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A coast guard missile corvette will participate in a series of live-fire exercises leading up to this year’s Han Kuang drills, and the Anping-class vessel has already docked at a naval base in northeastern Taiwan, a source told CNA Monday.The 600-ton v…
Coast guard missile corvette set to join Han Kuang drills: Source Read MoreSeveral shipments imported broccoli from Thailand and Vietnam recently failed Customs inspections because they were found to contain excessive levels of either heavy metal or pesticide residues, Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday….
Taiwan rejects broccoli shipments from Thailand, Vietnam due to contamination Read MoreTaiwan has been selected to host the 2025 WorldSkills Asia competition, an international tournament promoting vocational skills education.Lin San-quei (???), a WorldSkills Asia board member, told CNA on Wednesday that he received notification a day ear…
Taiwan to host 2025 WorldSkills Asia competition Read MoreFormer President Chen Shui-bian (???) on Monday said he has waited 16 years for the personal use of the presidential state affairs fund to be decriminalized, after an amendment that will retrospectively acquit him of charges of misusing the fund cleare…
Ex-president, son hail state affairs fund amendment Read MoreTaiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) on Friday announced that the monthly child-rearing allowance for children aged 2 to under 5 will be increased to NT$5,000 (US$169) starting August.According to the ministry, the increase is part of the Executive Yua…
MOE monthly child-rearing allowance to be increased to NT$5,000 Read MoreShares in Taiwan rose sharply Wednesday after a strong performance on U.S. markets overnight, dealers said.The bellwether electronics sector led the rally, boosted by solid gains in semiconductor stocks in the United States on Tuesday, while the transp…
Taiwan shares rally after strong U.S. gains Read MoreThe threat posed by China to Taiwan between now and 2030 is “critical,” Avril Haines, the United States director of national intelligence, said Tuesday while testifying on worldwide threats at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.”I think i…
Chinese threat to Taiwan ‘critical’ from now to 2030: U.S. official Read MoreThe sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits in Taiwan will be rationed with effect from Thursday, and they will be available at controlled prices at contracted pharmacies and public health centers throughout the country, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Sh…
CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan to start rationing sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits Read MoreThe Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) on Wednesday raised its forecast for Taiwan’s economic growth rate in 2022 to 3.96 percent, up 0.29 percentage points from its previous estimate in December.The upbeat estimate, which it based on s…
Think tank raises Taiwan’s 2022 GDP growth forecast to 3.96% Read MoreResearchers at Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) who have developed a Chinese medicine formula to suppress COVID-19 are planning to transfer the rights to the product on a non-profit basis, they said at a press conference on Tues…
CORONAVIRUS/Researchers plan to transfer rights to Chinese medicine for COVID-19 Read More