressive sorties with air force budget boost proposal
Maintenance and cost of scrambling jets has seen a 56 per cent rise in funding during Tsai Ing-wen’s presidency. ( read original story ...)
Exports jump 27 percent to nearly US$40bn: ministry
Exports last month surged 26.9 percent to a record US$39.55 billion, propelled by robust across-the-board demand, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. Demand for tech and non-tech products gained ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s August exports leap, ‘cautious’ optimism on outlook
TAIPEI : Taiwan's exports rose for a 14th straight month in August ... Exports rose 26.9per cent from a year earlier to US$39.55 billion last month, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, the ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Foxconn’s Gou hopes for up to 9 mln BioNTech shots for Taiwan this year
Taiwan could get up to 9 million doses of BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine this year, the founder of Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said on Monday, laying out a delivery timetable for a vaccine order that ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan warns ally Honduras against China’s promises
Taiwan yesterday reminded its diplomatic ally Honduras of Beijing’s record of broken promises, after the Latin American nation’s main opposition party pledged to switch diplomatic recognition to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan warns Honduras of ‘false’ incentives to switch allegiance to Beijing
Taipei slams ‘ploys to sabotage Taiwan’s diplomatic relations’ after Honduran presidential candidate hints at switch. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says 19 Chinese aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers have invaded its airspace
Taiwan dispatched combat aircraft to warn the Chinese planes and deployed the missile defence system to monitor them ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn’s Gou hopes for up to 9 million BioNTech shots for Taiwan this year
Taiwan could get up to 9 million doses of BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine this year, the founder of Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said on Monday, laying out a delivery timetable for a vaccine order that ... ( read original story ...)
Asian markets mostly up as weak US data soothes taper worries
Asian markets mostly rose Monday after a big miss on US jobs creation last month fuelled optimism that the Federal Reserve will hold fire on tapering its massive financial support programme, while ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s BLF returns buoyed by global recovery, chip industry
Taiwan pension and annuity funds supervised by the Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) posted a sharply higher investment return of 7.06% in the first seven months of 2021 compared to 0.75% a year ago on the ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: Deadly hog virus must be kept out
Police last month found that pork products smuggled from Vietnam contained the African swine fever virus and were being sold in New Taipei City. Since then, police and customs officials nationwide ... ( read original story ...)
Global gas price surge threatens to dent the economic recovery
Natural gas prices are undergoing a historic surge, and it is bad news for everyone from ceramic makers in China to customers of patisseries in Paris. The cost of the fuel is already at record ... ( read original story ...)
Central bank governor fails to secure third top grade
Central bank Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) failed to secure a third consecutive top grade from the New York-based Global Finance magazine on Wednesday. The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Cards 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Venice: Taiwan’s Virtual Reality Industry Takes Fest by Storm
With strong financial backing at home and a thriving tech sector, Taiwanese filmmakers are dominating the immersive format: "No other country manifests such a commitment in VR." ... ( read original story ...)
In Tether Hack, US$3.1 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency Stolen from Taiwanese Antique Dealer
3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In what is likely the biggest digital theft in the history of decentralized finance in Taiwan ... a cloud-service provider in New Taipei City, Taiwan. ( read original story ...)