Taipei: Tamkang University successfully launched its fourth research rocket, “Tamkang-2,” from the Hsu-Hai Rocket Research Launch Site in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung County. The launch occurred at 6:46 a.m. on Sunday and saw the rocket ascend to an altitude exceeding 7 kilometers. According to Focus Taiwan, the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)

Taipei: A recent article in The Economist arguing that Taiwan’s central bank has long kept the Taiwan dollar undervalued has sparked debate among officials and academics, who say the analysis overlooks major shifts in Taiwan’s industrial structure. According to Focus Taiwan, the magazine used its Big Mac Index to claim

Kaohsiung: K-pop group TWICE drew massive crowds in Kaohsiung over the weekend as Taiwanese member Chou Tzu-yu returned home to perform for the first time, attracting thousands of fans to the Kaohsiung National Stadium. Greeting her fans in Chinese, Chou expressed her excitement about performing in her hometown with her

Taipei: The world’s first fatal human infection of the H5N5 avian influenza strain, reported in the United States last week, is not currently assessed as posing a human-to-human transmission risk, Health Minister Shih Chung-liang said Sunday. He made the remarks when asked about the case after Washington state health officials

Taipei: Liberal International (LI), a global alliance of liberal and progressive democratic political parties, has adopted an emergency resolution condemning China for what it describes as “transnational repression” targeting Taiwanese. According to Focus Taiwan, Fan Yun, a lawmaker from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), announced on Facebook that the

Matsuyama: Rising Taiwanese golfer Wu Chia-yen on Sunday won her first championship on the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association (JLPGA) tour after finishing first at the DAIO PAPER elleair LADIES OPEN in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The 21-year-old lifted the trophy at Elleair Golf Club Matsuyama, finishing 15-under-par 269 for her