Asia Taiwan To strengthen defence, a new increase of NT$ 647 billion (US$19,80 billion) was approved on a total budget of NT$ 3,13 trillion for next year
Asia Taiwan Taiwan-based e-scooter brand and battery developer Gogoro Inc. plans to start commercial availability of three e-scooter models and battery replacement services in Singapore in the fourth quarter of this year
Asia Taiwan Nearly 400.000 Taiwanese are expected to travel to the US this year; as demand for air travel to the US booms, more flights are being added from Taiwan to Seattle, with the number of companies operating the route this year rising from one to four
Asia Taiwan Taiwanese manufacturing giant Hon Hai reported its highest ever revenue for the second quarter, up over 19% year-on-year, attributing the growth to increased shipments of artificial intelligence-related devices
Asia Taiwan The migrant farm labourer programme could be extended and the number of workers increased from 12.000 to 20.000 in consequence of ongoing talks of Ministry of Agriculture with the Ministry of Labour
Asia Taiwan The municipality of Jiadong, Pingtung County, organised a public event to balance 800 watermelons during the Dragon Boat Festival; balancing objects is believed to bring participants peace and harmony in the New Year
Asia Taiwan Investments in the countries included in the government's 'New Southbound Policy' increased by over 90% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, with Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand the recipients of the most investments among the 18 countries
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's consumer confidence index rebounded in May, up 8,83 from April, mainly due to a bullish stock market, according to the latest monthly Taiwanese Consumer Confidence Index report published by the National Central University
Asia Taiwan Uber Technologies, the parent company of the Uber Eats delivery platform, has reached an agreement with Delivery Hero SE to acquire its foodpanda delivery service in Taiwan
Asia Taiwan A National Taiwan University study reveals that breathing polluted air carries a higher risk of lung cancer than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day; lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths with 17.000 new cases and 10.000 deaths per year
Asia Taiwan Environmental groups presented four proposals for Taiwan's carbon pricing strategy, including a carbon tax collection system to discourage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Asia Taiwan The entire Alishan Forest Railway will be opened and operational on July 1, after 15 years of track work and tunnel repairs, announced Taiwan's Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
Asia Taiwan Still 38 are missing from the 7,2 magnitude earthquake that claimed 10 lives, the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in nearly 25 years