taipeitimes.comadded August 2026
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Taiwan’s shortage of readily available low-carbon electricity could deter investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers despite the country’s technological strengths, a renewable energy...
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China Steel Corp (CSC, 中鋼), the nation’s biggest steelmaker, yesterday reported a 55 percent month-on-month slump in pretax profit for last month, as sliding steel demand in Asia drove lower gross...
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Export orders last month rose 61.9 percent year-on-year to a record US$97.94 billion, marking the 18th consecutive month of increases, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
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Amis children participate in the Fata’an harvest festival in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township yesterday.
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TRANSPORTATION New Taipei station to open A new station on the southeast end of the Taipei MRT’s Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) is to open on Aug.
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The Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed cutting propagation and seedling production techniques for makauy to address short supplies of the indigenous plant by...
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Reforestation by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute in Pingtung County’s Hengchun Township (恆春) has resulted in the planting of 5,339 trees of 18 native species over the past three-plus years.
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A policy starting on Sept. 1 to extend public preschool after-school care to three hours would exacerbate labor shortages and force educators into involuntary overtime, teachers’ unions said...
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Chainsmoker Cat (尼古喵喵), an anime show, might contravene the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法) by promoting smoking, the John Tung Foundation said yesterday, adding that it has submitted a...
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The winners of a lottery for taxpayers, including foreign nationals, who filed last year’s individual income tax returns using a mobile device are to be announced at 4pm today, the Ministry of...
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Experts at a meeting of the legislature’s Constitutional Amendment Committee yesterday advocated abolishing the Control Yuan and Examination Yuan to transition to a bicameral system, while others...
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Seven in 10 people in Taiwan view recent Chinese coast guard patrols in waters east of Taiwan as an act of “ill will,” according to a Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) poll released yesterday.
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China is responding to closer cooperation between the Philippines and Japan by expanding its presence east of Taiwan in an apparent bid to establish jurisdiction over waters in the Philippine Sea...
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The New Taipei City Prosecutors’ Office on Wednesday indicted 15 people for evading mandatory military service or assisting others in doing so, including a former boy band member and a rapper.
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Forcing drone procurement into the annual budget cycle could cripple Taiwan’s defense autonomy and deter the domestic drone industry from investing in crucial “non-red” supply chains, a national...
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The Executive Yuan yesterday budgeted for a provisional increase of nearly 6 percent in pensions for public-sector retirees, adding NT$11.4 billion (US$357.1 million) to planned government...
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The US’ gross national debt has surged past US$40 trillion for the first time, government data showed on Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fueled in part by US President Donald...
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North Korea yesterday launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea, South Korea’s military said, a day after Pyongyang shrugged off a US decision to scale back military drills with Seoul...
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Ugandan immigration authorities have returned the passports of four Taiwanese after withholding the travel documents at Entebbe International Airport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hsiao...
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The much-anticipated domestic travel subsidies, designed to encourage people to travel on weekdays, are to become available on Sept. 1.
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