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The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$31.683 at 10 a.m. Friday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.035 from the previous close.

Nov 28, 2025 - The Hsinchu County government on Friday announced the arrests of two undocumented Vietnamese migrant workers for allegedly selling suspected dog meat.

SEMICON Taiwan 2025, which will open on Wednesday, will see a new high in the number of exhibitors and visitors from around the world, according to its...

Nov 29, 2025 - Taiwan can expect warmer temperatures on Saturday as seasonal northeasterly winds weaken, with highs of 26-28 degrees Celsius forecast across the country's...

Nov 24, 2025 - The three upcoming concerts in Taipei by Taiwanese pop diva Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) are all sold out, with the tickets snapped up shortly after they went on...

China intends to take advantage of the war between Russia and Ukraine to increase its pressure on Taiwan through hybrid threats, the National Security Bureau...

Aug 28, 2025 - Taiwan's Investigation Bureau said Thursday it had traced a Chinese hacker group called "CrazyHunter," which allegedly sold stolen personal data...

Taiwan has said that it will continue talks with the European Union following the bloc's request for dispute settlement consultations regarding the country's...

The first parliamentary delegation from Germany to visit Taiwan since the COVID-19 pandemic began in late 2019 arrived in the country Sunday morning, with one...

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Four new stamps featuring the landscapes and marine life of Taiwan's Dongsha Atoll National Park are pictured in this undated photo. Chunghua Post Co. said in...

Taiwan's HTC Corp. became the fifth-largest smartphone maker in Japan in the first quarter of this year, taking the position previously held by South Korea's...

Mooncakes are displayed on plates in front of Taipei 101-themed gift boxes at a Taipei press event Wednesday introducing the skyscraper's mooncake gift sets...

Nine people were injured, two seriously, on Monday after an explosion at an ammunition depot at the Hsiang Feng military base in Keelung, according to the...

A 69-year-old man who contracted the H7N9 avian flu virus in China last month has died, becoming the first Taiwanese victim of that virus strain, the Centers...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to provide Taiwan with US$300 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and up to US$2 billion...

The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Wednesday are as follows:

Taiwan has strongly condemned Chinese obstruction at an academic conference in Portugal and said it has hurt cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

Memo urges pressuring Taiwan to 'significantly increase' defense budget | Mar. 31, 2025 11:38

Taiwan's economy is forecast to grow by 4.14 percent in 2026, driven by strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI), the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic...

Taiwan has added 77 items to the list of machine tools restricted from being exported to Russia and Belarus that is set to take effect on March 8 in a bid to...

Taiwan, an Asia-Pacific Rim island that has rarely been regarded as a yachting destination on the world map, is believed to have local potential for domestic...

Over the long-term, centering U.S.-Taiwan cooperation on strengthening the attractiveness and competitiveness of Taiwan will pay lasting and significant...

A Taiwanese labor broker and his Indonesian wife have been indicted for allegedly running an underground Taiwan-Indonesia remittance service for more than a...

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) said Wednesday it will operate 395 additional train services during the 2026 Lunar New Year transportation period, with...

Canada's top representative to Taiwan said Wednesday that Ottawa is open to discussions with Taipei over future cooperation in the vein of an investment deal...

Sep 2, 2025 - Former Kuomintang (KMT) Chairperson Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) said Tuesday she will attend a military parade in Beijing the following day to mark the 80th...

China's unilateral adjustments to flight paths close to the Taiwan Strait median line are meant to further encroach on the formerly tacit boundary and put more...

Three people who were found dead in an apartment in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday were all Taiwanese citizens, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)...

At least four people were wounded by a man wielding a knife on a Taichung Mass Rapid Transit (TMRT) train at around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, according to local...

Public parking lots must reserve around 2 percent of their spaces for pregnant women and families with children aged 6 or under, according to transportation...

A local hospital said one of its computers was found early on Sunday to have been attacked by the WannaCry ransomware virus, one day after the government...

Taiwan's Office of Trade Negotiations under the Executive Yuan said on January 13 that the core objectives of ongoing tariff talks with the US have been to...

A total lunar eclipse, an astronomical event often referred to as a "blood moon," will be visible to skywatchers in Taiwan starting around midnight on Sept. 8,...

