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MOFA, MOHW host annual health, welfare forum

Organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 2026 Global Health and Welfare Forum in Taiwan is underway through Oct. 20 in...

Taiwan, Philippines convene agricultural, fisheries meeting

The 13th Taiwan-Philippines agricultural and fisheries cooperative meeting was held Oct. 16 in the...

How Kim Jong Un’s state is taming trade outside North Korea’s general markets

Where do North Koreans buy their food and daily necessities in 2026? Most still...

Satellite data trace a drainage route from North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium plant to the Ryesong River

Satellite imagery shows a wastewater pond below North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium plant repeatedly expanding...

New Yalu River Bridge opening sparks last-minute cargo surge on old crossing

Chinese traders are rushing cargo across the aging Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge ahead of the New Yalu River Bridge’s expected opening on Oct. 15, 2026....

FM Lin visits Poland, gives speech at Warsaw Security Forum

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung gave a keynote speech at Poland’s Warsaw Security Forum titled “The Taiwan Model: A Trusted Partner for Europe’s...

President Lai receives Canadian parliamentary delegation

President Lai Ching-te welcomed a Canadian parliamentary delegation Oct. 14 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City, saying he looked forward to expanded cooperation...

Hamhung teachers ordered to wear skirts during School Support Month

Hamhung teachers must now wear skirts in the classroom during North Korea’s October 2026 School Support Month, a rule that has angered female educators...

North Korea’s largest power plant forces workers to pay for mandatory loyalty tours

Workers at North Korea’s largest power plant are fuming after being ordered on mandatory ideological tours for Party Foundation Day in 2026. The catch...

North Korean workers sent to Russia with no say and no destination

North Korea is sending more workers to Russia in 2026, but many recruits leave without knowing their destination or their jobs. A posting to Russia...

MOEA stages US Business Day in Taipei

The U.S. Business Day 2026 took place Oct. 13 in Taipei City to assist Taiwanese and U.S. firms to expand cooperation and market presence,...

Hyesan lectures pit free socialist housing against capitalist bank loans

Propaganda lectures in the North Korean border city of Hyesan are casting South Korean homeowners as debt slaves to their banks. The 2026 campaign...

New Yalu River Bridge appears set to open as signs emerge on both sides of border

Signs are mounting on both sides of the China-North Korea border that the New Yalu River Bridge will finally open in October 2026. Chinese...

President Lai welcomes Eswatini King Mswati Ⅲ

President Lai Ching-te received King Mswati Ⅲ Oct. 9 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. The meeting followed greetings on arrival at the...

FM Lin kicks off Poland trip with visit to planned technology park

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung arrived in Poland Oct. 10 with a delegation to expand business and trade relations with the European country.   According...

Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of party school study

North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim...

Badminton boom takes off among North Korean high school students

A badminton boom is sweeping North Korean high schools in 2026, as Musan county teenagers turn parks into free courts. Rackets and shuttlecocks once...

North Korean vessels cash in on drug runs between Southeast Asia and China

North Korean ships are earning large sums of foreign currency through drug smuggling between Southeast Asia and China in 2026, according to a source...

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