Taiwan's people should spurn China's events to commemorate the end of World War Two, including a military parade in Beijing, given Chinese "distortion" of history and threats against the island, Taipei's top China-policy maker said on Friday.

Typhoon Podul has crossed southeastern Taiwan, where schools and government offices were closed to wait out the storm.

A former health minister warned Taiwan's efforts are insufficient and that more needs to be done before it's "too late."

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Aggression only leads to defeat and as authoritarianism once again gathers strength, it is important that freedom and democracy prevail, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Friday marking the end of World War Two,

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island,

Semiconductor powerhouse TSMC is under increasing pressure to expand abroad and play a security role for the island. Those two roles could be in tension.

Taiwan has already achieved the WHO’s hepatitis C elimination targets for 2030 and is working toward eliminating hepatitis B, Minister of Health and Welfare Chiu Tai-yuan (邱)

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense detected six Chinese aircraft and five Chinese naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time)