Category: Taiwan
Taiwanese Lin Yu-min highlighted on MLB website for Premier12
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Taiwanese pitcher Lin Yu-min (林昱珉) has received an honorable mention on the MLB official website as one of eight notable players in the upcoming WBSC Premier12. https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202411080017
Read More18 indicted for smuggling 891 kg of ketamine into Taiwan
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The Taiwan Keelung District Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted 18 people on suspicion of smuggling 891.86 kilograms of ketamine into Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411080016
Read MoreTSMC’s October sales hit new high
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said Friday that its October sales reached a new high, with analysts attributing the growth to strong global demand for the company’s high-end production processes. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411080015
Read MoreMarch for Taiwan’s wildlife conservation to be held in Taipei
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) A march calling on Taiwanese society to safeguard the country’s wildlife and ecological sustainability by reining in stray animals will be held in Taipei on Sunday, according to the event’s organizer, Taiwan Walk for Wildlife (TWW). https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411080014
Read MoreU.S. dollar closes sharply lower on Taipei forex market
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The U.S. dollar fell sharply lower against the Taiwan dollar Friday, shedding NT$0.125 to close at NT$32.115. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411080013
Read More18-year sentence for crime ring leader who trafficked 88 victims upheld
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Taiwan’s Supreme Court has upheld an 18-year prison sentence for the leader of a crime ring that trafficked 88 victims into forced labor in Cambodia. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411080012
Read MoreAmerican child molester deported for working illegally in Taiwan
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Friday that an American man convicted of child molestation in the United States has been deported for working illegally in Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411080011
Read MoreLegislative review of 2025 government budget plan to commence
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties in the Legislative Yuan on Friday adopted a motion to begin the review of the 2025 central government budget proposal, effectively ending a monthlong stalemate over the issue. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202411080010
Read MoreTaiwan-U.S. semiconductor cooperation unlikely to change after election: TSIA
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Cooperation between Taiwan and the United States in the semiconductor industry will not change even though Donald Trump, who recently appeared unfriendly to Taiwan’s chip industry, won the U.S. presidential vote and will take office in January 2025, according to the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA). https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411080009
Read MoreMSCI hikes Taiwan’s weighting in one index but reduce it in another
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) MSCI Inc., a global index provider, has raised Taiwan’s weighting in one of its major indexes but cut the country’s weighting in another index after a regular review. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411080008
Read More