Several foreign representative offices in Taiwan have expressed support for Taiwan's strict border control measures, which took effect Thursday, saying they...

Taiwan on Thursday denied China's allegation that its military was behind a cyberattack on a technology company in Guangzhou, after city authorities issued...

Nov 27, 2025 - Taiwanese genomicist Jason Tsai (蔡怡陞) and French researcher Gianni Liti were awarded the Franco-Taiwanese Scientific Grand Prize in Paris on Wednesday...

Nov 27, 2025 - Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers on Thursday vowed to uphold amendments allocating more tax revenues to local governments, after the Cabinet said it would request a...

Two U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill to codify the "Six Assurances" as a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward Taiwan and prevent any...

Mar 24, 2022 - It is "highly unlikely" that China will invade Taiwan this autumn even though an alleged leaked document from Russian intelligence suggests that...

An EVA Air female flight attendant on Monday accused a foreign passenger of sexual harassment during a flight from Los Angeles to Taipei on Jan. 19,...

The 2025 Taipei Summer Travel Expo officially opened Friday, featuring a four-day ticket to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual tourism event.

Mirror TV Inc. on Wednesday received approval from the National Communications Commission (NCC) to operate a news channel, the first new news channel in Taiwan...

The periphery of typhoon Doksuri is likely to reach the Hengchun Peninsula Wednesday morning and is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall to...

Terry Gou, chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said Sunday that BlackBerry Ltd.'s new devices, assembled by Hon Hai's mobile unit, will debut...

More than a dozen artists will exhibit works inspired by Yuguang Island's coastal scenery, at a biennial arts festival that starts March 27, Tainan Mayor Huang...

A Taiwanese billionaire was among 32 people indicted by Taichung prosecutors Wednesday for running an online gambling platform and engaging in money laundering...

Vegetable prices in the local wholesale market continued to shoot up Tuesday, rising about 7 percent from a day earlier following persistent rain brought by...

A recent training mission of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, which sailed through waters near Japan and Taiwan and into the South China Sea near...

Jun 18, 2025 - Meta Platforms, Inc. could be fined as early as this week for failing to disclose information on individuals who funded advertisements on its social media...

Taiwan's Central Bank has suggested that the government should increase purchases from the United States in response to the likelihood the country will remain...

A senior Taiwanese government official said Tuesday that a delegation that visited China for a round of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings did...

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has begun accepting applications for a paid traineeship targeting the children of foreign-born parents.

Twelve staffers from the Kuomintang's (KMT) offices in Yilan County were indicted Thursday for allegedly forging signatures in a campaign to recall Democratic...

The NBA Rising Stars Invitational will hold its first Taiwan regional qualifier April 3-5 at Banqiao Gymnasium in New Taipei, the NBA and Videoland Television...

Taiwan's hiring outlook for the first quarter of next year is the most optimistic in the world, with the local financial and manufacturing sectors showing...

Over 100 traditional lanterns on display in the outdoor corridors surrounding the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei were lit up in a ceremony on...

China said Tuesday that it will send a team to deal with the aftermath of a bus fire that killed 26 people, including 23 Chinese tourists and their Chinese...

All users of public transport will need to wear facial masks or risk a maximum fine of NT$15,000 (US$496), a top official from the Central Epidemic Command...

Nov 23, 2025 - K-pop group TWICE drew massive crowds in Kaohsiung over the weekend as Taiwanese member Chou Tzu-yu (周子瑜) returned home to perform for the first time,...

Taipei handed down a maximum NT$1 million (US$32,965) fine Wednesday to a man who was found to have broken his quarantine restrictions, Deputy Mayor Huang...

With fewer than 100 days left before Taiwan's presidential election in January 2020, the race is setting up to be a polarized contest with stark contrasts,...

Nov 27, 2025 - The organizers of an annual South Korean music awards on Thursday announced that Blackpink member Jennie will be returning to Taiwan in January to perform at...

Taiwan's government on Thursday reminded Taiwanese people to keep their safety in mind when visiting Hong Kong after the Beijing-controlled Legislative Council...

Last month's anti-China riots in Vietnam did not affect the progress of talks on renewing an existing investment protection agreement between Taiwan and...

President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday gave a briefing on the 6th round of talks between Taiwan and the United States under the Economic Prosperity Partnership...

