The opposition has proposed a record NT$214.7 billion (S$8.94 billion) in cuts to the budget. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The remarks, delivered in Palau on Friday to conclude his Pacific diplomatic tour, came amid speculation that China could conduct military drills around Taiwan. The visit, Mr Lai’s first ...

Mr Chiu Chui-cheng accused Beijing of "unfairly painting" President Lai Ching-te's administration as "provocative and ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a New Year’s Eve speech that China and Taiwan are “one family” and vowed to take control ...

Tensions have remained high throughout the year in the sensitive Taiwan Strait, especially after Mr Lai, deemed a “separatist” by Beijing, became the president in May 2024. In the last week of ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisations Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) ...

Mr. Lai, who took office in May, has regularly offered talks with China but been rebuffed. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and detests Lai as a “separatist”. He says ...

It said the Chinese aircraft flew in the airspace to the north, west, southwest and east of Taiwan, and that Taiwanese forces were dispatched to keep watch. China’s Defense ministry did not ...

As fellow democracies, Taiwan does not and will not set obscure political conditions on its friendship with Australia.

The prosecution against Mr. Ko appears likely to fan political divisions in Taiwan. The island’s president, Lai Ching-te, and his Democratic Progressive Party have been at odds with the main ...

"The people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family," Mr Xi said in a speech televised on China's state broadcaster ...