The domestically built submarine Hai Kun is embarking on its first overnight stay away from home. Torpedo drills are verifying its endurance. Video script:  Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, the Hai Kun (海鯤), departed Kaohsiung Port early Wednesday, May 8, for its 14th sea tr...

Taiwan and Japan’s Okinawa prefecture jointly hosted a travel industry promotional event in New York on Thursday, May 7, marking the first cross-border collaboration between the two destinations to attract North American tourists.  The Taiwan Tourism Administration’s New York office and Ok...

Twenty-one of Taiwan’s major medical associations held a press conference on Friday, May 8, calling on the international community to recognize Taiwan’s role in global health as the island remains uninvited to the World Health Assembly (WHA) for a 10th consecutive year, scheduled to convene ...

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) welcomed the visiting Paraguayan President Santiago Peña with a grand military ceremony on the morning of Friday, May 8. Both presidents delivered speeches following a 21-gun salute and the playing of national anthems.   Lai noted that this is President Peña’...