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Taiwan Lantern Festival recognized as having one of world’s most spectacular night viewsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Taiwan Lantern Festival recognized as having one of world’s most spectacular night views

The Taiwan Lantern Festival was named Friday as one of the events with the most spectacular night views in the world, during an international summit held in Nagasaki, Japan.

Filipino basketball league brings festive cheer to migrant community

Music and festivity filled Taoyuan’s Nankan area as a Filipino worker basketball league, one of the first to open since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months, tipped off with 15 teams and hundreds of players and fans at the opening ceremony.

Taiwanese works won AIA International Region Design Awards for the first time

Organized by the prestigious American Institute of Architects, the 8th edition of the AIA International Region Design Awards 2021 announced this year’s winning works on Nov. 12, two of which were the product of the Taipei-based architecture and design firm XRANGE.

Team Taiwan wins 2 golds, silver, bronze at Inline Speed Skating World ChampionshipsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Team Taiwan wins 2 golds, silver, bronze at Inline Speed Skating World Championships

Team Taiwan won two golds, a silver and bronze at the Inline Speed Skating World Championships Nov. 6 to 13 in Ibague, Colombia, according to the Ministry of Education.

Taiwanese animation “City of Lost Things” wins top prize at the Chicago Int’l Children’s Film Festival

Taiwanese animated film “City of Lost Things(廢棄之城)” has won the Best Animated Feature Film, first prize in the category of Professional Jury Awards at the 38th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), marking the first time in 22 years that a Taiwanese animation has received a prize at the festival, after the Taiwanese animated film “Grandma and Her Ghosts (魔法阿媽)” won a prize at the film festival in 1999.

The NDC holds a seminar on the amended Foreign Professionals Act, to promote widespread awareness of the latest talent recruitment regulationsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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The NDC holds a seminar on the amended Foreign Professionals Act, to promote widespread awareness of the latest talent recruitment regulations

The NDC held a seminar on the amended Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (“the Foreign Professionals Act”) on November 8 to an invited gathering of more than 90 representatives of diplomatic missions, chambers of commerce, business associations, and community groups. The seminar, to explain the Act’s Employment Gold Card, permanent residency, tax preference, and other provisions on subjects of close interest to many, was also livestreamed to 180 people from all walks

Taiwan lifts entry ban on migrant workers from Indonesia

Taiwan lifted its entry ban on migrant workers from Indonesia on Thursday, though the ban could be reintroduced for a two-month period leading up to next year’s Lunar New Year holidays, according to the Ministry of Labor (MOL).

Indonesian migrant workers could be granted entry this week: MOL

Migrant workers from Indonesia could be granted entry to Taiwan as early as this week, a Ministry of Labor (MOL) official said Tuesday after a meeting between Taiwanese and Indonesian government authorities.

Weiwuying teams up with WOW foundation in holding Most Influential Women’s Art FestivalPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Weiwuying teams up with WOW foundation in holding Most Influential Women’s Art Festival

Weiwuying is hosting Taiwan’s first Women of the World Festival (WOW) around the core ideas of #ConnectedDialogue, #EmpathyThroughTransposition, and #CelebratoryCocreation from Nov. 5 to 14.

Taiwan, India dance troupes build friendships, foster exchanges

Tjimur Dance Theatre from Taiwan established a bilateral exchange program with its Indian counterpart Kaishiki Nrityabhasha on the back of support from the Ministry of Culture.