By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterSupporters and opponents of abolishing the death penalty yesterday engaged in heated debate at the Constitutional Cour
By Lin Wen-hsin / Staff reporterThe number of transnational married couples last year was up 77.6 percent compared with 2022 as COVID-19 has eased glo
‘NEW PAGE’: The magazine’s description of William Lai as the nation’s next president showed international recognition of Taiwan’s achievements, a spok
EARLY DETECTION: Data indicate that a large number of children with impairments might not be receiving diagnoses or appropriate treatment, a specialis
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer Czech Republic-based Taiwanese researcher Cheng Yu-chin (鄭宇欽) has bee
STRATEGY: The US uses ambiguity to simultaneously deter Beijing from using force against Taiwan and Taipei from declaring independence, a researcher s
PLEDGE: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed to ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacifi
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterLow and medium Earth orbit satellites have been used by the government for the first time to help rescue workers after
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe tourism industry in Hualien is forecast to sustain losses of approximately NT$5.3 billion (US$165.13 million) this month f
REGIONAL STABILITY: Shayne Neumann said that Australia is working to ensure Taiwan can maintain the cross-strait ‘status quo,’ which is ‘superior to t
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterThe Presidential Office yesterday thanked political leaders from Taiwan’s diplomatic allies and like-minded countries
WARNING: The Taiwan-Japan Relations Association told people visiting Japan not to buy products containing red yeast rice after it was linked to kidney
BUILDING TALENT: TSMC aims to prevent a shortfall of technical experts in the semiconductors by working with Kyushu University to bolster the chip fie
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterA food poisoning outbreak in Taipei is limited to the Polam Kopitam (寶林茶室) restaurant in Far Eastern Department Store Xi
INTERCONNECTED: Abandoning Ukraine would show that US and other allies would back off if there is sustained aggression against the nation, Joseph Wu s
GLOBAL ECONOMY: A blockade would have an absolutely calamitous effect not just on Taiwan, but on the global economy, British Foreign Secretary David C
CAUTION ADVISED: Investors should remain alert over inflation data in the US as raw material prices have moved higher, which could affect the markets,
SECURITY RISKS: The National Security Bureau chief also advised against Taiwanese visiting or transiting through Hong Kong after it passed a new restr
By Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with ReutersTaiwan ranked 31st in this year’s World Happiness Report released yesterday, coming second in East Asia
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writerSeventy-seven percent of Americans have a favorable view of Taiwan, while about 41 percent think China is the US’ “grea