Taipei: The Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on Friday that it has received letters of offer and acceptance (LOA) for three systems under the NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.56 billion) special defense budget bill. The MND plans to request an exte…
Taipei: Two U.S. senators have called on Taiwan’s political parties to expedite the approval of a significant NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.5 billion) defense budget proposed by the Cabinet for the period of 2026-2033. The defense plan has been put forward …
Taipei: Shaw Yu-ming, the former head of Taiwan’s now-defunct Government Information Office, has died at the age of 87.
According to Focus Taiwan, veteran journalist Susan Yeh disclosed Shaw’s death in a message shared in the LINE group for the Rep…
Taipei: The Cabinet will seek cross-party support for the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Taiwan and the United States, as well as an accompanying memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in January, a source told CNA Saturday. Under Taiwa…
Washington: The recently concluded forum between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing aimed to reshape Washington’s perception of its relationship with Taiwan ahead of a scheduled meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Ji…
Taipei: A spike in service expenses around the Lunar New Year holiday period is expected to raise Taiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) growth for February by 0.6 to 0.7 percentage points, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and S…
