TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, August 16, 2023

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Paraguay's newly inaugurated president, Santiago Peña, has hailed his nation's ties with Taiwan, saying the two countries are "brothers." Taiwan's military is investigating why a Patriot missile exploded before reaching its target during a drill in the country's south. And Taiwan experiences more than half of all cyberattacks in the Asia-Pacific region at a rate of 15,000 per second, according to a U.S. information security firm. Also: - Health officials are searching for the source of a "brain-eating amoeba" that killed a woman in Taipei earlier this month. - Kaoliang is considered Taiwan's national liquor, though it is distilled from sorghum imported from China. Now, local farmers are seeking to grow their own, helped by government subsidies. - A Taiwanese paleontologist is responsible for restoring some of the world's rarest dinosaur fossils, including a nearly perfectly triceratops skull.