U.S. woman indicted for smuggling heroin into Taiwan for online fiancé

Taoyuan, Sept. 17 (CNA) An American woman has been indicted in Taiwan after allegedly smuggling heroin from Laos at the request of a man she believed to be the superior of her online fiancé, whom she had never met in person, the Aviation Police...

Six or more films to see at the Taiwan Film Festival of Boston

In 2018, controversial remarks made at the Golden Horse Awards, highly regarded for Chinese-language cinema, rippled all the way to Boston. In an acceptance speech for best documentary, Taiwanese director Fu Yue said she hoped Taiwan would be...

China Slams US Distortion of Taiwan-Related WWII Documents

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Unilateral distortion and misinterpretation of World War II documents by the United States cannot shake the abiding commitment of the international community to the one-China principle, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin...

Taiwan pledges US$3m to Pacific program

Taiwan has pledged US$3 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) to help address climate issues in the Pacific islands, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said yesterday. “On behalf of Taiwan, Prime Minister Feleti Penitala Teo of...

Taiwan Seeks Inclusion in UN General Assembly, ICAO Meetings

As the United Nations celebrates its 80th anniversary—and with only five years remaining to realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)— the world body has been urged to fulfill its vision of “leaving no one behind” and becoming “better...

Taipei must demonstrate its defense resolve to US

Foreign media have reported that US President Donald Trump might visit South Korea at the end of next month to attend the APEC leaders’ summit, where he could meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). This potential meeting would likely...

President Lai attends Danjiang Bridge ceremony

The much-anticipated Danjiang Bridge (淡江大橋) is scheduled to open for traffic on May 12 next year after the final bridge segment was successfully installed yesterday, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. President...

Lai meets new Japan-Taiwan association head on first visit to Taiwan

President William Lai (賴清德) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) yesterday welcomed Shuzo Sumi, the new chair of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA), who made his first visit to Taiwan since assuming office earlier this year. Sumi led a...

Business News | Taiwan GDP Per Capita Lead over Korea Attributed to TSMC, AI Boom

Taipei [Taiwan], September 17 (ANI): Yeh Chun-hsien, head of the National Development Council (NDC), on Wednesday attributed Taiwan's forecast lead over South Korea in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025 to the success of Taiwan...

Marines showcase new missile systems near Taiwan during island-defense drills

Capt. Kurt James, right, commander of the 12th Littoral Regiment’s Medium-Range Missile Battery, speaks in front of the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, at Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Sept. 17, 2025....

Grandmother Islands: Oral Memory, Mother Tongues, and Literary Kinship between Taiwan and Scotland

Written by Elissa Hunter-Dorans. Image credit: Scottish Peasant Women by James Ward. Lāu-lâng m ̄ kóng-kó, siàu-liân m ̄-bat pó If old people don’t tell stories, young people won’t know what matters. Taiwanese proverb. Mura h-innis seann daoine...

‘Chip in with Taiwan’ for global peace and prosperity

Lin Chia-lung, minister of foreign affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) Today, the world faces mounting uncertainties and challenges — from prolonged conflicts and democratic backsliding to economic coercion and disinformation campaigns....

Internal Party Politics Roil Taiwan’s Main Political Parties

In the aftermath of the Great Recall Movement, there has been internal contention in both the Kuomintang (KMT), which controls the legislature, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which holds the presidency. Specifically, candidates are...

China slams U.S. distortion of Taiwan-related WWII documents

BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Unilateral distortion and misinterpretation of World War II documents by the United States cannot shake the abiding commitment of the international community to the one-China principle, Chinese foreign ministry...

Business News | Taiwan Sends Delegation to US for Purchase of American Agricultural Products

Taipei [Taiwan], September 17 (ANI): Taiwan is sending a delegation to the United States to purchase American agricultural products, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced, Focus Taiwan reported on Sunday. This year's mission, officially...

Hanwha Ocean Wins Order for 7 Large Container Ships from Yang Ming of Taiwan

Hanwha Ocean announced on Sept. 17 that it has secured an order worth 1.93 trillion won (approximately $1.4 billion) from Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, for seven 15,880 TEU liquefied natural...

Parliamentary seats must reflect population, not political bargaining

From Ibrahim M Ahmad It was not surprising to hear that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had agreed to consider increasing the number of parliamentary seats in Sabah and Sarawak, subject to the resolution of legal issues. The premise of the argument...

Conservative South Koreans Gather at Washington To Denounce Their Country’s New Leftist President

Koreans living in America are campaigning against South Korea’s leftist president, Lee Jae-myung, with the same fury as their compatriots at Seoul. They say, however, that Mr. Lee’s regime has forced the South Korean press not to report or comment...

Paparo: $8B Guam missile defense is Pentagon's ‘largest investment' in Pacific; Governor says ‘human security’ needed

The $8 billion missile defense system planned for Guam is the Department of War's "largest investment" in the Pacific, the head of the Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Paparo, said on Wednesday. But Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and others repeated...

From domination to extermination: Israel’s military industry and strategy since 1948

First published at Phenomenal World. Israel is one of the most militarized countries in the world. The Israel Defense Forces, and the broader landscape of Israeli security forces, are the core around which the country’s institutions, financial...