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Taipei, March 4 (CNA) A direct flight service between Taiwan and the Czech Republic is expected to be launched in July, Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai () said Friday....

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, will invest in Telangana state in southern India, according to K. Chandrashekar Rao, the state's chief minister, who called Taiwan a...

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) Taiwan's Shiao Yu-jan () clinched bronze in the pommel horse final at the 2023 FIG Apparatus World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Friday....

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Saturday are as follows:...

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) A man who threw urine at the doors of the Taipei office of Japanese newspaper the Nikkei on Friday is to be punished in accordance with Taiwan's laws, police have said....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Ma Yi-hung () will become the first ever female head coach of a pro basketball team in Taiwan on Saturday when she leads the T1 LEAGUE's Tainan TSG GhostHawks in a home encounter against the Kaohsiung Aquas....

Taipei, March. 3 (CNA) Senior politicians from both the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Kuomintang (KMT) on Friday put in a last-ditch effort to canvass support for their candidates ahead of Saturday's legislative by-election in Nantou....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will purchase 10,000 more doses of a monkeypox vaccine and widen eligibility for the shots to prevent the disease from spreading locally after two locally transmitted cases were reported...

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Taiwanese table tennis players Cheng I-ching () and Li Yu-jhun () advanced to the women's doubles finals at the WTT Star Contender Goa 2023 on Friday after overcoming a South Korean duo in a match that went the distance....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 54-month jail sentence handed down by a lower court to the driver of a Puyuma Express train that derailed in Yilan County in 2018 and resulted in the deaths of 18 people....

Taichung, March 3 (CNA) A 66-year-old man living in Taichung's Dali District was indicted on Friday for arson and negligent homicide, after he caused a fire at his home that led to the death of his wife, children and grandchildren in January, local pr...

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Six cheerleaders with a Taiwanese professional baseball team, the Rakuten Monkeys, will be heading to New York in August to perform at the annual Taiwan Day put on by the New York Mets....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) sales revenue from its biggest client rose more than 30 percent in 2022 from the previous year, according to financial data released Friday by the company....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) A Ukrainian ballet company scheduled to perform in Taipei next month has decided not to include Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's...

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher Friday as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) gave up earlier gains amid lingering concerns over rising interest rates, dealers said....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar Friday, shedding 0.003 to close at NT$30.627....

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 13,813 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 deaths from the disease on Friday....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Washington's trust in Taipei has been underlined by its announcement on Wednesday of a sales package to Taiwan including one of the most advanced missiles in active service on U.S. warplanes, a military expert said on Thursday....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Two Taiwan nationals have received jail terms of more than five years after being found guilty of attempting to transport methamphetamine from the United States to Australia in 2022....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The Supreme Court recently upheld the sentence of 13 years and two months in prison handed down by a lower court to the live-in boyfriend of a woman whose 3-year-old daughter died at a hospital in Tainan in 2021 after being subjected...

Taichung, March 2 (CNA) A Taichung City bus driver was indicted Thursday for negligent homicide after he plowed into a family legally crossing a crosswalk in the city's North District last December, killing a 31-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen () on Thursday expressed hope that Canada would support Taiwan's bid to join a cross-national trade pact, during a meeting with the country's representative to Taiwan Jim Nickel....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Two people at a tech company in Miaoli have been indicted in a case that dates back 2021, when a large illegal shipment of a drug known as laughing gas was seized at Taiwan's border, prosecutors said Thursday....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Thursday, gaining NT$0.042 to close at NT$30.630....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 12,032 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 deaths from the disease on Thursday....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The Taipei City government said Thursday that it plans to increase the...

Washington, March 1 (CNA) The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday passed three bills, of which one contained a provision that supports Taiwan's inclusion in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended little changed on Thursday, up 0.23 points at 15,598.72 on turnover of NT$213.29 billion (US$7.05 billion)....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Taiwan was one of only four countries that made it into the top...

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Taiwan's government on Thursday expressed thanks to the United States for approving the sale of up to US$619 million in munitions and related equipment for F-16 fighter jets, amid the growing military threat posed by China....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) A former senior national security director for China and Taiwan to U.S. President Joe Biden has been tapped as the incoming chair to the de facto U.S. embassy to Taiwan....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows:...

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.595 at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.007 from the previous close....

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 18.21 points at 15,580.28 Thursday on turnover of NT$2.76 billion (US$90.31 million)....

Kaohsiung, March 1 (CNA) The central government announced Wednesday it will enforce new water restrictions in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, next week following a lack of rain in the region....

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Nearly 80 percent of Taiwan's industry leaders expressed pessimism regarding the global economy's prospects in 2023, according to a survey released by PwC Taiwan Wednesday....

Taipei, March 1. (CNA) Starlux Airlines Co., the newest international carrier in Taiwan, on Wednesday expressed optimism about its market prospects ahead of its launch of direct flights to Los Angeles, its first destination outside of Asia....

Washington, Feb. 28 (CNA) The U.S. should arm Taiwan as part of its efforts to establish a more...

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Amid sluggish global growth, key indicators for Taiwan's export-oriented economy remained in contraction mode in January, flashing a...

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Proposed revisions to a national mobilization act are still being discussed and have not been finalized yet, a Presidential Office spokeswoman said Wednesday, after the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) threatened to block the legislation ...

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) champion the Taipei Fubon Braves were outclassed by Anyang KGC in their East Asia Super League Champions Week's opener Wednesday, suffering a 25-point 94-69 defeat to the South Korea team....

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Council of Agriculture (COA) Minister Chen Chi-chung () on Wednesday said he anticipated an end to the national egg shortage in Taiwan by late March, after the government introduced short and long-term measures to address the problem...

Taipei, March. 1 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Wednesday, gaining NT$0.108 to close at NT$30.588....

Washington, Feb. 28 (CNA) The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee passed a series of bills on Tuesday aimed at increasing Taiwan's international participation and using financial mechanisms to deter a Chinese invasion....

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) With northeasterly seasonal winds gaining momentum, northern Taiwan is expected to see temperatures fall to as low as 13 degrees Celsius later Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB)....

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Wednesday are as follows:...

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.615 at 10 a.m. Wednesday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.135 from the previous close....

Taipei, March 1 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 68.41 points at 15,435.38 Wednesday on turnover of NT$7.67 billion (US$251 million)....

Taipei, Feb. 28 (CNA) The media spotlight was on Jeremy and Joseph Lin in Tuesday's game between the P.LEAGUE+ (PLG) leading New Taipei Kings and the bottom of the league Kaohsiung 17 LIVE Steelers, but a few remarks after the game added context to th...

Hundreds of young people gather at Ketagalan Boulevard, bobbing their heads up and down to the tunes played by math rock band Elephant Gym on stage....