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Taiwanese indicted over alleged N Korea scheme
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Two Taiwanese were among a group of suspects indicted in Boston on Monday in connection with an alleged scheme to generate revenue for North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programs, US prosecutors said. The two Taiwanese suspects, identified...
Taiwan Semiconductor Unusual Options Activity For July 01
myMotherLode - California
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Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Taiwan Semiconductor. Our analysis of options history for Taiwan Semiconductor TSM revealed 63 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 31% of traders were bullish, while 55%...
Taiwan to import Polish blueberries
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) announced yesterday that Taiwan is preparing to open its market to fresh blueberries from Poland, as he hosted a visiting group of Polish lawmakers. The government has given the green light to the...
Taipei’s Zhonghua Borough tops list of household incomes
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Taipei’s Zhonghua Borough (中華) replaced Hsinchu City’s Guanxin Borough (關新) with the highest average annual household income among the nation’s boroughs in 2023, income tax data released on Monday by the Ministry of Finance showed. The average...
Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Scores a Street-High Price Target on $90B AI Revenue Forecast
Yahoo Finance
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July 1, 2025
Engineer in Sterile Coverall Holds Microchip with Gloves and Examines it by Gorodenkoff via Shutterstock Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), also known as TSMC, is in the spotlight this Tuesday after a bullish analyst backed the...
Taiwan’s biotech gathers momentum
Biospectrum Asia
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June 30, 2025
Taiwan’s biotech gathers momentum July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Analysis | By Ayesha Siddiqui Backed by coordinated efforts from both government and industry, Taiwan’s biotechnology sector is expanding steadily, with revenues reaching approximately...
Chinese Type 072A seen off northern Taiwan: MND
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday confirmed that a Chinese Type 072A landing ship, a large tank carrier used for amphibious warfare, was spotted off northern Taiwan. Local media reported that a plane passenger spotted the Chinese...
Taiwan to import Polish blueberries: Foreign minister
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) announced on Tuesday that Taiwan is preparing to open its market to fresh blueberries from Poland, as he hosted a visiting group of Polish lawmakers. The government has given the green...
Silicon Statecraft Alignment: Taiwan’s Strategic Bet on US-Led Export Controls
The Diplomat
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July 1, 2025
Taiwan just tightened its grip on a key chokepoint in the global chip war, aligning its export controls more closely with U.S. restrictions on China. On June 10, the International Trade Administration under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Taiwan’s Tech Industry Driving Country’s Energy Demand
Power Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Taiwan is among several countries experiencing an energy crisis, with its supply of power struggling to keep up with demand from a rapidly growing high-tech sector. The country has long depended on imported fossil fuels, a situation at odds with...
SITA leads biometric-powered check-in upgrade at Taipei Songshan Airport
Biometric Update
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July 1, 2025
Taipei Songshan Airport is upgrading its check-in counters to streamline the check-in experience with SITA leading the change. SITA will deploy self-service and biometrics-powered technology to help Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) future-proof its...
The rise of Taiwanese rum
The Drinks Business
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July 1, 2025
Taiwanese rum distillers aren’t just replicating; they’re reinventing. Leona De Pasquale finds out more. More than two decades after the end of Taiwan’s 80-year state alcohol monopoly, the island’s wine and spirits scene has never been more...
North Korea accused of duping U.S. companies in tech-worker scheme
CBS News
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The Justice Department announced criminal charges Monday in a scheme by North Korea to fund its weapons program through the salaries of remote information technology workers employed unwittingly by U.S. companies. The charges arose from what law...
Taiwan shares bounce back on U.S. gains overnight
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan staged a strong rebound Tuesday after slumping the previous session, helped by a rally on U.S. markets overnight amid optimism about tariff talks between the United States and its trading partners, dealers...
ProLogium’s next-generation lithium ceramic battery shipments surpass 2.4 million units a new milestone in the commercialization of green energy technologies
Automotive World
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July 1, 2025
ProLogium Technology, a global leader in next-generation lithium ceramic batteries, today announced that its cumulative shipments have officially surpassed 2.4 million units, marking a major milestone since its production in 2013 ProLogium...
Taiwan Dollar Surges More Than 2% as Traders Test Central Bank
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- The Taiwan dollar surged more than 2% in another day of volatility for the currency, as traders tested the central bank’s tolerance for its strength. Most Read from Bloomberg The currency jumped as much as 2.5% to 29.16 per US...
Defense Ministry confirms Chinese tank landing ship in waters north of Taiwan
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Tuesday confirmed the presence of a Chinese Type 072A landing ship -- a large tank carrier used for amphibious warfare -- in waters off northern Taiwan. Local media reported Tuesday...
US Busts $5 Million North Korean IT Scam — Americans, Chinese, Taiwanese Among Those Arrested
Benzinga
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken a significant step against North Korea’s illicit financial activities, which involve remote IT workers operating within American tech firms. What Happened: The DOJ has announced a series of actions...
Manufacturing sector weakens to contraction on stronger Taiwan dollar
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Taiwan's manufacturing sector fell into contraction mode in May as a stronger Taiwan dollar eroded export-oriented manufacturers' margins, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) said Tuesday. The TIER economic...
Two Taiwanese indicted in U.S. for backing N. Korea's weapons program
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Washington, June 30 (CNA) Two Taiwanese nationals were among a group of suspects indicted in Boston on Monday in connection with an alleged scheme to generate revenue for North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, according to U.S....