Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocks Taiwan

TAIPEI: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Taiwan’s southeastern Taitung County at 2.44pm Sunday, stronger than Saturday’s magnitude 6.4 temblor, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The epicentre of Sunday’s quake was in Chishang township at a depth of 11.1 kilometres (km) and 41.8km north of Taitung County Hall,... Read More

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May 31, 2022

China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this year

TAIPEI: China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said late Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity. In recent years,... Read More

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May 26, 2022

Philippines to uphold South China Sea ruling

MANILA: Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Thursday he would uphold an international ruling against Beijing over the disputed South China Sea, insisting he would not let China trample on Manila’s maritime rights. China claims almost all of the resource-rich waterway, through which trillions of dollars in trade passes annually, with competing claims from the... Read More

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March 23, 2022

6.7-magnitude quake rattles Taiwan, injures one

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan early Wednesday rattled buildings and roused people from their sleep, leaving one injured and causing a half-constructed bridge in the island’s east to collapse. Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as it lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. It does... Read More

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April 22, 2021

Taiwan’s worst drought in decades deepens chip shortage jitters

TAIPEI: In the foothills of Taiwan’s mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades — a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage. Taiwan is home to some of the world’s biggest and most advanced high-tech foundries, a linchpin of a global $450 billion industry... Read More

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March 17, 2021

Taiwan to create ‘sports bubble’ to host Olympics baseball qualifier

TAIPEI: Taiwan is preparing to launch a “sports bubble” for athletes who will be arriving to compete in the qualifier baseball tournament for the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) said Wednesday. With the creation of the “sports bubble”, baseball players from foreign countries will be subject to fewer Covid-19 restrictions... Read More

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February 22, 2021

Taiwan to ease entry ban on foreigners from March 1

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s current ban on entry by foreign nationals without residency will be eased effective March 1, dpa reported the Central Epidemic Control Centre (CECC) saying this on Monday. CECC chief and health minister Chen Shih-chung told reporters that border management rules will be returned to the situation before all entry by foreign citizens without... Read More

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November 24, 2020

Taiwan expanding submarine fleet as China threat grows

TAIPEI: Taiwan began construction on a fleet of indigenous submarines on Tuesday, the latest move by the out-gunned island to bolster its defences against increasingly bellicose threats from Beijing. Democratic Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by communist China, which views the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has vowed to... Read More

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November 2, 2020

Parents identify murdered student’s body at Kaohsiung mortuary

TAIPEI: The parents of a 24-year-old Malaysian student who was murdered last week in Taiwan went to a mortuary in Kaohsiung in the early hours of Monday to identify the body, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported. The parents arrived at the Kaohsiung mortuary at around 1.30 am and were later issued a death certificate... Read More

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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocks Taiwan

China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this year

Philippines to uphold South China Sea ruling

6.7-magnitude quake rattles Taiwan, injures one

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Taiwan’s worst drought in decades deepens chip shortage jitters

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Taiwan to ease entry ban on foreigners from March 1

Taiwan expanding submarine fleet as China threat grows

Parents identify murdered student’s body at Kaohsiung mortuary

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