Taipei: Deputy Minister of Education Yeh Ping-cheng resigned on Friday following an incident where he publicly disclosed the identity of a National Taiwan University (NTU) student who had reported sexual harassment on campus.
According to Focus Taiw…
Su’ao: President Lai Ching-te on Friday pledged to steadily increase defense spending, setting a goal of raising it to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030, to underscore Taiwan’s commitment to boost defense capacity.
According to Focus…
Taipei: Taiwan has donated US$350,000 to support recovery efforts in Texas after severe flooding in the state in July left more than 100 people dead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Friday. In a news statement, MOFA detailed the involvemen…
Taipei: Fourteen people were indicted by the Shilin District Prosecutors Office on Friday for allegedly scamming more than 1,500 people of over NT$1.27 billion (US$41.1 million) and laundering NT$2.3 billion.
According to Focus Taiwan, the group has…
Taipei: U.S.-based tech giant Google on Thursday said it will continue to invest in Taiwan, as it praised the contributions of its Taiwan team to the latest Pixel 10 smartphone lineup. Speaking with reporters, Elmer Peng, Google’s vice president for h…
Taipei: Karsten Tietz, who has previously served in Thailand, the United States, and Hong Kong, is Germany’s new representative to Taiwan, according to the German Institute Taipei. In a social media post on Friday that included a photo of Tietz and Ge…
