Taiwan – Page 153 – Prologue Journal

Meet the youth ditching dating apps for ‘real life’ love

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/01/16/2003830277

US ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another Chinese app

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2025/01/16/2003830309

Against the KMT’s amendments

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/16/2003830271

Domestic satellite PARUS-T1 launched in California

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/01/16/2003830281

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/16/2003830273

7 indicted for selling Sudan dye-tainted condiments

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Seven people working at a company producing and selling spices and condiments were indicted Tuesday for violating food safety laws, forging documents and committing fraud, relating to their alleged involvement in distributing products containing banned Sudan dyes, prosecutors in Yunlin County said. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150023

UMC fab joins Global Lighthouse Network as 1st semiconductor foundry

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp.’s (UMC) flagship fab in southern Taiwan has been selected for the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Lighthouse Network, becoming the first semiconductor foundry in the world to earn Lighthouse status, the company said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202501150022

Development project at center of Ko allegations asks for permit change

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Core Pacific Development Corp. has asked for a change of building use permit for a redevelopment project allegedly granted illegal concessions by former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲). https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202501150021

Approved outbound investment hits new high in 2024

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) With contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Co. (TSMC) investing huge amounts on building advanced fabs in the United States and Japan, approved outbound investment from Taiwanese firms hit a new high in 2024, the Department of Investment Review under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501150020

High Court orders RCA, 3 other companies pay NT$170 million damages

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Taiwan’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and three other companies must pay NT$170 million (US$5.14 million) to former workers and family members affected by cancer-causing chemicals used at RCA’s factory in Taoyuan from 1970 to 1992. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150019