DEFENSE / Military to play war drama for troops before annual exercises: Source
06/30/2025 04:09 PM
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) will screen selected scenes from the Taiwanese TV drama "Island Nation 2," which portrays the 1995-1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, to boost troop morale ahead of the annual Han Kuang military exercises scheduled for July 9 to 18, according to a military source.
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