Taiwan and the US plan to jointly produce 155mm artillery shells, as the munition is in high demand due to the Ukraine-Russia war and should be useful in Taiwan’s self-defense, Armaments Bureau ...

A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya yesterday opened at the UN’s top court. It is the first genocide case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...

Despite rising geopolitical risks, intensifying trade protectionism and heightened volatility, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) in November last year raised its ...

US prosecutors have opened an inquiry threatening a “criminal indictment” against the US Federal Reserve, its chairman Jerome Powell said, denouncing new “threats and ongoing pressure” from the ...

Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam is seeking to combine his party role with the state presidency, officials said, in a move that would align Vietnam’s political structure more ...

The Taipei City Government is looking at options to limit smoking in public places, with one version of the policy likely to be implemented this year, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said yesterday.

The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) move to divide this year’s fiscal budget into multiple packages for review and block the military spending items is unconstitutional, Democratic Progressive Party ...

The Ministry of Environment yesterday approved the initial environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed Phase 2 development plan for the Southern Taiwan Science Park’s (南部科學園區) Chiayi County ...

Micro-Star International Co (MSI, 微星科技) reported that revenue last quarter rose 11.9 percent year-on-year to NT$57.6 billion (US$1.8 billion), a record for the period in the company’s history, buoying ...

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday urged lawmakers to approve proposed amendments to the Anti-Infiltration Act (反滲透法) given the light punishments meted out to offenders under current regulat ...

Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao (鄭英耀) yesterday said he is an “elegant Taiwanese,” adding that he is not afraid of being labeled by China as a “diehard Taiwan independence advocate,” after Beijin ...