Taiwan’s legislature fails to come to an agreement over the US$103 billion general budget for 2025, even after six rounds of negotiations. Indigenous residents in Taiwan's southeast battle for land rights against creeping commercial development. And lawmakers grill government officials about how to address Taiwan’s declining population and attract and retain foreign talent.
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- Eight active and former members of Taiwan’s military have been charged with acting as spies for China.
- Taiwan’s defense ministry is considering joining a U.S. initiative to jointly manufacture weapons with Asian countries.
- Taiwan’s new foreign minister makes his first visit to the country’s diplomatic allies in Latin America and the Caribbean.