A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island’s north coast on Monday, the air force’s second crash in less than a week, military officials said. The crash happened when the French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter was conducting a regular training mission, the air force said, adding that both crew managed to parachute to [...]

The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters. Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, said most of [...]

The chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office is urging Filipinos in Taiwan to stay indoors after work and to avoid drinking in public after 2 overseas Filipinos were attacked in Taiwan. The attacks came amid simmering tensions between Manila and Taipei after the Philippine Coast Guard killed a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes. A [...]

Taiwanese lenders led by Bank of Taiwan are taking their highest share of syndicated loans in Asia since 2010 as they expand outside the island’s saturated market to escape the worst margins in Asia-Pacific. Lenders in the region’s seventh-biggest economy have helped arrange 10.1 percent of syndicated deals in Asia excluding Japan since December 31, [...]

Taiwan’s dollar strengthened the most in three weeks as global funds added to their holdings of the island’s equities amid a government review on capital gains taxes. Bonds declined. Overseas investors bought $996 million more Taiwanese shares than they sold in the week ended May 17, taking this year’s net purchases to $4.8 billion, stock [...]

Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis. The demonstrators chanted slogans like “No Nuke for Our Children” during the march which extended for miles as they evoked memories of the March 2011 Fukushima crisis [...]

This is one of those interviews that I wish could have gone longer. Former Taiwan deputy Defence minister Dr Chong-Pin Lin visited the Lowy Institute last week for a roundtable with China experts from around Sydney, and he was kind enough to agree to this short chat. Dr Lin has a mild-mannered style of delivery, [...]

It started with a common enough skirmish in the hotly disputed waters of the South China Sea. Ten days ago, a Philippine coast guard ship went too far in chasing off a Taiwanese fishing vessel in disputed waters. Such actions involve water cannons and the damage is nothing worse than a few broken portholes. This [...]

The Taiwan investigation team, tasked with conducting a probe into the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman, has returned to Taipei from Manila. On arrival, the team held a press conference at Taipei Airport. The team has called on the Philippine government to conduct a joint investigation with Taiwan into the incident. It’s accused the [...]

Taipei, May 19 (CNA) A Taiwanese delegation will again soon visit the Philippines to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government patrol boat, after both sides finalise details on how they will cooperate, Foreign minister David Lin said Sunday. Both sides have to establish a communication mechanism and agree on [...]

The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Philippine representative Amadeo Perez said after returning to Manila from Taipei late Thursday that his [...]

Taiwan and Singapore have concluded two-year talks about a bilateral trade pact and will release an official report once an assessment has been completed, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement. The two sides are in the process of selecting appropriate legal texts for an official report, the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore [...]

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel involved in an encounter off disputed waters where a Taiwanese fisherman was killed last May 9 has been grounded while an investigation into the incident is being conducted. BFAR head Asis Perez said the Monitoring Control and Surveillance ship 3001 is now docked at Sangley Point [...]

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responsible for relations with China Thursday urged Beijing to stay out of the row the island has with the Philippines over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea. The council thanked Beijing for condemning Manila’s behavior, which the council described as [...]

Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila. President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated that the Philippines should take formal responsibility for the death of the 65-year-old, shot last week by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded [...]

The Philippines on Thursday braced itself for the fallout a day after Taiwan enacted a second wave of sanctions against the country to show dissatisfaction with Manila’s responses to its demands involving the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards in the Bashi Channel last week. President Aquino formally apologised on Wednesday for [...]

Sitting in Taipei’s main commercial centre as office workers filed out for lunch, Y.S. Liu mourned the collapse of her import business. Her president, she said, had failed to deliver. The 60-year-old blamed Ma Ying-jeou, whose approval rating is 14 percent, for an economy that grew at one of the slowest rates in Asia last [...]

Taiwan and the Philippines are fighting, with Taiwanese furious over the killing of a local fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in disputed waters, so Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has found an easy target to show voters he can stand up for them: Ma is punishing young women from the Philippines who work in Taiwan [...]

A Taiwanese eatery famed for its dumplings was crowned Asia’s best restaurant, while restaurants in Beijing claimed the lion’s share of spots in the top ten of a new survey of the food-obsessed region’s best dining. Din Tai Fung in the Taiwanese capital Taipei was ranked number one in the inaugural “101 Best Restaurants in [...]

