Asia Taiwan According to semiconductor trade association SEMI, Taiwan is expected to spend $30 billion on semiconductor manufacturing equipment this year, the highest figure of any country in the world
Asia Taiwan In Taichung, 45 teams took off in front of 50.000 spectators from a 3-storey high ramp to fly their homemade flying machines at the 'Flugtag' organised annually by energy drink Red Bull, for the 1st time in Taiwan
Asia Taiwan The National Symphony Orchestra hopes its 2022-2023 season opening concerts will bring back audiences lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the orchestra's music director Jun Markl
Asia Taiwan The country will strive to attract 400.000 foreign workers over the next 10 years to compensate for the decrease in the working-age population, caused by declining birth rates and an ageing population
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's largest source of gold last year has been Japan, overtaking Switzerland among main suppliers
Asia Taiwan The recall of 450.000 cups of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, for a total of 60.000 kilograms, has been ordered due to the possible presence of a cancer-causing pesticide in the vanilla extracts used; the substance was first detected in the EU
Asia Taiwan Peak electricity consumption reached 40.301 million kilowatts, passing 40 giga Watt for the first time at the end of July and while high temperatures persist consumption is not expected to diminish; per capita power use is 3 times higher than Asia average
Asia Taiwan The government-funded hotel subsidy program has been used on a total of nearly 100.000 hotel rooms in just the first weekend Sunday 17th - Tuesday 20th; so far a total of 9.485 accommodation facilities have participated in the program
Asia Taiwan Taiwanese researchers successfully conducted a test flight of the second-stage propulsion system of the indigenous HTTP-3A sounding rocket, which could be used in the future to carry miniature communication satellites into orbit
Asia Taiwan Daxi-Daxi Folk Festival, a very participapated pop encounter of traditional culture and young generations, returns in person today after a 2-years COVID hiatus
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's EVA Airways was judged the best airline in East Asia at the recent Airline Passenger Experience Association ceremony, receiving the 'Five Star Global Airlines' rating for the fourth consecutive year
Asia Taiwan Minister of Labour seemed hesitant about a minimum wage increase next year, after President Tsai Ing-wen called for it; traditionally, a committee is convened to decide on the wage rate in the third quarter with government officials and business leaders
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's chief trade negotiator, John Deng, held more talks with the US on bilateral trade, the island's government said, after being excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the US economic plan for the Asia-Pacific region