COMBAT READY: It took almost five years for the army to complete the required training for its pilots, ground crews and logistics personnel, President
By Ou Su-mei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerChio Tian Folk Drums and Arts Troupe founder Hsu Chen-jung (許振榮) said he is w
/ Reuters, WASHINGTONTwo senior US Republican senators on Monday asked US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow the sale of Lockheed Martin
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterAs a countermeasure to the 31 incentives for Taiwanese unveiled by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Feb. 28, the Ministry
SALAMI TACTICS: A high-level official said China wants to ‘deepen its friendship with Taiwan’ a day after state media threatened war over a Taiwan-fri
A recent Congressional bill — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 12, 2017, cal
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology’s core mission is to execute an independent national defense policy, promote the industrial implemen
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLast month’s firestorm over alleged misconduct by Brothers Baseball Club players has led top sports officials to call for
10 US Democratic senators has urged US President Donald Trump to quickly fill major posts in charge of Korean affairs that have been vacant for months
A New York zoo has announced the death of one of its star attraction - Spiderman, a spider monkey who lived to the ripe old age of 43.
RETURN OF THE LIN: The NBA player was mobbed by fans at the Taoyuan airport and shot some hoops last night with pop singer Jam Hsiao in the Xinyi Dist
STABLE RELATIONSHIPS: President Tsai said the US$1.42 billion worth of US arms would increase the nation’s confidence and ability to maintain the ‘sta
郭佩宜自從新政府提出「新南向政策」之後,忽然間許多人與機構都「動起來」了。一切似曾相識,跟所謂「建國百年」時許多活動都套上「百年」標籤有些類似(有篇芭樂文探討喔),「新南向」成為新的資源關鍵字。然而令人納悶的是,學界裡長期、深入研究東南亞的朋友們,卻似乎沒被動員,那麼到底是誰在做新南向呢?有朋友一開
BREAK WITH TRADITION: After repeated calls by Aboriginal groups to cease the ‘inappropriate’ state endorsement, the interior minister is to stay home
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterAbout 100 people yesterday gathered near the Presidential Office in Taipei, calling for the government to protect coasta
UPPING THE PRESSURE: The Presidential Office said it had instructed government agencies to spare no efforts to safeguard the advocate’s rights and his
By Sean Lin/ Staff reporterThe governments “new southbound policy” should be based on city-level exchanges if Taiwan is to find a way out of its diplo
800 HEROES: Hundreds of veterans vowed to stage daily protests for three months, while a lawmaker questioned the loyalty of retired generals who conso
NOT A BARGAINING CHIP: The secretary of state said that Taiwanese are ‘friends of the United States’ and that the US is legally and morally committed
CAMARADERIE The KMT has 887,861 party members, but only 226,783 are eligible to vote in the chairperson election, which so far has four confirmed cand