Misc Asia

By Elliot Wang, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta In the pursuit of a United States-Taiwan bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Taiwan’s...

Taipei-Berlin, Sept 1, 2020 - The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday,...

Tokyo, Aug 28, 2020 - Japan’s Shinzo Abe on Friday said he was resigning because of poor health, ending a tenure as the country’s...

Hong Kong, Aug 24, 2020 - A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID-19 was infected again four-and-a-half months later in the first documented...

Seoul, Aug 24, 2020 - South Korea’s capital on Monday ordered masks to be worn in both indoor and outdoor public places for the...

Seoul-Shanghai, Aug 21, 2020 - South Korean retail investors are stampeding into Chinese stocks in record numbers, ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars into...

By Jaushieh Joseph Wu Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan) In 2020, the world has been hit by an unprecedented public health...

Tokyo, Aug 18, 2020 - Four Western business lobbies joined in protesting Japan’s travel ban to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, saying...

Seoul, Aug 18, 2020 - South Korea tightened social distancing rules on Tuesday as it reported a three-digit increase in novel coronavirus cases for...

Chicago, Aug 13, 2020 — Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice...