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.

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.

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

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,

The remarks came ahead of Trump’s planned talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Taiwan is set to revise its estimate for growth in 2025, providing the first glimpse of how it expects the economy to perform since the Trump administration imposed a 20% duty on exports to the US.The statistics bureau in Taipei will release the figure on Friday afternoon,

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)