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Taiwan hosts international conference on water supply resilience

The International Conference on Multi-Water Resource Application Strategies and Agricultural Sustainability and Resilience Under Climate Change is underway through March 11 in Taipei City,...

Vintage railway diplomacy is extended

The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Alishan Forest Railway Cultural Heritage Management Office achieved a new milestone in a transnational friendship...

Beijing-Pyongyang passenger train service set to resume after nearly six years

North Korea and China are set to resume direct passenger rail service between Beijing and Pyongyang on March 12, ending a suspension of nearly...

FM Lin hosts Guam Gov. Guerrero

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung hosted a delegation from the U.S. Territory of Guam March 9 in Taipei City to exchange views on issues of...

North Korea drafts women’s union members to plug labor gaps at raw material bases

Raw material supply bases supporting North Korea’s local factory construction drive are struggling with chronic labor shortages, forcing the regime to mobilize members of...

Pyongsong crackdown leaves shelves bare as North Korea pushes state commerce drive

North Korea’s crackdown on private markets is intensifying as the regime designates March a “month of commercial revolution,” triggering sharp price spikes and supply...

Taisugar holds exchange event with UK railway company

Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar) held an exchange event with the U.K.’s Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (WLLR) as part of the local company’s 80th...

Taiwanese films’ box office expected to hit record high in first quarter of 2026

The Ministry of Culture anticipates a record high domestic box office for Taiwanese films in the first quarter of 2026, highlighting the maturity of...

Agriculture Minister joins food expo in Tokyo

Agriculture Minister Chen Junne-jih departed for Tokyo March 8 with a delegation to attend Foodex Japan 2026 underway through March 13, demonstrating government commitment...

FM Lin rejects China’s false claims over Taiwan

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung firmly refuted a statement in which Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said Taiwan was part of China.   Lin said...

Post-congress crackdown: North Korea conducts wired broadcast inspections to enforce ideological compliance

North Korean authorities are conducting household inspections of wired broadcast equipment across multiple provinces following the conclusion of the ninth Workers’ Party of Korea...

Kim Jong Un’s 9th party congress sets a new course for North Korean agriculture

The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), reported on Feb. 28 that participants of the Ninth Congress...

North Korean youth are skipping political events, and the regime is worried

Attendance at political events and propaganda gatherings inside North Korea has been falling, and the regime appears to be taking notice. A source in...

North Korea intensifies jangmadang crackdown, seizing household goods for state stores

North Korean authorities have sharply escalated inspections of jangmadang markets in Hamhung city, seizing domestically produced household goods from vendors and routing them into...

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