At the direction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnamese representative offices abroad and domestic airlines will continue to conduct flights bringing citizens trapped by the pandemic home ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan investigates possible first local COVID-19 case in two months
Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two ... ( read original story ...)
South China Sea Tensions: Taiwan Deploys Troops To Disputed Islands As Chinese War Games Loom
The deployment of marines by Taiwan to Pratas Island is supposed to be a temporary mission to train some Coast Guard officers and perform other routine duties. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to ease travel curbs for Hong Kong people for ‘humanitarian’ reasons
Taiwan will ease its coronavirus border restrictions to allow in people from Hong Kong for humanitarian reasons, the government said on ... ( read original story ...)
China Sends 8 Military Planes into Taiwan Airspace. They’re not Targeting just Taiwan
Taiwan says Chinese military planes have flown into its air defense space six times in a single week and eight times this month, so far. Although Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense escorts each ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek statues draw curious crowds – and controversy
Unwanted for public spaces elsewhere in Taiwan, some 200 statues of the late autocratic leader Chiang Kai-shek stand in the quiet sanctuary of a park surrounding his mausoleum in the north of the ... ( read original story ...)
US Navy Surveillance Plane Seen Flying Near Taiwan For Second Day
For two days in a row, U.S aircraft have been spotted flying near Taiwan. On Monday, a U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3E reconnaissance plane was seen flying above the Bashi Channel, located just south of ... ( read original story ...)
Ken and Sandy host the Loviewer Microfilm Awards in Taipei
Ken and Sandy host the Loviewer Microfilm Awards in Taipei today. Sandy‘s younger sister will get married to Eric Chu’s nephew Wilson soon. Jacky Wu happily professed in Facebook: “Only my son is a ... ( read original story ...)
South Africa coronavirus cases surge past 100,000: Live updates
South Africa's coronavirus cases have surpassed 100,000 as the country continues to loosen its lockdown due to economic pressure. There are concerns the coronavirus outbreak in the US is "snowballing" ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Raps China for Military Activity, Says It Should Fight Virus Instead
China should focus on fighting the resurgent coronavirus in Beijing rather than "disturbing" Taiwan with military drills near the Chinese-claimed island, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters ... ( read original story ...)
Kiribati’s pro-China leader wins re-election in blow to Taiwan
The leader of small but strategically located Kiribati has won a closely watched presidential run-off after campaigning on a pro-China platform, in a set back to Taiwan's hopes to re-establish ties ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook there
Taiwan's Foxconn is planning further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world's largest contract manufacturer views the outlook there very favourably, its ... ( read original story ...)
Forced into self-reliance, Taiwan unveils local trainer jet
Taiwan unveiled a new locally-built training jet on Monday, a boost for the island's push to manufacture its own defence weapons as it faces off against an increasingly belligerent China. President Ts ... ( read original story ...)
China, Taiwan Protest Japan’s Renaming of Islands Area in East China Sea
The rival governments of China and Taiwan have both lashed out at Japan after it renamed an administrative area overseeing a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea. Lawmakers in the ... ( read original story ...)
Navy brings massive carrier power to Taiwan Strait, South China Sea
The U.S. Navy is now operating three aircraft carriers in the Pacific in what appears to be a strong show of force following Chinese movements and comments regarding Taiwan and the South China Sea. ... ( read original story ...)
Another African nation’s thirst takes villagers’ land
In a mountain meadow in northeastern Lesotho, a tiny kingdom encircled by South Africa, Matholang Hlaha sits on a veranda and displays a check for the equivalent of US$1.60. That is what she said she ... ( read original story ...)