Government officials, experts, scholars, and representatives of non-government organizations from U.S., South Korea, U.K., Australia, Belgium, Indonesia and Taiwan, shared their opinions on the emerging human trafficking trends during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of digital technology in combating human trafficking, and provided concrete preventive measures and suggestions; moreover, they engaged in in-depth discussion targeting specifically seizure and confiscation of criminal proceeds.
A special exhibition dedicated to Vietnam’s ancient history and its cultures and crafts prior to the 19th century is being held at the National Palace Museum’s (NPM) southern branch in Chiayi County.
With the arrival of Ghost Month, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) podcast program “Culture Chatroom” invited Linda, an Indonesian new immigrant, and Zhang Li-Ying, a Myanmarese (Burman) new immigrant, to talk about the fascinating folk customs and special legends of their mother countries, leading the audience into foreign cultures and lifting the veil of mystery.
A national museum in Taipei took visitors into a world of diverse and traditional Indonesian beauty as it co-organized an annual event to celebrate the archipelagic country’s rich cultural heritage.
Over 40 people learned the basics of Bahasa Indonesia and sampled dishes including tumpeng, klepon, and nasi uduk at the first of a series of bimonthly cultural events in Taipei Sunday.
Taiwan’s National Taitung University (NTTU) became the first higher education institution in the country to offer a doctoral program in Austronesian culture when it launched the program earlier this month.
Migrant workers in Taipei can now sign up for free online Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien language courses, as online registration is now open until Aug. 12, according to the city’s Department of Labor.
Taiwan Women’s Art Association (TWAA) in collaboration with the National Taitung Living Art Center (TTCSEC), National Museum of Prehistory (NMP), and Taitung Art Museum co-organized “Love and Hope — 2022 World Women’s Art Festival (愛與希望2022世界女藝匯流藝術祭)” which will be held at three venues from June 25 onwards. The other special exhibition “WOMEN: From Prehistory to HERstory (我們／Women的歷史之前與之後),” hosted by NMP and TWAA, was launched on the same day.
Representative Anne Hung attended the 2022 Taiwan Scholarship & MOE Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Award Ceremony on July 25. This year a total of 55 Malaysian students are awarded scholarship, including 39 to pursue academic degrees and 16 to take short-term Mandarin courses in Taiwan.
2022 Creative Expo Taiwan (CET), the largest cultural and creative expo in Asia, will kick off on Aug. 5 in Kaohsiung.