A Filipina worker died Wednesday after suffering severe hydrofluoric acid burns in a chemical accident that took place at an optoelectronics factory in Miaoli,...

Employers in Taiwan are increasingly turning to middle-aged and senior workers as the country ages rapidly, on the back of a shrinking population caused by a...

Six Taiwanese tourists were among those injured in a huge bomb explosion in central Bangkok on Monday, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.

Cancer was again the top cause of death in Taiwan in 2020, claiming more than 50,000 lives, but the mortality rate of cancer fell slightly for the first time...

A pop music concert was held in Taipei Saturday in support of legalizing same-sex marriage, attracting an audience of about 150,000 that gathered to hear...

Nov 24, 2025 - Rakuten Group, Inc., owners of the Taoyuan-based Rakuten Monkeys professional baseball team, has pledged to address multiple issues following a successful but...

Nov 25, 2025 - Taiwan's women's bowling team bagged Taiwan's first gold medal at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo on Monday after beating a team from South Korea.

Police began early Monday morning to disperse hundreds of the anti-nuclear protesters who have occupied a main traffic artery in front of the Taipei Rail...

Aug 14, 2025 - Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Thursday announced a ban on all current government officials and certain former ones from traveling to China to...

More than 2,000 retired police officers and firefighters filed a class action lawsuit against the government Thursday after the Cabinet declined to earmark...

Around 600 people took to the streets in Taipei on Sunday to show solidarity with Hong Kong, as it marked the fifth anniversary of the city's mass protests...

A rally was held in Taipei Sunday to call for justice to be carried out by the government, which is seen to have reduced the use of capital punishment.

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would pose a serious threat to the security of Japan and the Japan-United States alliance, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday it was regrettable that two Chinese men had died the day before when their speedboat capsized during a chase...

Nov 12, 2025 - While it boasts an arbitration-friendly culture, there are notable gaps in Taiwan’s dispute resolution framework, not least its battle to accede to the New...

Taiwan is tightening its quarantine rules for long-haul flight crews by lengthening the quarantine period after an EVA Air pilot infected another person...

Physical fights erupted on Monday morning in Taiwan's Legislature, the Legislative Yuan, among lawmakers who support and those who oppose proposed amendments...

Nov 28, 2025 - Soaring demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting both exports and investment, prompting the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics...

Two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday said Taipei is one of the biggest buyers of American defense equipment and reiterated U.S. support for Taiwan.

CPC Corp., Taiwan, the country's state-owned oil supplier, is expected to start oil exploration in Somaliland in 2023 at the earliest after signing a deal to...

Shares in Taiwan closed sharply lower by nearly 500 points Thursday, led by the electronics sector, as a sell-off was triggered by heavy losses among U.S. tech...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that it will further restrict seven more categories of retailers from providing free plastic bags upon...

Nov 25, 2025 - A group of Panamanian lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, in apparent defiance of reported Chinese requests that they cancel the trip.

Figures from Taiwan's three main political parties reminisced about a 30-year-old "reconciliation coffee" meeting in the context of Taiwan's current political...

In a survey of nearly 1,100 respondents, 46.3 percent said they support same-sex marriage legalization, while 45.4 percent expressed opposition, according to...

Taiwan's government on Monday began publishing data on the volume of domestic pork on the market and the amount of pork Taiwan imported the previous day,...

A group of Indigenous students from National Taiwan University (NTU) staged a protest on the NTU campus Friday against what they said was underlying...

Taiwanese cooks and residents from foreign countries display dishes representative of their homeland in Pingtung County on Sunday. They were taking part in one...

Some directors of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expressed their concerns over inflation, suggesting there is no rush for the bank to...

A Taiwanese agricultural trade mission subgroup on Thursday signed two letters of intent (LOIs) with Indiana state partners to purchase soybeans and corn.

Taiwan on Monday held its first-ever televised policy presentation for parties running for at-large legislator seats, just five days ahead of the country's...

A tropical disturbance off the southeastern coast of the Philippines may become the first typhoon of the Western Pacific typhoon season of 2025, the Central...

President Barak Obama on Friday gave one of his most elaborate comments to date on U.S. relations with China and Taiwan, saying the status quo, although not...

Two groups of Japanese lawmakers, including a former Japanese justice minister and a former special adviser to former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, are...