Taiwan’s military on Thursday conducted exercises in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, close to the spot where Filipino coast guard personnel opened fire on a Taiwanese fishing vessel last week, killing a 65-year-old-crew member. Two Lafayette frigates, one Kidd-class destroyer, two missile boats and assorted Mirage and locally produced jet fighters took part in [...]

The US has voiced concern after Taiwan imposed more measures against the Philippines over the death of a fisherman. An official said the US was worried by tensions “between two neighbouring democracies and close [US] partners”. The fisherman, Hung Shih-cheng, was shot by the Philippine coast guard last week in waters both sides claim. The [...]

Taiwan imposed sanctions against the Philippines on Wednesday, rejecting as unacceptable a Philippine apology for the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week. The row is the latest flare-up in tension in Asian seas where disputes in various places between various countries have raised fears of conflict in the economically vibrant region where competition [...]

The Philippines offered a high-level apology Wednesday in an attempt to salvage relations with Taiwan after its coast guard killed a fisherman, but Taipei rejected the bid and announced a series of economic sanctions including suspension of economically critical migrant labour. Philippine media said President Benigno Aquino III had expressed “deep regret” over the shooting [...]

Taiwan on Wednesday suspended the hiring of Philippine workers and recalled its envoy to Manila in protest at the killing of a fisherman, rejecting an apology for the incident as inadequate. Philippine coastguards shot dead the 65-year-old fisherman last week after they said his vessel strayed into Manila’s territorial waters, sparking outrage in Taiwan at [...]

Taiwan has recalled its ambassador to the Philippines and announced it has frozen the hiring of Philippine workers to protest against the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, rejecting an apology over the incident as inadequate. Taipei said earlier that the Philippines had apologised over the incident, but that President Ma Ying-jeou insisted on Wednesday that [...]

Taiwan authorities attempted Tuesday to ease fears of a Japanese-style crisis at the island’s nearly completed newest nuclear power plant, ahead of a mass protest this weekend. The state Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) faces an uphill battle to persuade the public its nuclear facilities are safe after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in [...]

A US Senate committee on Tuesday backed Taiwan’s participation at the UN aviation agency, in a small victory for the island whose rivalry with China blocks it from most international bodies. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to direct Secretary of State John Kerry to push the International Civil Aviation Organisation to grant [...]

Japan Tuesday seized a Taiwanese fishing boat inside its exclusive economic zone, the first incident since Tokyo and Taipei signed a fishing rights accord for disputed waters, the Fisheries Agency said. The Taiwanese fishing boat was spotted in waters near Taketomi island, part of Japan’s southern Okinawa chain, the agency said. One of the agency’s [...]

The Philippine Navy (PN) will continue to monitor the country’s territorial waters in Batanes despite Taiwan’s declaration that it will launch for the first time a naval drill near the area if Manila will not officially apologise for the killing of one of its fishermen by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel last week. Aside from [...]

A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. Taiwan wants to field a leaner and meaner military of 176,000 volunteers by 2015, in place of [...]

Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for calm Monday amid an escalating dispute with Taiwan over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in a confrontation with the Filipino coastguard. Aquino said Manila’s de facto embassy in Taiwan was in talks with Taiwanese foreign ministry officials and had assured them an investigation was being carried out into [...]

Taiwan stepped up pressure on Manila Tuesday, saying it would conduct a naval drill in waters near the Philippines if Manila did not officially apologise for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. Taiwan has demanded the Philippines apologise by midnight Tuesday (1600 GMT) over the killing of the 65-year-old fisherman by coastguards last week or [...]

Washington, May 13 (CNA) The United States regrets the tragic death of a Taiwanese fisherman during a confrontation at sea with a Philippine vessel on May 9, and it has been in touch with both sides, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday. “The United States has been in touch with the Philippine government [...]

Angry Taiwanese fishermen burned Filipino flags in protest Monday after the Philippine coastguard fired on a Taiwan fishing boat killing a crew member. Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for calm as tensions escalated between the two countries over last week’s incident in which the 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead. Hundreds of fishermen wearing yellow headbands [...]

Taiwan has issued an ultimatum to the Philippines to make an official apology to the family of a Taiwanese fisherman who died in a fatal shooting by the Philippine Coast Guard in waters off the northern Philippines or pay a price. The Philippines and Taiwan, as well as China, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, are embroiled [...]

