The International Day of Education originated from the 44th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly 73rd session in December 2018, which designated January 24 each year as 'International Day of Education'.
The International Day of Education originated from the 44th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly 73rd session in December 2018, which designated January 24 each year as 'International Day of Education'.
One Art Taipei 2020, an exhibition that is usually held in a city hotel, opened to the public Saturday with a display of more than 3,000 contemporary art works from across Asia. The art fair, spread over three floors at The Sherwood Taipei, featured works by artists from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong and from 67 galleries from across Asia.
Gliding from the success of the Taiwan-Thailand co-production "Behalf " in 2018, Taiwanese choreographer Chen Wu-kang and renowned Thai dancer Pichet Klunchun will be launching another transnational collaboration by deciphering the physical poetry of the great Sanskrit epic "Ramayana," meaning "Rama's Journey," and researching its impact on Southeast Asian cultures and traditions.
Social enterprise ELIV Co., short for Empowering Lives through Innovative Volunteerism, is part of a growing industry bringing Taiwan volunteers to work on projects that enhance living standards in developing countries. One of the most successful examples is in Cambodia, where the nonprofit has improved residents’ lives and broadened program participants’ horizons.
A new strategy using powerful x-ray technologies and advanced computational techniques will provide a clear and detailed picture of the human brain and allow more effective treatments of brain diseases. Singapore, 15 January 2020 Scientists from Taiwan initiated an international coalition that will produce the first comprehensive map of the neuron network of a human brain, with ultra-high resolution and in three dimensions.
There are the total of 17 Thai publishers exhibiting within the booth, bringing books in various categories: children’s books, educational comics, graphic novels, romances, thrillers, arts and culture, self-improvement and business. 2020 Taipei International Book Exhibition Postponed Until May 7th- 12th
Taiwan Can Help displaced people on Thailand’s western border.
Health care cooperation is improving lives and well-being in Southeast Asia. Dr. Pham Nhu Ngoc, a cardiologist of three years’ standing at Ho Chi Minh City-based Thu Duc District Hospital in Vietnam, is a walking, talking advertisement for the success of Taiwan government efforts to build better tomorrows for the people of New Southbound Policy (NSP) target countries.
Taiwan welcomed a record 11.84 million international tourists last year, a 7 percent increase over 2018, spotlighting the effectiveness of government policies to attract more visitors, according to the Tourism Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Jan. 6.
The number of first-generation "new immigrants" in Taiwan exceeded 556,000 as of the end of November 2019. The term "new immigrants" is generally used to describe people from China and Southeast Asia who have married into Taiwanese families in the past two decades, as well as their children. They are becoming increasingly politically active, and their votes are being wooed by Taiwan's major political parties.
