South Korea unable to pay US$350bn under US pact
CURRENCY SWAP: ‘ It is objectively and realistically not a level we are able to handle,’ an official…
Trump mulling chip ratio tariff: source
MANUFACTURING: The US Department of Commerce would impose a tariff equal to a percentage of the estimated value…
US largest bank debtor for 40th consecutive quarter
The US remained the largest debtor nation to Taiwan’s banking sector for the 40th consecutive quarter at the…
Taiwan in Time: Revisiting Penghu’s forgotten Vietnamese refugees
Director Asio Liu sheds light on those who passed through the camps in Penghu through a new documentary,…
Why the most oil-rich country can not keep the lights on
Blackouts plague Kuwait’s aging power grid due to its reliance on fossil fuels and political deadlock By David…
China’s ‘Furniture Kingdom’ has moved on from US tariffs
By David Kirton / Reuters, FOSHAN, China In China’s “Furniture Kingdom” of Lecong, home to a strip of…
Drone flights ‘serious attack’ on infrastructure: Denmark
Large drones that flew over Copenhagen airport for hours and caused it to shut down constituted the “most…
Gasoline and diesel prices at pumps to fall NT$0.1 per liter
By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter Gasoline and diesel prices are to fall NT$0.1 per liter this week,…
Canada’s Haisla become world-first indigenous LNG owners
While most projects simply involve indigenous communities, Canada’s Haisla have asserted ownership By Amanda Stephenson / Reuters, KITIMAT,…
Central bank keeps rate at 2%
UNEVEN: While the AI boom has benefited tech companies, traditional industries are weighed down by US tariffs and…
Environmental Impact Assessment: The costs of compliance
How well-intentioned but poorly designed policies are wreaking havoc on Taiwan’s environment By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter…
Japan needs an immigration debate, not social media myths
Disinformation is filling the vacuum left by an absence of a national discussion on the growing influx of…