Taiwan Sunday dispatched four coastguard and naval vessels to beef up patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coastguards. “The government is determined to protect our fishermen,” cabinet spokeswoman Cheng Li-wen said in a statement as a Lafayette-class naval frigate and coastguard vessels set [...]

Taiwan’s leader Ma Ying-jeou vowed to give the Philippines 72 hours to respond to demands regarding the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman at sea, or Taiwan will take actions to retaliate. Ma demanded the Philippines to apologise, clarify the truth and punish people held responsible, offer compensation for the death and the damage to [...]

Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin announced on Saturday the suspension of inter-city exchanges with the Philippines after a Taiwanese fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coast guards at sea. The Philippines will also not be allowed to take part in Dragon Boat Festival races in Taipei on June 12, Hau said. Hau condemned the Philippines over [...]

Taiwan Sunday dispatched four coastguard and naval vessels to beef up patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coastguards. “The government is determined to protect our fishermen,” cabinet spokeswoman Cheng Li-wen said in a statement as a Lafayette-class naval frigate and coastguard vessels set [...]

The body of a Taiwanese fisherman, killed in a shooting incident by Philippine coast guard on the sea, was taken back to Taiwan early Saturday morning. The body was taken home with the fishing vessel “Guang Ta Hsin 28,” which was fired upon by Philippine coast guard on Thursday morning in a sea area 160 [...]

Beijing and Taipei united in their condemnation of the Philippines on Friday for the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters. The killing of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, injects a volatile new element in ongoing conflicts over the South China Sea, where fishermen and authorities from competing nations often play dangerous games of chicken [...]

The Philippines admitted Friday that its coastguard fired at a Taiwanese fishing boat in an incident that authorities in Taipei said left a crewman dead and triggered widespread outrage on the island. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou demanded that the Philippines apologise for Thursday’s shooting, which the Taiwanese government said killed a 65-year-old fisherman and badly [...]

President Ma Ying-jeou sat at the head of large conference table in his presidential office, and inscribed on the wall behind him was the name of his nation: Republic of China. Beside that, in parentheses and smaller letters, was acknowledgment that he was actually speaking from the island of Taiwan. Ma was participating in a [...]

A group of retired Taiwanese generals on Friday left for China on a controversial trip aimed at building confidence between the two militaries. Retired general Hsu Li-nung was quoted by the Central News Agency as saying that the group hoped to help avoid conflicts by promoting the establishment of a so-called military mutual trust mechanism. [...]

The US Treasury on Friday set sanctions on a Taiwan company and its chief executive for their ties to an effort to supply arms-related equipment to North Korea. The Treasury named Trans Multi Mechanics Co. of Taichung, Taiwan, and CEO Tony Chang Wen-Fu for sanctions under laws aimed at freezing the assets of those designated [...]

Even though the new Japan-Taiwan fishing treaty didn’t come into force until Friday, some Taiwanese trawlers landed their first catch Thursday. Lin Hsin-chuan, secretary general of the Association of Longline Fishing, said the Tiaoyutai Islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are traditional fishing grounds for Taiwan. The Japan-controlled Senkakus are also [...]

Taiwan’s state-owned oil firm CPC Corp, one of the island’s two major fuel providers, expects a more stable supply of resources from its April agreement with a mainland Chinese peer to explore in under-tapped Myanmar. CPC’s agreement to buy a 30 per cent stake in a Myanmar gas and oil field from mainland China’s state-run [...]

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) A double taxation avoidance agreement between Taiwan and Germany has helped boost bilateral investment in the two countries, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The agreement, which took effect at the beginning of the year, creates a more friendly business environment and a fair tax system, the ministry said recently. [...]

Taiwan on Thursday demanded an apology from the Philippine government as it condemned the shooting of a Taiwanese fishing boat by a Philippine vessel. At least one fisherman was reported dead in the incident. A report on Taiwan’s Central News Agency said Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the shooting came from an “official Philippine [...]

The ROC Ministry of National Defense reaffirmed May 8 the strength of Taiwan-US defense ties and responded to Washington’s security concerns for the island in the face of the growing mainland Chinese military threat. The MND’s remarks followed release of the US Department of Defense “Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the [...]