Taiwan was ranked 43rd on the World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for 2020, down one notch from the previous year. Despite the regression, Taiwan is one of just four countries in the Asia-Pacific region that fall in the "good" and "fairly good" categories of the index, following New Zealand (ninth), Australia (26th) and South Korea (42nd), according to the 2020 index published Tuesday.
"Youth Experience Learning Project" of Ministry of Education's Youth Development Administration encourages high school graduates to conduct experience learning. The youth conduct domestic and abroad self-learning for 2 or 3 years through making proposals on their own to explore their own personalities, interests, and life purpose.
Dubai-based carrier Emirates said Wednesday it will operate a flight from Dubai to Taipei on April 18 to help transfer Taiwanese nationals wishing to return home.The Boeing 777-300ER flight is among flights the airline will operate to cities such as Tunis, Jakarta, Manila, Algiers, Chicago and Kabul for similar purposes.
A shipment of 300,000 surgical face masks donated by Taiwan to the Philippines arrived in the capital Manila on Wednesday to help the neighboring country fight the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Gilberto Lauengco, vice chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), formally accepted the donation from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Representative Michael Hsu (徐佩勇) at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila.
Forbes magazine has highlighted President Tsai Ing-wen and six other women as national leaders with the best coronavirus responses. That was in an article published on Monday.
Staffers from National Cheng Kung University Hospital hosted a videoconference to share their front-line experiences combating coronavirus with 5,000 doctors and public health academics across India April 14 in southern Taiwan’s Tainan City.
Singapore's first lady on Monday updated a social media post, expressing gratitude for Taiwan's planned donation of surgical face masks to the city-state after a previous post expressing apparent reservations over the offer triggered controversy online over the weekend. In the original post published Saturday, Ho Ching (何晶), the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (李顯龍), shared a link to an English-language news story on the Taiwan News website on April 10, which was headed "Ta
"Youth Experience Learning Project" of Ministry of Education's Youth Development Administration encourages high school graduates to conduct experience learning. The youth conduct domestic and abroad self-learning for 2 or 3 years through making proposals on their own to explore their own personalities, interests, and life purpose.
This summer of 2019/20 in Australia, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event set up extremely hot and dry conditions for the historically worst fires that ravaged Australia. An unprecedented 20% of the forest has been burned, resulting in ecological havoc, environmental pollution, and enormous property damage.
The outstanding students from Indonesia took part in the selection held by schools in the ROC (Taiwan), and collaborated with Indonesia to cultivate talents. The total study period is two-and-a-half to three years.
