Serving as interpreter during Culture Minister Li Yuan’s (李遠) visit to Britain offered an unusual view of cultural diplomacy — not as ceremony, but as a series of conversations capable of becoming ...

Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said yesterday. The ...

When Panama severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognized China in 2017, Beijing achieved one of its most important diplomatic victories in Central America.However, nearly a decade later, Pa ...

A poll released yesterday suggested that Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) are neck-and-neck in ...

Japan has been starved of swimming success in recent times but with the Olympics two years away junk food-loving teenager Shin Ohashi has emerged as their next big hope.The 17-year-old, who stands ...

The US on Monday reiterated its commitment to the defense of key Asian allies Japan and South Korea, and the three nations expressed support for Taiwan ahead of a summit this week between US President ...

A decommissioned 500-tonne Kinmen-class patrol vessel recently donated by Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has been delivered to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), a source said yesterday.The ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week, which he could do at ...

An Afghan cyclist who had to disguise herself as a man to pursue her sporting dreams won a silver medal at the Asian Games yesterday, saying she hoped it could inspire other women in a country where ...

Taiwanese athletes at the Asian Games collected another three bronze medals yesterday, bringing their medals to nine, leaving them in 10th place overall as of yesterday evening, trailing Uzbekistan ...

The United States will build two major military bases in Greenland under a deal with Demark to be signed on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly. \"We will immediately begin ...

People who vandalize or climb the Danjiang Bridge without authorization could face fines of up to NT$300,000, the Highway Bureau said yesterday.The bridge, which connects New Taipei City’s Tamsui (淡水) ...