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TSMC futures after-hour trading available from next week

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Single stock futures trading of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be available for night trading sessions after Monday (Jan. 22). In Taiwan, the tr...

Ex-DPP Chair Shih Ming-teh, who promoted ‘Kinmen, Matsu Peace Zone,’ passes away at 83

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Shih Ming-teh (施明德) passed away on Monday (Jan. 15), his family confirmed. Shih suffered from liver cancer in recent yea...

New Taiwan VP Hsiao Bi-khim knows US politics well, says William Stanton

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has declared victory in Taiwan's presidential race, whil...

KMT wins 1 more legislative seat in capital for Taiwan election

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) holds the lead as counting continues but the party is losing ground in the fight for control of the ...

Taiwan's new envoy to US meets with House Speaker Mike Johnson

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the U.S. met with House Speaker Mike Johnson in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday (Jan. 9), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said. ...

Taiwan YouTuber draws criticism over buying property in Thailand

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese YouTuber Alisasa (愛莉莎莎) recently shared the good news that her dream of buying a house has come true in Thailand — but there has been criticism of ...

Thai worker falls to death in Port of Taipei harbor accident

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Thai worker at the Port of Taipei in New Taipei City fell to his death after being indirectly hit by a fishing boat at 4:50 a.m. on Saturday (Jan. 6). The 31-year-old...

Taiwan's presidential candidate denies ties with CCP after legislative candidate arrested for alleged Beijing sponsorship

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Taiwan News) — Following the detainment of an independent legislative candidate over alleged China funding, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) presidential candidate and chair...

KMT presidential candidate plans Indo-Pacific office to improve Taiwan-Japan ties

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) said on Saturday (Jan. 6) that an office responsible for strengthening relations with Indo-Pacific count...

ACE Exchange founder detained for Taiwan's biggest crypto scam

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Taiwan News) — The founder of ACE Exchange David Pan (潘奕彰) has been detained over his alleged involvement in a crypto scam, but according to a company press release he is no long...

Pollster suggests DPP-KMT Taiwan presidential vote margin could be just 1 percentage point

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The difference between the share of votes for the presidential candidates of the two largest parties could be as low as 1%, said Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF)...

46 Taiwanese financial institutions win awards for sustainable practices

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's only domestic credit-reporting agency gave out awards to 46 financial institutions and 56 individuals on Tuesday (Dec. 26). The awards recognized their ded...

St. John's University partners with Silks Hotel Group for Indonesian student internship program

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As the hospitality industry in Taiwan is experiencing staffing shortages, a tailor-made internship program for Indonesian students has been inked at the Regent Taipei. ...

Taiwan sees almost twofold increase in foreign reporters after 2019

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan had 174 foreign journalists and 82 international media organizations from 20 countries as of Nov. 30, according to the data recently released by the Ministry of For...

Digital Taiwan Roundtable elects new leaders from AI and web security fields

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — To address digital era challenges the Digital Taiwan Roundtable (台灣數位科技與政策協進會) this week elected a top artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and web security-oriented se...