FAST RELEASE: The council lauded the developer for completing model testing in only four days and releasing a commercial version for use by academia a
EPIDEMIOLOGY: A study conducted by researchers at Academia Sinica showed that exposure to air and noise pollution increases the metabolic syndrome ris
TWO READINGS: Text designer Lin Kuo-ching crafted the English word ‘Taipei’ on the suits to look like the Chinese characters for ‘jia you’ when upside
By Yang Mien-chieh and Jason Pan / Staff reportersThe life’s work of William Leslie Ko (柯威霖), a great-grandson of Canadian missionary George Leslie Ma
By Yang Yao-ju and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan is to expand its scope of foreign aid projects and cooperation with
’SWARM OF BEES’: Central bank Governor Yang Chin-long last week described the enthusiasm for exchange-traded funds as a “herding effect” in the market
FOREIGN AID: The Latin America and the Caribbean aid budget is focused primarily on building basic infrastructure and social development, the ministry
ACADEMIC TREND: The Ministry of Education said that it advised against having a third semester in summer, citing controversial admission fees and othe
CULTIVATING EXCHANGES: DPP Legislator Michelle Lin, who is to chair the two inter-parliamentary groups, said she hoped they would ‘allow the world to
FOREIGN-RELIANT: Only through local development and production can Taiwan ensure that critical information is secure and protected, industry experts s
By Yang Yao-ju / Staff reporterSeventy-eight percent of survey respondents in the latest British Business Survey have an optimistic outlook on Taiwan’
ATTRACTING TALENT: Foreign students could be seen as potential economic migrants and efforts to retain them should be prioritized, a Ministry of Educa
MINISTRY PACKAGES: The preferential loans have prompted more than 1,400 local companies to invest in Taiwan, which has boosted local industry, the MOE
INDECISION: Projects to develop next-generation vessels ran into a lot of setbacks, with groups unable to agree and constantly backpedaling, the Contr
PROPERTY ROW: Lai also faced criticism over his family’s property in New Taipei City, which he said is legal and has been there for more than 60 years
CRABBY: A two-university team has made a film derived from shellfish waste that could lower heat on metal surfaces by up to 7.1°C, improving cold-chai
TEST SUCCESSFUL: The university supports satellite and rocket development as the primary focus of the nation’s space technology program, an academic s
‘FIRM FOuNDATION’: Taiwan and the EU should keep sharing their experience and promote closer exchanges to boost investment and economic ties, the pres
‘WORRIED’: The president said in an interview in the US that China’s influence in South America ‘comes hand-in-hand with the weakness of many countrie
‘MORE SUBSTANTIAL’: More frequent visits by US governors show that Taiwan-US ties are growing in importance for the state leaders, a legislator said