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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Local woman studying in Taiwan murdered

SIBU: A 24-year-old local woman who was studying at a university in Tainan, Taiwan, was reported to have died last Thursday (Oct 29). According to a Taiwan newspaper the woman has been missing since Oct 28. Following that, a male suspect was arrested after he admitting to killing her. The suspect also claimed to have […]

Ongoing efforts to foster better ties

MALAYSIA AND TAIWAN KUCHING: Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem met the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office’s head of mission Anne Hung in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday night (Sept 22). According to a statement by Riot, the meeting was the second one after […]

Taiwan airlines offer sight-seeing flights during pandemic

TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing “flights to nowhere” on their passenger jets — including flight attendant lessons for children. At the headquarters of Taiwan’s China Airlines in Taoyuan on Saturday, 50 children took a morning course on how serve passengers aboard a mock cabin. Cheng […]