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WEBProsecutors request Core Pacific suspects’ detention. PIVOTAL ROLES: One suspect allegedly played a part in Ko Wen-je’s unreported presidential bid donations, while the other allegedly handled redevelopment bribery funds The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office and the Agency Against Corruption taskforce yesterday morning requested the Taipei District Court to detain chief financial ...
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WEBTaiwan, US eye drone cooperation: FT. NEXT LEVEL: The defense ministry confirmed that a video released last month featured personnel piloting new FPV drone systems being developed by the Armaments Bureau Taipei and Washington are pushing for their drone companies to work together to establish a China-free supply chain, the Financial Times reported on Friday.A delegation of high-level ...
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WEBRESILIENCE: China has employed a whole-of-government approach including military, diplomatic and economic measures to pressure and coerce Taiwan, an AIT official said The US “strongly encourages and applauds” the efforts made by President William Lai’s (賴清德) administration to bolster Taiwan’s self-defense through reforms and investments, said Ingrid Larson, managing director of ...
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WEBTOXIC: People fell ill after consuming Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s dietary supplements, which were found to have an acid produced by blue mold The Consumer Protection Association in Taiwan (CPAT) on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of about NT$168 million (US$5.3 million) from several companies, including a Japanese company’s Taiwan subsidiary, on behalf of 55 people who said ...
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WEBFour suspects in egg import case freed on bail. Four people suspected of aggravated fraud and abusing public power for personal profit in a controversial egg import case were released on bail early yesterday morning, but were barred from leaving the country.Chin Yu-chiao (秦語喬), head of Ultra Source (超思有限公司); Lin I-lung (林宜龍), head of Brilliance B
Domestic consumer confidence rises to highest level since the …
WEB16 hours ago — Mon, Sep 30, 2024 page12. Domestic consumer confidence rises to highest level since the pandemic. Taiwan’s consumer confidence index (CCI) this month edged up 0.09 points from last month to 77.84, gaining for five months and hitting the highest level since March 2020, a survey conducted by the National Central …
Swelling typhoon set to make landfall - Taipei Times
WEB16 hours ago — Typhoon Krathon is strengthening and is more likely to make landfall in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said in a forecast released yesterday afternoon. As of 2pm yesterday, the CWA’s updated sea warning for Krathon showed that the storm was about 430km southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point.
Taiwan’s history and status: Taiwan has never been a part of China
WEBNov 28, 2023 — To correct some popular misunderstandings and to more effectively counter the PRC’s disinformation on Taiwan’s history and status, this article argues that: (1) Historically speaking, Taiwan has never been a part of “China”; and (2) legally speaking, both the Republic of China (ROC; 1912–1949) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC; 1949–present) have never acquired territorial ...
Plastic bottles still most rampant maritime waste - Taipei Times
WEB16 hours ago — Plastic bottles topped the list of most common marine waste in Taiwan for the fifth consecutive year, the Ministry of Environment has said. The ministry on Tuesday last week released its latest report on the maintenance and management of the coastal environment, which analyzed the composition of the nation’s marine waste based on the investigation results of International Coastal Cleanup ...
China will not stop with Taiwan: Lai - Taipei Times
WEBAug 22, 2024 — China’s authoritarian expansionism would not stop with Taiwan, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, calling for solidarity among the world’s democracies to check Beijing’s territorial ambitions. Taiwan is determined to become a decisive force for democracy, peace and prosperity, standing side-by-side with its democratic ...