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Taiwan vows to tighten seals after alleged spy detained

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Defense Ministry has vowed to bolster its anti-espionage efforts after an army lieutenant colonel was detained for allegedly collecting intelligence for China.

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High-speed ferry services between Taiwan's Tainan and Penghu resume operation | Taiwan News

The Natchan Rera will sail every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday | 2022-09-01 21:00:00

Taiwan, UK cooperating on sustainable energy

Taiwan and the UK on Tuesday vowed to deepen their cooperation on developing offshore wind power as Taiwan ramps up efforts to develop sustainable energy to meet its net zero carbon emissions goal. Speaking at the fourth UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue, British Representative to Taiwan John Dennis said that the British Taipei Office would be working with Taiwan International Ports Corp on port affairs related to offshore wind power development and with the Taiwanese government on power grid transitioning projects. Taiwan announced its policy to achieve net-zero emissions soon after the third dialogue last year and has taken action to achieve its goal,

Legislator urges agency to better protect dolphins

The Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA) should do more to protect Taiwanese humpback dolphins, as pollution threatens the critically endangered species, New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said on Thursday. People should be aware not only of the cause of death of a dolphin found in Tainan’s Anping Harbor (安平港) on Monday, but the dangers that the marine animals face, National Taiwan University School of Veterinary Medicine associate professor Yang Wei-cheng (楊瑋誠) said. More than 80 percent of the dolphins monitored for a study had scars indicating that they had been trapped or caught in netting or wiring, while 60 percent also

Highways & Byways: The island severed from 'mainland' Taiwan

Yuguang Island (魚光島) is a rarity among islets. It wasn’t formed by volcanic action, by the natural accumulation of sediment or by humans dumping rocks. Like Kaohsiung’s Cijin (旗津), it was a peninsula until the authorities decided, for the sake of economic development, to sever it from “mainland” Taiwan. Back in the 17th century, at least 11 barrier islands made of mud and grit flushed out from inland Taiwan dotted the coast near Tainan. Likening them to humpbacked sea creatures, early Han settlers dubbed them kunshen (鯤鯓), and numbered them from north to south. Due to the huge amount of sediment washed

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High-speed ferry launches between Taiwan's Tainan and Penghu | Taiwan News

2021/04/25 21:35 Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (center) presides over a ceremony to commence the route operation between Anping Harbor and Penghu. (Tainan Tourism an... Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (center) presides over a ceremony to commence the route operation between Anping Harbor and Penghu. (Tainan Tourism and Travel Bureau photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The passenger ship Natchan Rera on April 21 began to ply the route between Tainan’s Anping Harbor and the outlying island county of Penghu three days a week, according to a press release from the city’s Tourism and Travel Bureau. Penghu, an archipelago made up of 97 islands, is located in the middle of the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan's Penghu marks beginning of tourism season | Taiwan News

2021/03/08 15:47 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The arrival of the cruise ship Explorer Dream off the coast of Penghu’s Magong City on Monday (March 8) signaled the beginning of this year's tourism season for the archipelago. Penghu is an outlying island county of Taiwan in the middle of the Taiwan Strait. In addition to the island-hopping itinerary of the Explorer Dream, the passenger ship Natchan Rera is expected to begin services between Tainan's Anping Harbor and Penghu on March 19. Meanwhile, nine passenger ships operated by Pescadores Ferry Co. and All-Star Shipping Industry Co. will also begin plying the popular Budai–Penghu route near the end of March, CNA reported.