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1 week ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin
By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday.
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2 weeks ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin
By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Japan is obtaining anti-ship missile capabilities that could place Chinese People’s Liberation Army vessels near Taiwan under crossfire if Japan joins forces with Taiwan, a defense official said yesterday. The comment came a day after Jiji Press reported that the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in June is to conduct target practice exercises with land-based anti-ship missiles on Japanese soil for the first time.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.ltn.com.tw | Fang Wei-li |Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin
2025/04/04 03:00By Fang Wei-li, Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwan’s newly procured US weapon systems are to be tested in the 41st annual Han Kuang exercise later this year, the Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday. 請繼續往下閱讀...
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3 weeks ago | 
news.ltn.com.tw | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin
2025/03/30 03:00AIR SUPPORT:The Ministry of National Defense thanked the US for the delivery, adding that it was an indicator of the White House’s commitment to the Taiwan Relations ActBy Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer請繼續往下閱讀...
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2 months ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Shih Hsiao-kuang |Lery Hiciano |Jonathan Chin
By Shih Hsiao-kuang, Lery Hiciano and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writers and CNA Taiwan should transition to a new insurance-based model of long-term care, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday, as his party’s think tank proposed a bill to instate a new scheme.
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2 months ago | 
taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin
By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin /
Staff reporter, with staff writer An army special forces officer became the 13th Taiwanese soldier to receive the US Army’s Ranger tab, after he completed a grueling training program, a defense official said.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.ltn.com.tw | Jonathan Chin
2025/01/16 03:00PROJECT: The TASA and the Ministry of Environment yesterday unveiled a program to monitor air pollution over Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian nationsBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA請繼續往下閱讀... Taiwan’s domestically developed PARUS-T1 satellite was launched into space yesterday on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 rocket from the US Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin its 12-month technological mission.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
taipeitimes.com | Jonathan Chin
PROJECT: The TASA and the Ministry of Environment yesterday unveiled a program to monitor air pollution over Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian nations By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Taiwan’s domestically developed PARUS-T1 satellite was launched into space yesterday on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 rocket from the US Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin its 12-month technological mission.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news.ltn.com.tw | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin |Lery Hiciano
2025/01/11 03:00AIR DEFENSE: The Norwegian missile system has proved highly effective in Ukraine in its war against Russia, and the US has recommended it for Taiwan, an expert saidBy Lo Tien-pin, Jonathan Chin and Lery Hiciano / Staff reporter, with staff writers請繼續往下閱讀...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
taipeitimes.com | Jonathan Chin
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA The Ministry of Environment yesterday exempted an estimated 500 businesses from the first phase of the carbon tax scheme, marking them for greenhouse gas emissions audits planned for later. The exempted enterprises are heavy users of energy or hydrocarbon fuel, defined as operating a facility that emits 5,000 tonnes or more of carbon a year, or facilities that collectively emit 10,000 tonnes or more of carbon a year, it said.
