Taipei: Lawmakers from the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s main opposition party, on Wednesday proposed constitutional and legal changes to create a two-round absolute majority system for choosing Taiwan’s president in time for the 2028 election. KMT Lawma…
Taipei: Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) will issue nationwide cellphone messages on Friday to mark National Disaster Prevention Day and boost the public’s preparedness, by simulating earthquake and tsunami alerts to test the emergency wa…
Taipei: Former National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Ting Mao-shih, a pivotal figure during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996, has died at the age of 99, an unnamed diplomatic source informed CNA. Ting passed away on Tuesday at Cheng …
Taipei: Yeh Chun-hsien, head of the National Development Council (NDC), on Wednesday attributed Taiwan’s forecast lead over South Korea in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025 to the success of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) …
Taichung: A 20-year-old female college student was found dead with multiple stab wounds in Taichung on Tuesday, and her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was arrested hours later on suspicion of killing her, local authorities said.
According to Focus Taiwan,…
Taipei: President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim on Tuesday welcomed Shuzo Sumi, the new chair of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA), who made his first visit to Taiwan since assuming office earlier this year. Sumi led a JTEA …
