Archive for November 16th, 2019
Japan’s JERA in talks on Taiwan’s Formosa 3 offshore wind project
Japanese power generator JERA is in talks with Macquarie Capital to buy close to a half stake in Taiwan’s Formosa 3 offshore wind project, its president Satoshi Onoda [...] » More
Two firms approved to invest over NT$21 billion in Taiwan
The Ministry of Economic Affairs said Thursday it has approved NT$21.6 billion (US$720 million) in investment by two companies as part of a government programme aimed at [...] » More
189 more Taiwanese students return from HK: MAC
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday that 189 Taiwanese studying in Hong Kong universities would return home Thursday, as university campuses increasingly become [...] » More
Taiwan’s KMT slammed for naming pro-unification ex-lawmaker on legislator-at-large list
The KMT’s slate of candidates has drawn a lot of criticism for being old, too China-leaning, and too conservative The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has decided its list [...] » More
Pig infected with African swine fever washes up in Taiwan
A floating dead pig infected with African swine fever washed up in Taiwan last week, according to a UN report, which also recorded a fresh mainland China outbreak and an [...] » More
Trump hikes price tag for US forces in Korea almost 500pct as Seoul questions alliance
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper landed in South Korea on Thursday to navigate renewed threats from an “enraged” North Korea and newly heightened strain in the [...] » More
Pentagon’s Esper says crucial Korea pay more for US troops
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper pressed South Korea on Friday to pay more for the cost of stationing US troops in the country and to maintain an intelligence-sharing pact [...] » More
N Korea says it issued ultimatum to South over resort
North Korea on Friday said it issued an ultimatum to South Korea that it will tear down South Korean-made hotels and other facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain [...] » More
N Korea calls US candidate Biden a ‘rabid dog’ nearing death
North Korea’s state media on Friday stepped up a personal attack on former US vice President Joe Biden for slandering its leader, calling the Democratic presidential [...] » More
N Korea calls Biden ‘rabid dog’ that ‘must be beaten to death’
North Korea has launched a visceral diatribe against US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, calling the former vice-president a “rabid dog”while also [...] » More
Korea, US defence chiefs reaffirm commitment to defend against N Korea
The defence chiefs of South Korea and the United States reaffirmed on Friday US commitment for the defence of South Korea against North Korea and efforts to denuclearise the [...] » More
Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday pressed Washington’s case that longtime ally South Korea must pay a bigger share of the cost of having US troops on its soil. [...] » More
Japan, S Korean envoys, execs discuss ways to cool tensions
Officials and business leaders from Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Friday seeking to cool a flare-up in tensions between the two US allies. The head of Japan’s [...] » More
N Korea says it will remove Mt Kumgang resort facilities if South insists on talks
North Korea said on Friday it had sent South Korea an “ultimatum” about its Mt Kumgang tourist resort, saying it will unilaterally remove South Korea’s [...] » More
The purrfect crime: Chinese pet detective seeks lost animals
Private sleuth Sun Jinrong brings heat detectors, tiny surveillance cameras, and a blow dart loaded with a tranquiliser to his search for one desperate client’s missing [...] » More
