Focus Taiwan

4 weeks ago | focustaiwan.tw

A documentary tracing the development of Taiwan's semiconductor industry over the past five decades is set to premiere in the country on June 13.

2 months ago | focustaiwan.tw

More than 21,000 couples have benefited from government subsidies for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment since mid-2021, including four who have been approved to try for a third child, according to data released on Monday.

Jan 27, 2025 | focustaiwan.tw | Sean Lin

By Sean Lin, CNA staff reporter"Nannan has two feet, and he's wearing new shoes... Nannan has one mouth that never stops eating..."A woman sings lovingly in Bahasa Indonesia, her voice slightly shaky. Then, lights on, a curly-haired baby stares contentedly into the camera. Meet Nannan, one of the approximately 2,000 children in Taiwan born to a migrant worker, and his babysitter, Rimi.

Jan 8, 2025 | focustaiwan.tw | Muhammad Irfan

Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Guidelines recently released by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) to better inform female migrant workers who are pregnant or have young children about their rights in Taiwan have drawn mixed responses from civic groups. The guidelines, released on Tuesday, bring together information scattered across the jurisdictions of several government agencies that female migrant workers can refer to when they become pregnant.

Dec 16, 2024 | focustaiwan.tw

A man whose vehicle rammed into a car carrying a cryptocurrency analyst on Freeway No. 1 earlier this month, resulting in her death, was indicted on charges of negligent homicide and negligence resulting in injury by prosecutors Monday.