Taiwan

China’s leadership had made no secret of its desire to see President Tsai Ing-wen turfed out because she and her party refuse to acknowledge their view that the island is part of a “one China”. read more

Traders on Monday had their first chance to react to the victory of Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party -- which advocates for Taiwan’s formal independence. read more

The district administration has been asked to earmark land for the project read more

For rankings, considerations such as assessments by aviation authorities and states, flight age, pilot training and history, crash and serious incident reports are taken into account. read more

Chief of general staff General Shen Yi-ming was killed after the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed in mountains near Taipei, according to defence ministry spokesman Shih Shun-wen. read more

The Chinese aircraft carrier fleet passed through the narrow Taiwan Strait days after an UN warship took the same route: The passage of the Chinese unnamed carrier is said to be a message to self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims is a breakaway pro... read more

Trade diversion effects for India were smaller compared some other countries, “but still substantial”, a research paper from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said. read more

Dior said in the Weibo statement that it is “deeply sorry for the incident where the wrong description and wrong explanation were made by human resources staff in the campus event.” read more

The National Fire Agency said two of the dead were Indonesian and another was Filipino. The identities of the other two dead have not yet been determined. read more

Sunday witnessed the most intense clashes in weeks as police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons at multiple locations during running battles with hardcore protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs. read more

Priyanka Mazumdar, a part of the South Korean pop group Z-Girls, is still getting used to celebrity life in South Korea. read more

Authorities in Malaysia, Australia and Taiwan have reported spikes in migration enquiries, and property agents from Melbourne to Vancouver say their phones are running hot. read more

The study found that 17% of respondents had been coerced or forced to undergo conversion therapy, 45% were at risk of major depressive disorder and 51% experienced suicidal thoughts. read more

Calling the situation “grim” despite positive developments, a government spokesperson added that Beijing firmly supports the city’s embattled chief executive, Carrie Lam, a day after an audio recording emerged where she says she wants to quit. read more

DRI officers said the five persons, all of whom are from Taiwan, confessed they are part of a larger syndicate which involves smugglers of foreign-origin gold into India and smuggling the money acquired by selling the gold out of the country. read more