“Lost in Forest (山中森林),” a film starring award-winning actor Lee Kang Sheng (李康生), is scheduled to premiere on April 16 as part of Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) season 16. Taiwanese writer/director Johnny Chiang (姜寧) and Lee will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A session afterward.
Spanning nine days beginning April 7, the 2023 Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival (GHFFF) is back in Taipei with a series of film screenings, featuring a diverse range of genres, including Sci-Fi, horror, thriller, musical, comedy, Wuxia, animation, romance, and cult films.
The 51st National Book Fair took place at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center from March 30 to April 9 in Thailand. The Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Thailand, in collaboration with the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) and the Thai Cartoon Association (TCA), launched a series of events titled “2023 Taiwan-Thailand Comics Exchanges (臺泰漫畫交流).”
The moda’s Deputy Minister Herming Chiueh visited Sydney, Australia, and attended The Sydney Dialogue on April 5 to share Taiwan’s experience on the impact of IT development on the market mechanism and the spirit of democracy, as well as how to strengthen digital resilience in the face of increasing cyber security threats.
Taiwanese boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) won a gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India on Sunday.
A Maori team from New Zealand will take part in Taiwan’s 2023 National Indigenous Games slated to open Friday, according to the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP).
GO SMART (Global Organization of Smart City) will be exhibiting with it’s own pavilion at the Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) from March 28 to March 31, featuring 22 outstanding smart city projects from around the world. The theme of the Pavilion is “A Smart City with Sharing and Openness,” reflecting GO SMART’s mission to create a platform dedicated to sharing international resources, bringing stakeholders together, and facilitating exchange to accelerate smart city development.
Clarivate™ today awarded the Top 100 Global Innovators 2023 to 11 Taiwan-based companies. The winners are a diverse range of businesses, including ITRI, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Hon Hai Precision Industry, MediaTek, Quanta Computer, AUO, Delta Electronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Wistron, and two new entrants: Nanya Technology and Winbond Electronics. ITRI has achieved a place on the Top 100 list for the seventh time and sixth consecutive year.
The Sports Administration held the “2023 Sport Event Taiwan Workshop Launch Forum” on February 24 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Sport Tourism Alliance (JSTA), Asian Association for Sport Management (AASM), HYPE Global Virtual Accelerator Taiwan (HYPE GVA Taiwan), and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission (GCSC) to jointly promote the Workshop’s series of events.
The Ocean Affairs Council organized the “APEC Workshop on Promoting Women’s Role in Ocean Science towards Sustainable and Inclusive Ocean Governance” on March 16th and 17th in Kaohsiung as part of its efforts to promote and enhance women’s participation in ocean science. It echoes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and APEC’s theme for 2023, “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.”
