Taipei: The first-ever Taiwan Weeks concluded with close to 28,000 participants from over 20 countries, highlighting Taiwan’s expanding influence in the global capital market, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, this event, held from October 15 to 23, attracted more than 1,200 institutional representatives

Taipei: A visiting European lawmaker announced on Tuesday that the European Union and Taiwan could collaborate on utilizing drone technologies to enhance the monitoring of undersea cables. Rihards Kols, a Latvian member of the European Parliament, made this suggestion during a press event in Taipei, following an initiative launched by

Rome: Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been in maximum security detention for nearly five years, is reportedly in “poor health,” according to his son Sebastien Lai. Sebastien urged the international community to intervene and save his father’s life. According to Focus Taiwan, Sebastien Lai welcomed a

Taipei: Taoyuan International Airport Corp. announced on Tuesday that the completion of the airport’s third runway will be delayed from its original target of 2030 to 2032. According to Focus Taiwan, the delay is attributed to the postponed relocation of residents from the designated site for the new runway. Pi

Taipei: The Control Yuan, Taiwan’s top government watchdog, has launched a probe into possible acts of forced labor involving migrant workers in the country’s textile industry, outlined in a report published in February by United States-based NGO Transparentem. Control Yuan members Chi Hui-jung and Wang Yu-ling initiated an investigation into

Taipei: The DBS Foundation and the Garden of Hope Foundation, an NGO concerned with the rights of female migrant workers and their children, announced a planned online counseling service to support the mental health of the more than 200,000 live-in foreign caregivers in Taiwan. The artificial intelligence-powered service, called “AI