Taiwan News

Taipei - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started producing chips for Apple's next iPhone, a report said Wednesday, as speculation swirls that the US firm could be offloading rival Samsung as a supplier.The world's leading contract microchip maker last...

Taipei - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started producing chips to be used in Apple's next iPhone, reports said on Wednesday, as speculation swirls that US firm could be offloading rival Samsung as a supplier.The world's leading contract microchip ma...

Taipei - Taiwan on Thursday banned "medically unnecessary" plastic surgery on under-18s in an attempt to protect beauty-obsessed youngsters who overlook the health risks of such procedures, officials said.The government ban is effective immediately, with doctor...

San Salvador - Former Salvadoran president Francisco Flores should undergo a criminal investigation for the alleged embezzlement of money donated by Taiwan, a congressional committee recommended."It is clear that former president Francisco Flores received checks issu...

Taipei - Taiwan has successfully developed a key satellite component whose export is controlled by space powers, an official said Tuesday, calling it a "milestone" in efforts to build its own space technology.Three Taiwanese research and weather satellites laun...

Taipei - Taiwan's ambitions to become a regional air hub finally look set to take off with approval for a mega "aerotropolis" to cash in on improving ties with China and the rise of budget airlines in the region.The ambitious plan to transform the main Taoyuan ...

Nanjing - China and Taiwan will hold their first government-to-government talks Tuesday since they split 65 years ago after a brutal civil war -- a symbolic yet historic move between the former bitter rivals.Taipei's Wang Yu-chi, who oversees the island's China ...

Taipei - Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC on Monday forecast a first-quarter net loss of up to Tw$3.1 billion ($102.4 million) due to weak sales of new flagship products.

Taipei - Taiwan technology giant Foxconn group has signed a letter of intent to invest up to $1 billion in Indonesia as it seeks to diversify production away from China, officials said Sunday.

Taipei - Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC said Saturday it has signed a patent and technology collaboration agreement with Finnish phone giant Nokia to end all pending patent litigation between them.