Politics

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on Tuesday passed an amendment to the Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act that allows nuclear power plant operators to apply for a 20-year license renewal beyond the existing 40-year limit, potentially extending a plant's operating lifespan to 60 years.

George Chiou (丘高偉), one of the bureau chiefs at the Presidential Office, has been named Taiwan's new representative to South Korea, according to a presidential order released on Tuesday.

Describing Japan as a "powerful nation," President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) recently told a Japanese media outlet that he hoped Tokyo will play a bigger role on the world stage and enhance trade ties with Taipei by signing a trade deal.

Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has called for greater cooperation between Taiwan, Lithuania, and the European Union to address attacks on undersea cables and other critical infrastructure that threaten their information security.

Taiwan's military will receive a second batch of 42 M1A2T tanks by the second quarter of 2025, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed.

The United States State Department on Monday reaffirmed that U.S. policy on Taiwan has not changed after President Donald Trump used the word "unification" in commenting on recent trade talks with China.

Taiwan's minister of labor joined counterparts at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Human Resources Development Ministerial Meeting on Monday in calling for reforms to employment systems in response to aging societies and emerging technologies.

Taiwan's military conducted its first live-firing of the U.S.-supplied high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) at a base in Pingtung County on Monday.

A scholar from the United Kingdom on Monday urged Taiwan to strengthen its economic and trade ties with major global powers beyond the United States, given the uncertainties and challenges arising from Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Updates to an Executive Yuan webpage on ethnic groups in Taiwan sparked a minor culture war over the weekend, after what critics said was a deliberate attempt to obscure the Han Chinese ethnicity of most Taiwanese.