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Taiwan, Israel advance medical cooperation

Taiwan renewed a cooperative agreement on health and medicine with Israel Nov. 9, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.   The MOHW said that Ya-ping Abby Lee, head of the...

Deputy FM Wu hosts French Mayotte delegation

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu hosted a dinner banquet for a delegation from...

Pacific Islands Leadership Program concludes in Taipei

The closing ceremony of the 2026 Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan was held...

Taiwanese movies feature in Czech film festival

Supported by the Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Prague, two Taiwanese...

Farmer tells party official to change first

A Workers’ Party official in North Hamgyong province was left red-faced after a middle-aged farmer openly rebuffed his call to emulate the heroes of...

Farm workers drop rice bundles to steal grain

North Korean farm workers are siphoning off grain during the 2026 fall harvest by secretly dropping rice bundles on the way to threshing grounds....

Nightly check-in calls rattle North Korean traders in China

North Korean consulates in China are calling regime trade officials every night around 9 p.m. to demand details on their whereabouts, meetings, and purposes—a...

French artist holds workshop at National Human Rights Museum

French artist and writer Charlotte Mounier hosted a workshop Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at New Taipei City-based National Human Rights Museum’s Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial...

Foreign minister emphasizes Taiwan’s AI prowess in op-ed

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung said Taiwan is the U.S.’ most trusted artificial intelligence supply chain partner and that the U.S. needs Taiwan...

Young North Korean women stop hiding sexual assault

A young woman in North Hamgyong province reported being raped at knifepoint to police immediately after the attack, leading to the arrest of two...

Pyongyang professors banished over bribes, abuse

North Korean authorities have banished two Pyongyang professors to a remote mountain region over years of bribe-taking and sexual harassment of female students, but...

MOFA thanks US, Japan, SK foreign ministers for supporting cross-strait peace

The Oct. 30 statement by the U.S. Department of State reaffirming the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is sincerely...

MOE welcomes Austrian university officials, seeks deeper exchanges

A delegation composed of representatives from University of Innsbruck and TU Wien visited Taiwan Oct. 27-Nov. 1 at the invitation of the Ministry of...

Kimchi shortage exposes farm policy flaws

A poor 2026 harvest of radishes and napa cabbage is set to cause a kimchi shortage in parts of North Korea this winter. The...

North Korea courts Chinese money for Sinuiju hotels

North Korea is courting Chinese investors to build hotels and shopping complexes in Sinuiju as ties with Beijing warm in 2026. The new bridge...

Elite unit’s villa repairs spill into local markets

High-end building materials and fixtures torn out of Kim family villas and state guesthouses are turning up in North Korean markets in 2026. Many...

Kim Jong Un’s luxury yacht ends its summer off Wonsan

Kim Jong Un’s 80-meter luxury yacht, complete with a swimming pool and waterslides, spent about three months of summer 2026 anchored off the Kim...

Taiwan steps up UAV advancement

The 2026 Taiwan Drone International Forum’s opening ceremony and the official launch of the Global UAV Academy took place Oct. 30 in Taipei City,...

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