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US Navy dispatches strike group to Korean Peninsula

Monday, 10 April 2017 06:59 Taipei Times

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sails in the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 30.
PHOTO: REUTERS

The US Navy on Saturday said it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea’s “reckless” nuclear weapons program.

Watchdog RSF to open first Asia office in Taipei

Saturday, 08 April 2017 01:46 Taipei Times

International press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday said that it is to open its first Asia office in Taiwan, after the Paris-based organization rejected Hong Kong over concerns that China poses the “biggest threat” to press freedom.

Taiwan last year ranked 51st in the organization’s World Press Freedom Index, while Hong Kong was 69th and China 176th.

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2015-12-26 Taiwanese Shrine Initation & Marytr-Spirit Enshrine Ceremony

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Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang bangs the gavel at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday as the legislature passes a bill authorizing funding for the procurement of 66 advanced F-16V jets from the US.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times

Lawmakers yesterday passed the Special Act on the Procurement of Updated Fighter Jets (新式戰機採購特別條例), which caps the budget for the purchase of 66 F-16Vs at NT$250 billion (US$8.19 billion).