The Taipei Music Academy & Festival (TMAF), led by renowned Taiwanese violinist Lin Chao-liang (林昭亮), will present a total of four music concerts at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) as well as Stanford University campus in California, from July 25 to Aug. 7.
FAATUM—the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia—and the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia have collaborated to present a series of online seminars promoting study in Taiwan, and providing the latest information on Taiwan’s higher education system.
As the pandemic continues to spread globally, the impact has shifted the market and created new opportunities for startup innovation through digital transformation. Europe's iconic startup and technology event Viva Tech, which is backed by French government, is being held in Paris every year since 2016 to drive French President Emmanuel Macron’s innovation initiatives forward in the European technology ecosystem.
Taiwanese ceramic artist Liu Jung-hui’s (劉榮輝) work “Eternal Cloudy Landscape (雲中石)” was among the 205 artworks by 192 potters from 31 countries selected to win first prize in the contemporary ceramics category at the ‘10a Bienal Internacional de Cerámica “Ciudad de Talavera”.’
Two Taiwanese teams won three top awards Monday at this year’s RoboCup Junior, a robot competition held annually for young students worldwide.
Taiwanese family drama “Synapses (那個我最親愛的陌生人)” directed by filmmaker Chang Tso-chi (張作驥), won the Best Film Award at the 18th edition Asian Film Festival which took place at the Cinema Farnese in Rome, Italy, from June 17 through 23.
Taiwan has risen two spots to a historical high of No. 2 in the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC’s) world rankings for men’s baseball, after strong showings of its teams in international tournaments in 2019.
The Port of Kaohsiung has been named the honored recipient of the 2021 World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) award for Resilient Physical Infrastructure. The WPSP award results were announced yesterday (June 24th) by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH).
The draft Amendments to the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals drawn up by National Development Council (NDC) was approved by the Legislative Yuan today. Minister Kung, Ming-Hsin appreciated the support from legislators of each political party to make the draft Amendments pass the examination in the Legislative Yuan. The Amendments aim to build a more complete legal framework for recruiting talents, so more international talents can “get in” and “stay”.
A total of 5 Taiwanese films and 2 shorts, along with cinematic works from 47 countries, will be screened at the 25th edition of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival, from July 8 through 18.
