Taiwan’s Pegatron expands smartphone capacity for 2H

TAIPEI -- Key iPhone assembler Pegatron on Tuesday said it was gearing up for higher smartphone production in the second half of 2017, as it sees stronger demand than last year. "We are preparing and planning for more capacity this year than the past year ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan slams UN after students barred from Geneva visit

Taiwan fiercely criticised the United Nations Friday after its students were barred from visiting a public hearing in Geneva as Beijing seeks to further isolate the island internationally. It comes after Taiwan was excluded from a major World Health ... ( read original story ...)

Chess-playing robot takes center stage in Taiwan tech fair

The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen ... interact with its opponent,” said division director Lewis Liu of the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, which built the robot. Enabled by an ... ( read original story ...)

Tour helps build KK-Taipei rapport

She also chairs Perwakilan Taipei which consists of lady officers and wives of ... and International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International), Taiwan-Taoyuan Club (or BPW International, Taiwan-Taoyuan Club) which share the same ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Lays Plans for $59 Billion in Renewable-Energy Finance

New energy, meet new finance. That’s the thinking of Taiwan’s government, which is starting to map out funding plans for a power system that can no longer rely on nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Lin Chuan’s administration aims to increase the share ... ( read original story ...)

SinoPac Holdings chairman detained on breach of trust charges

to make illegal loans to finance the deal. This was a classic example of "investing in real estate with one's left hand and making illegal loans with the right hand," according to Huang. Taipei District Prosecutors Office investigators launched a raid of ... ( read original story ...)

Hiring outlook unchanged in Q3; demand in financial sector heavy

Taipei, June 17 (CNA) Taiwan's hiring outlook for the third quarter remains unchanged from a quarter earlier, with demand for people expected to be strongest in the financial and real estate sectors, according to U.S.-based human resources firm ManpowerGroup. ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese teams shine at NASA’s international hackathon

"We were surprised to learn that we won Taipei's People's Choice Award," said Wu, a 21-year-old student at National Defense University's Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology. This year marked the first time Taipei has participated in the annual NASA ... ( read original story ...)

China, Panama diplomatic drive puts business first

Taipei said it would evacuate its official staff and end cooperation ... Panama and China said there were no investment commitments tied to the move, though they noted business should benefit. Announcing the decision, Varela said he had told his cabinet ... ( read original story ...)