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FM Lin thanks US legislators for supporting Taiwan’s WTO participation

The public support for Taiwan’s World Trade Organization participation by friends of Taiwan in the U.S. Congress is sincerely appreciated by Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung March 27.   According to the...

VP Hsiao attends Taiwan Civil Defense Convention

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim pledged to continue building Taiwan’s whole-of-society defense resilience and stated...

Eased restrictions fuel optimism as North Korea’s crab season gets under way

North Korea appears to be allowing private individuals to go crabbing for the first...

North Korean youth ditch tradition as “going Dutch” becomes the norm at restaurants

North Korean high school students in Hamhung have begun dining out with classmates multiple...

North Korea’s inns become havens for drug deals as crackdowns intensify

Inns across North Korea are being converted into hubs for drug dealing and use as intensifying state crackdowns push narcotics activity further underground, a...

Taiwan reports high foreign trade in February

The Ministry of Finance reported exports of US$49.8 billion and imports of US$37 billion in February, surging year-on-year by 20.6 percent and 6.8 percent,...

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...

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