Taipei: Shares in Taiwan moved sharply higher Tuesday as investors shrugged off losses seen in American markets overnight and rushed to buy electronics stocks related to the AI boom, dealers said. The Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index…
Taipei: Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) was a driver of significant gains on the local main board Tuesday, accounting for more than 10 percent of the market’s total turnover of NT$861.81 billion (US$27.39 billion), acc…
Taipei: The main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) will introduce a bill requiring legislative approval for the export of advanced chip technologies, aiming to ensure such know-how remains in Taiwan, the party said on Tuesday.
According to Focus Taiwan, as…
Taipei: Taiwan will participate in a significant assembly of Pacific island nations later this year in Palau, following its exclusion from the 2025 event. Michael Lin, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MOFA) Department of East Asian and Pa…
Taipei: Ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to place the Executive Yuan’s draft special act on defense procurement on the Legislative Yuan’s March 6 plenary agenda and refer it to committee for review. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-s…
Taipei: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker and former deputy speaker of the Legislative Yuan, Tsai Chi-chang, 56, has been elected as the convener of the party’s legislative caucus. He replaces veteran lawmaker Ker Chien-ming, who held the po…
