An exhibition showcasing 45 selected antiquities opens Oct. 4 at National Palace Museum in Taipei City, offering visitors a special opportunity to experience the beauty of the museum’s ancient calligraphy and painting collections.

The Taipei-based National Taiwan Museum will host a special exhibition on Southeast Asian food culture from July 22 through Oct. 22. The exhibition will connect new immigrants from Southeast Asia with their hometowns through food, and help Taiwanese audiences learn about foreign lands.

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature will share its collection of Taiwan-Southeast Asia literature in a special exhibition running in Tainan City from June 15 through Oct. 8.

Mosaic Taiwan, an international youth leadership program organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, kicked off May 31 in Taipei City, bringing together 29 young students and professionals from Canada and the U.S. to experience the country’s culture, economy, history and society.

The New Southbound Policy Press Corps III, a group organized by the Department of International Information Services, MOFA, visited Taiwan from May 1 - 6, 2017. On May 5, the participating journalists attended a roundtable interview with President Tsai Ing-wen. There has been extensive international media coverage of the interview.

“The program is a wonderful platform for promoting mutual understanding, boosting relations and facilitating friendship between Taiwan and its diplomatic allies and other partner states,” MOFA Deputy Minister Wu Chih-chung said during the ceremony.

The New Southbound Policy Press Corps I visits J&V Energy Technology’s solar power station in Taihsi Township, Yunlin County

An international press group attends “Symposium on the New Southbound Policy”

Recipients of Taiwan Fellowship grants awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave presentations on topics concerning the implications of the government’s New Southbound Policy March 14 at National Central Library in Taipei City.