Taiwan dollar leaps; Buffett to step down

The surging Taiwan dollar was the big mover in a holiday-thinned Asia session, kicking off a busy week of central bank decisions, key economic data and investors coming to grips with Warren Buffett's ...

Internet, telephone fraud rising: NCC

Nearly 70 percent of Taiwanese encountered a telephone or Internet scam last year, up from 65.9 percent in 2023, a National Communications Commission (NCC) survey showed. Only 29.2 percent of people ...

Pharmacists protest Chinese medicine policy

A group of pharmacists yesterday marched in Taipei to protest a Ministry of Health and Welfare interpretation that allows people who have not passed the national pharmacist’s license examination to ...

Will the next pope be from Asia?

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle could become the first Asian pontiff, marking a historic moment for the church as it considers leadership beyond its mostly European traditions.