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Taipei Songshan Airport reimagines the check-in experience
Travolution
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June 25, 2025
Passengers departing from Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) will soon benefit from a lightning-fast, fully streamlined check-in experience thanks to SITA technology. The airport has selected SITA to lead its next-generation shared check-in counter...
Taiwan adjusts school calendar to ensure uninterrupted winter break
Focus Taiwan
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June 25, 2025
Taipei, June 25 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Education has revised the school calendar to avoid a short interruption between the start of the new semester and the Lunar New Year holiday in 2026, ensuring a continuous winter break for students....
EVA Air Celebrates 10 Years of Flying the Houston-Taipei Route
Breaking Travel News
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June 29, 2025
EVA Air’s Houston to Taipei route reached an important milestone this year with its 10th anniversary in June. To celebrate this special occasion, EVA Air and Visit Houston hosted a press conference at the Houston Zoo. EVA Air President Clay Sun...
Across China: Taiwan night market finds new home in Chinese mainland
Xinhua News Agency
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KUNMING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- In downtown Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, a vibrant night market blends the flavors of Taiwan with the charm of Yunnan. Under a lantern-lit archway, Chen Chi-han busily prepares her famous...
Humans May Have Crossed from Taiwan to Yonaguni 30,000 Years Ago; Strategically Navigated Currents Following Sun, Stars
The Japan News
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June 29, 2025
Courtesy of Yosuke Kaifu An experimental voyage conducted in a dugout boat in July 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:52 JST, June 29, 2025 It is possible Paleolithic humans in a rowboat were able to cross from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, Okinawa...
Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, loses feet
South China Morning Post
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June 25, 2025
A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet. The man, surnamed Zhang, was an undergraduate student in...
Team What’s On share where they’ll be travelling this summer
What's On
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June 29, 2025
Destination: Dubai, UAE Having just moved to Dubai, I’ll be spending the summer settling in and getting to know the city better. I’m looking forward to discovering its hidden gems – and its air-conditioned ones, too. I will be making quick trips...
#BestDoneisFun online initiative by Taiwan Excellence PH sparks movement of excellence for Filipino netizens
Manila Standard
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June 28, 2025
The social media movement showcases the Taiwanese culture of enjoyment in excellence in all aspects of life, motivating Filipinos online. Garnering over four hundred and eighty thousand views and more than four thousand comments, the...
China planned car crash during Taiwan vice-president’s Prague visit, says Czech intelligence
The Indian Express
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June 28, 2025
Taiwan’s Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim has said she will not be intimidated after Czech intelligence revealed a reported Chinese plan to stage a car crash during her official visit to Prague in 2024.According to The Guardian, the Czech Republic’s...
Sabah leads the way with community-based tourism expo, says state minister
The Malaysian Star
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June 28, 2025
KOTA KINABALU: Community-based tourism (CBT) is more than just a travel model, it is a dynamic movement that preserves culture, protects nature, and creates economic opportunities for local communities. "In a world searching for sustainable and...
Did Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan in Czechia Include an Attempt on Hsiao Bi-Khim’s Life?
New Bloom Magazine
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June 28, 2025
語言: English Photo Credit: Hsiao Bi-khim/Facebook A RECENT INTERVIEW by the Director of the Czech Military Intelligence Agency, General Petr Bartovský, with Czech Public Radio stated that China sought to intimidate Taiwanese vice president Hsiao...
Taiwan Expo’s 8th Outing to Malaysia: AI and Healthcare lead the way in Showcasing Taiwan’s Smart Innovations
Daily Express Malaysia
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June 24, 2025
Taiwan Expo’s 8th Outing to Malaysia: AI and Healthcare lead the way in Showcasing Taiwan’s Smart Innovations Published on: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jun 24, 2025 Text Size: Dark Mode: Off This year’s Taiwan Expo highlights AI...
Taiwan's China Airlines postpones retirement of older planes due to Boeing 787 delays
Yahoo Finance
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By Ben Blanchard TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan's China Airlines is postponing the retirement of some of its older aircraft due to delays in getting Boeing 787-9 jets that may result in compensation payments from the planemaker, the carrier's...
Korean air seat capacity climbs as GVB reports tourism recovery momentum
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Visitors Bureau is experiencing a significant rebound in Korean airline capacity with potentially 1,000 additional seats per day expected within a month, GVB Board Chairman George Chiu reported during Thursday's board meeting. The...
Fossils don't lie – but Lai might: A look at Taiwan's true past
CGTN
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The statue of Zheng Chenggong on Daping Mountain, Quanzhou city, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 31, 2023. /CFP The statue of Zheng Chenggong on Daping Mountain, Quanzhou city, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 31, 2023. /CFP...
‘Taiwan sensibility’ highlighted in Seoul book fair 「台灣感性」驚艷首爾國際書展
Taipei Times
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June 23, 2025
The 2025 Seoul International Book Fair was held from June 18 to 22 at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea. This year, participants from 17 countries attended, with over 530 publishing houses and related organizations...
MAC slams Beijing’s flight path change
Taipei Times
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July 6, 2025
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday slammed Beijing for arbitrarily opening the M503 flight route’s W121 connecting path, saying that such unilateral conduct disrespected the consensus between both sides and could destabilize the Taiwan...
Rekindling fading Halal hub hopes
Bangkok Post
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July 7, 2025
Thai veterinarian Ninareeman Binnima has often heard from among foreign Muslim business people that they can hardly find Halal restaurants at either Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang airports in Bangkok. "One time an acquaintance had to ask Muslim staff...
Taiwan raises travel advisories for Israel, Iran amid heightened tensions
Focus Taiwan
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June 14, 2025
Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday raised its travel advisories for Israel and Iran amid rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East and urged Taiwanese nationals currently in Iran to leave immediately...
Taiwan Expo 2025, largest edition in series, showcases latest innovations
The Sun Daily
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June 23, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Taiwan Expo 2025, the largest edition in the series to date, has commenced at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, with artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare technologies taking centre stage. Organised under Taiwan’s flagship...