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Dispute of Taiwan’s land planning law, 4 counties and cities did not submit the map

Liu Shyh-fang, the Taiwan’s Minister of the Interior In order to promote land conservation, protect marine resources, and promote agricultural promotion and urban-rural development, and distinguish the degree of use control according to the nature of the land, the land planning law will replace the traditional land regional planning law after the competent authorities of…

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Taiwan’s Constitutional Court announced that the death penalty for homicide is constitutional

In the constitutional review case of death penalty, the Taiwan’s Constitutional Court announced the verdict this afternoon (20th,Sept) that the death penalty is constitutional for homicide, forcible homicide, robbery homicide, and kidnapping for ransom homicide, but the application is restricted. Wang Xinfu and 37 other death row inmates believe that the death penalty violates the…

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U.S. Aid Military Products Are Expired and Moldy

Taiwan’s Defense Minister Wellington Koo Li-hsiung United States President Joe Biden announced in July 2023 that he would use the “Presidential Drawdown Authority” (PDA) to provide Taiwan with $345 million in armaments, but the US Department of Defense Supervision Department recently issued a report saying that some of the relevant equipment has expired ammunition, messy…

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China will stop tariff-free 34 agricultural products from Taiwan on September 25

China’s Ministry of Finance announced this evening (18th,Sept) that because Taiwan has unilaterally adopted discriminatory prohibitions and restrictions on the export of mainland products, which has seriously hindered cross-strait economic and trade cooperation, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of China announced that it will stop implementing the import tariff exemption policy for…

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Former AIT chair warns of China’s military threats to US-Taiwan security

Richard Bush, former chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan by Dave Chamberlain, Staff Writer Richard Bush, former chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan and non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, highlighted China’s military threats and non-military coercion against Taiwan are challenges to the security partnership between the United…

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US approves possible military sale to Taiwan for about US$228m

5th Tactical Mixed Wing demonstrated the missile installation operations of F16V fighters. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced its latest arms sales to Taiwan on 16th Sept, an “Air Force spare parts Repair and Return” case with a total price of US$228 million (approximately NT$7.26 billion) to support Taiwan’s modernization of its military…

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京華城案疑洩密 北檢傳喚記者

the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office In the case of the Core Pacific City  (京華城), the media reported that “key flash drives were found” and “safe deposit boxes were seized”, which caused suspicions of leakage. On the 9th, the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office (TPC, 台北地檢署) investigated the case separately and successively summoned reporters from weekly magazines…

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