Taipei - Taiwan detected 11 Chinese balloons near the island in a 24-hour period, the defence ministry said on March 7. The balloons were spotted along with five Chinese aircraft and six warships in the 24 hours to 6am, the ministry said in its daily report.

Taiwanese Defense Minister Wellington Koo says it’s in the US’s ‘national interest’ to maintain the status quo in Asia.

By bno - Taipei Bureau In a country so desperately short on natural resources as Taiwan, particularly those associated with power generation, there may just be a way out of its ongoing energy predicament.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan should boost its civil diplomacy to forge stronger global alliances, Mariia Makarovych, the head of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine’s East Asia office, said on Monday.

The Singaporean man, 31, had attempted to assist the ramen outlet's security guard in a dispute. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of Japanese are now 65 or older, compounding the demographic challenge and dragging on Asia's second-largest economy as it pulls itself out of a decades-long slump.

Taiwan has one of the world’s highest rates of myopia, alongside most of East Asia and Singapore. As well as the platoons of soldiers in spectacles, there are plenty of other signs. Optometry shops are everywhere — just around Taipei there are more ...