Notes from Central Taiwan: Should Taiwan save traditional industries?
Taiwan’s AI and semiconductor bubble could be set to burst; with an ageing population, worker shortages and offshoring…
Formosat-8 launches from California space base
MEMORIAL: The first satellite was named after Chi Po-lin, whose aerial photography of Taiwan showed its natural beauty,…
DGBAS sharply raises GDP growth forecast to 7.37%
NEXT-YEAR ESTIMATES: Exports could surge 6.32 percent amid the AI boom, while the consumer index is expected to…
Students aiming high at rocket launch area
STAR-STUDDED STUDENTS: Students are staging increasing numbers of launches out of the Pingtung rocketry site for the equipment-laden…
Property market cooling: central bank
BUST FEARS: While a KMT legislator asked if an AI bubble could affect Taiwan, the DGBAS minister said…
Exports soar 49.7% to all-time high
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter Taiwan’s exports soared to an all-time high of US$61.8 billion last month,…
Economy expands by 7.64% on AI, next-generation technology demand: DGBAS
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter Taiwan’s economy expanded 7.64 percent in the third quarter, beating the government’s…
Good diet, exercise, sun exposure urged to avoid sarcopenia
By Yang Mien-chieh and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Those older than 40 years old…
KMT pension bill risks fiscal crisis: DPP
UNDOING REFORMS: Under the KMT’s proposal, expected contributions to the civil servant pension fund could fall by NT$278.2…
Tighter drug inventory controls proposed
By Lin Chih-yi and Huang Cheng-chia / Staff reporters The government proposed amendments that would set up an…
Four species to be added to list of prohibited pets
By Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNA Raccoons, saltwater crocodiles and two types of venomous snakes —…
First Formosat-8 satellite leaves for US launch
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The first satellite of Formosat-8, Taiwan’s first domestically developed optical remote sensing…