Taiwan President Lai Ching-te appealed on Monday in his Lunar New Year message for harmony between the ruling and opposition parties, amid a standoff over the opposition slashing this year's budget.
Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in defense spending, in a move some worry could frustrate the famously transactional president,
After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as showing the aftermath. But authorities reported no major damage following the quake,
The driver as well as three children aged between two and 10 died in the tragedy. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a pivotal role should Beijing order the invasion of Taiwan.
Sim Hwee Kok and his partner Neo Siew Choo were last seen getting off a bus near the Shakadang Trail in Hualien county, shortly before the 7.2-magnitude earthquake.
T ens of tHOUSANDS of people converged on Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, earlier this month. Placards depicted Lai Ching-te, the president, as a horned devil, with the words: “Recall the dictatorial emperor Lai.” The protest is just one act in a political drama that has roiled the island country for weeks.
Brown highlights the global risk at the heart of the China-Taiwan conflict and asserts U.S. efforts of strategic ambiguity are "the best posture" for stability.
A Taiwan Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of an Indigenous Defense Fighter jet at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, officials say.
Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal's population, which is wreaking havoc on the island's agricultural sector.
Taiwan is one of the most seismically active places in the world, and one of the most advanced when it comes to earthquake readiness.