Taipei: Presidential Adviser Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s envoy to the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, has been tasked with promoting three key messages on Taiwan’s economic resilience, innovation, and people-centered artificial intelligence, President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, at a send-off news conference, Lai

Taipei: The flu has claimed 10 lives in Taiwan over the past week and may continue circulating widely, even though it has passed its first peak, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. Between Oct. 12 and Oct. 18, there were 128,915 emergency department visits for flu-like illnesses,

Taipei: Four Taiwanese actors and vocal artists were released on bail Tuesday after admitting to paying for falsified medical reports to evade compulsory military service, according to the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office. The case is linked to an ongoing investigation connected to Taiwanese actor Darren Wang, who was indicted

Taipei: Taiwan-based Yageo Corp., the world’s third largest maker of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), announced it has completed a tender offer for Japan’s Shibaura Electronics Co., with plans to fully integrate the Japanese firm by the first quarter of 2026. According to Focus Taiwan, Yageo achieved an acceptance rate of

Taipei: Taiwan should bolster its defenses and enhance its surveillance of China following a decline in military spending under former President Ma Ying-jeou, despite a full-scale Chinese invasion in 2027 being unlikely, according to a U.S. expert on cross-strait relations. Speaking in Taipei on Tuesday, Peter Mattis, president of The

Taipei: The CTBC Brothers kept their hopes of a repeat championship alive with a 2-0 win over the Rakuten Monkeys in Game 3 of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) Taiwan Series on Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, the reigning champions seized the shutout victory before a crowd of 37,088