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Taiwan’s housing market has shown signs of stabilizing as consumers become less bearish on property prices, but tight mortgage lending is likely to keep any recovery in transactions modest, a...
Taipei Times18d ago
Industrial computer maker Advantech Co (研華) on Wednesday said that order momentum in the US should remain robust in the second half of this year, supported by continued growth in the healthcare...
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Taiwan’s business confidence weakened across major sectors last month as Middle East tensions raised costs and uncertainty, although manufacturers remained broadly confident in the artificial...
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Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, back left, poses with children at a news conference yesterday to promote a Double Ten National Day flagraising ceremony and other celebrations in the city.
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A Pikachu mascot poses with a fan at Taipei Railway Station yesterday. The character appeared during a news conference for a “Pokemon” 30th anniversary themed train, which is to be in service from...
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The Madou Farmers’ Association yesterday loaded 8.8 tonnes of pomelos to ship to Canada, the third container of the fruit grown in Tainan’s Madou District (麻豆) exported to the North American...
Taipei Times18d ago
A lottery for vouchers has helped increase the number of registered cats and dogs nationwide by 18,500, Animal Welfare Department Deputy Director Chen Chung-hsing (陳中興) said yesterday.
Taipei Times18d ago
National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums would not need to be adjusted next year if the minimum wage, salaries and government funding increase as expected, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih...
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Five hours of practical training would be added to motorcycle rider training courses from Jan. 1 next year, including three additional hours of on-road training, the Ministry of Transportation and...
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The classification of soil liquefaction risk at several areas near major population centers has changed — some for the better and some indicating greater danger — updates to a map released...
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Responses from mayoral candidates for Taipei and New Taipei City invited to attend a series of forums hosted by a coalition of youth and student organizations next month have been mixed, the groups...
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Prosecutors yesterday indicted two Chinese for illegally entering Taiwan after sailing across the Taiwan Strait on a rubber dinghy, recommending that each be sentenced to two years in prison.
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Taiwan has upgraded its maritime patrol capacity around the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) in the disputed South China Sea, including regularly sending larger ships there, the government...
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Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) Minister Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲) on Wednesday said decommissioned coast guard vessels were given to the Philippines to enhance regional rescue capacity and would not affect...
Taipei Times18d ago
Foundation for Defense of Democracies China Program chair Matt Pottinger yesterday praised Taiwan for taking “creative and resilient” steps to maintain a secure communications environment.
Taipei Times18d ago
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a three-year, NT$3.6 billion (US$113.28 million) plan to increase the number of safety personnel at junior-high schools to 2,000 from 620.
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The Taiwan Go Go political alliance yesterday called for greater electoral transparency, saying that 107 of the 14,100 candidates for borough and village wardens have criminal records.
Taipei Times18d ago
Taiwan has completed production of all 66 domestically developed Brave Eagle (勇鷹) advanced jet trainers (AJT), with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) chairman Tsao Chin-pin (曹進平)...
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An OpenAI agent breached an Australian government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorized access to files, Australia said yesterday, in what could be the first known instance of an...
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A US federal judge early yesterday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their...
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