The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) has suspended the rest of its 2019-2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement issued Friday by the league. The 2019-2020 season, which began Nov. 16, 2019, has been suspended indefinitely for the safety of the teams and fans, said the ABL, which comprises 10 teams from East Asia and Southeast Asia, including Taiwan's Formosa Dreamers and Taipei Fubon Braves.
Taiwanese boxers Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) and Wu Shih-yi (吳詩儀) advanced to the semifinals of the Asia/Oceania Olympic Boxing Qualification event in Jordan on Monday, thereby earning places in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
After more than fifty years of service in Southeast Asia, a Thai brake van numbered BV-15078 is scheduled to arrive at Keelung Harbor from Thailand in late March. As an important relic of the nation's railroad history, this Taiwan-produced railcar made its way on March 9 from Bang Sue Station in Bangkok to Thailand's largest harbor Laem Chabang Port, and will join the collection of the upcoming National Railway Museum upon return.
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The National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) will be temporarily shut down for disinfection, the performing arts center said Friday, after an Australian composer and violist who performed there was diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease a day earlier. All performances at the National Concert Hall were canceled on Friday and will also be canceled over the weekend, while the National Theater Hall will cancel its events on Saturday and Sunday as disinfection takes place, according to the center.
Visitor numbers to the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei plunged dramatically in February as the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak discouraged travel and outings in public venues. Only 62,144 people visited the popular tourist attraction in February, down 85 percent from the 407,593 visitors in February 2019 and down about 70 percent from the previous month, according to figures released Friday by the museum.
Scholars at Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) praised Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday, adding that the U.S. could learn from Taiwan's response measures.
Freedom House has ranked Taiwan as Asia’s second-freest place in the 2020 edition of its annual “Freedom in the World” report. Taiwan scored 93 out of a possible 100 points, putting it second only to Japan in the Asian region. China received only ten points. The erosion of democracy in Hong Kong led the territory to lose four points during the past year, with a final score of 55 points.
To reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, all affiliated orchestras and troupes of the Ministry of Culture will postpone their upcoming oversea performances. The Ministry is also urging art event organizers that have planned to invite performance groups from high-risk areas to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment to determine whether the proposed events should proceed.
The International Youth Ambassadors Exchange Program is now open for entries through to the end of next month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced March 3, spotlighting government efforts to foster the next generation of diplomatic talent.
