Taipei: The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Wednesday announced an expanded bailout program in response to new tariffs of at least 20 percent imposed by the United States on July 31, increasing subsidies for furloughed workers in nine sectors projected to be affected. According to Focus Taiwan, Minister of Labor

Kyiv: A team from the North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) will travel to Ukraine in late August to provide free medical services to civilians and soldiers and show Taiwan’s support for Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. Jung Tsai, a former president of NATMA and the team’s leader,

Guatemala city: A Taiwan government-funded foreign aid agency’s collaboration with an American NGO launched earlier this year that provides mobile medical clinics to rural mountainous areas in Guatemala has so far helped over 7,000 underprivileged women and children. According to Focus Taiwan, the TaiwanICDF joint project with the U.S.-based charity,

Taipei:: Transgender rights groups on Wednesday launched a petition calling for the removal of the government’s mandatory surgery requirement for individuals to legally change their gender. “To this day in Taiwan, changing one’s legal gender still requires two psychiatric diagnoses and proof of having undergone surgery to remove the sexual

Tainan: Typhoon Podul exited Taiwan from Tainan’s Cigu District at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, traversing the southern part of the island in just three hours, as reported by the Central Weather Administration (CWA). According to Focus Taiwan, the typhoon was traveling west-northwest at 27 kilometers per hour, with maximum

Taipei: Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang and civic representative Wu Ya-hsin exchanged criticisms on Wednesday regarding the potential restart of the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. Huang emphasized the importance of the plant’s operation for Taiwan’s energy security, whereas Wu underscored the seismic dangers and unresolved nuclear waste issues associated