Archive for January 3rd, 2017
Taiwan could face health care shortage over Lunar New Year
The health ministry is working to prevent manpower shortages at hospitals during Lunar New Year – an imminent possibility due to recently implemented workweek [...]
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Several new regulations take effect in Taiwan on January 1
Several new regulations take effect in Taiwan on January 1, including higher monthly and hourly minimum wages, an increase in the number of annual leave days for workers, and [...]
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Trump leaves open possible Taiwan meet, questions Russia hacking
US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday left open the possibility of meeting with Taiwan’s president if she visits the United States after he is sworn in on January [...]
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Trump risks cross-strait stability if he reneges on ‘one China’
The health ministry is working to prevent manpower shortages at hospitals during Lunar New Year – an imminent possibility due to recently implemented workweek [...]
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Samsung Electronics CEO says firm should make no product quality compromise
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd should make no compromises on the quality of its products, Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun said on Monday, asking employees to improve manufacturing [...]
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Hyundai, Kia aim to grow 2017 sales to 8.25 million vehicles globally
Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors said on Monday they aim to increase their combined sales to 8.25 million vehicles globally in 2017, despite rising competition. The [...]
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Daughter of Korean leader’s friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe
Danish police have arrested the daughter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s friend, Choi Soon-sil, who is at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that has [...]
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How ties to an ‘equestrian princess’ landed Samsung at centre of a scandal
Samsung Electronics Co’s sponsorship of the equestrian-athlete daughter of a long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye has helped to land South Korea’s top [...]
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S. Korea leader bolsters military against rival Pyongyang
South Korea’s acting leader, prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, sought to bolster the armed forces in a New Year’s message aimed as much at potential North Korean [...]
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Kim says N. Korea in ‘final stages of test launching ICBM’
North Korea is in the “final stages” of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, leader Kim Jong-Un said Sunday, adding the country had significantly [...]
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S. Korea’s Park denies involvement in corruption scandal
South Korea’s impeached President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday repeated denials of involvement in a snowballing corruption scandal and said rumours have been “getting [...]
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Korea’s Park emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal
South Korea’s impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of [...]
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China rejects chartered flights from Korea
The Chinese government disapproved applications for chartered flights departing from Korea, domestic airlines and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport confirmed [...]
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Opposition lawmakers to visit China over THAAD
Eight lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) will visit China later this week for talks with Chinese government officials and scholars over the [...]
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Korean military plane accidentally drops anti-ship missiles into sea
A South Korean military plane has accidentally dropped anti-ship missiles into the Sea of Japan (or the East Sea), according to the country’s military, which added that [...]
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