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The Togolese-registered ship Hongtai in Penghu, Taiwan. Taiwan detained a Chinese-crewed cargo ship after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island, the coast guard said.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Feb 25, 2025

Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed ship after subsea cable cut

It is the latest in a series of Taiwanese undersea cable breakages, with previous incidents blamed on natural causes or Chinese ships.

The scene after an explosion at a department store in Taichung, captured in a photo taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency on Thursday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Feb 13, 2025

At least five dead after suspected gas blast at mall in Taiwan's Taichung

The force of the blast sprayed large pieces of debris over the street below.

Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's president, delivers a speech during the National Day celebration in Taipei on Thursday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 10, 2024

Taiwan President Lai vows to 'resist annexation' of island

Relations between China and Taiwan have remained tense under Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, who took office in May.

Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (top) gather by the parliamentary speaker's seat as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (bottom) display various placards to protest against bills tabled by the opposition to expand the power of parliament in Taipei on Tuesday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

May 21, 2024

Taiwan parliament erupts in arguments at start of Lai's presidency

Politicians from both sides engaged in rowdy arguments amid an opposition push to expand the powers of the legislature in which the president's party has no majority.

Huang Jie, who was elected on Jan. 13, called her win a "positive outcome," and said that her election reflected "certain progress in Taiwan's society."

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jan 31, 2024

Taiwan's first openly gay lawmaker hopes to inspire

Huang Jie's journey to the legislature was not easy — she has been the target of discriminatory attacks and has faced distrust from voters due to her age.

A jade pig from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) at the shop of jade trader Lee in Taipei. Taiwan's jade trading sector is flagging post-COVID.

ASIA PACIFIC

Aug 19, 2023

Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing luster

With the global economy in tatters, buyers are more cautious about taking a chance on expensive items, especially with the market awash with counterfeits.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 17, 2023

'I am Taiwanese': China threat toughens island's identity

At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan's democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island across from authoritarian China.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Aug 13, 2022

Taiwan's front-line islanders unfazed by beat of China war drum

Kinmen citizens were mostly unfazed by the latest beating of Beijing's war drum despite the islets of 140,000 people sitting just 3.2 kilometers across from the Chinese city of Xiamen.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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