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Taiwan is not seeking war with Beijing, and its policy is to build up a defensive, multi-level deterrence capability to make it harder for China to capture the island, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday.

The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.

A massive earthquake hit Taiwan today, killing four people and injuring at least 60, and triggering tsunami warnings in Japan and the Philippines.

At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.

The US military is in talks to develop a civilian port in the remote northernmost islands of the Philippines, the local governor and two other officials said, a move that would boost American access to strategically located islands facing Taiwan.

In the letter, former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog said the factory was planned for Taiwan's Foxconn, for early test production of DRAM memory chips, while Samsung's plant in Xian was designed to manufacture NAND flash memory chips.

The newly appointed CEO of Vedanta's untried display business is seeking to hire global talent to build and run a $4 billion (roughly Rs. 32,811 crore) factory in western India. YJ Chen says the display venture will soon begin recruiting from South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and other regions to set up a liquid crystal display panel fabrication unit in I...

The Indian government is poised to deny crucial funding for Anil Agarwal's chip venture, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, a setback to the billionaire's ambition to build India's 'own Silicon Valley.' The authorities are likely to inform the venture between Vedanta and Taiwan's Foxconn that it won't get incentives to make 28-nanometer chips, the...

Foxconn, which assembles 70 percent of Apple's iPhone models, is said to have won an order to make AirPods, the company's wireless earphones. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer is planning to build a factory in India to manufacture Apple's AirPods. It will become an AirPods supplier for the first time as the contract manufacturer attempts to diver...

Google has begun rolling out its second OTA update for the Google Pixel Watch as its January update. The update is numbered RWD9.220429.073 for global users while users in Japan and Taiwan receive the latest update with the build number RWD9.220429.073.J1. The update will be available to all Pixel Watch users running Wear OS 3.5. Eligible users wil...

In order to prevent China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has now ramped up the process of building arms as the country recently signed a security pact with Australia to boost practical defence cooperation.

A strong earthquake struck Taiwan's southeastern coast on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, bringing at least one building down in a small town and prompting Japan to issue a tsunami warning.

iPhone maker Foxconn announced on Wednesday it has partnered with chipmaker NXP Semiconductors to develop platforms for electric vehicles. The Taiwanese company has expanded into areas including electric vehicles and semiconductors. Recently, it announced deals with US startup Fisker and Indian conglomerate Vedanta.

Foxconn would need permission from the government of Taiwan if the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer were to invest in Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup, according to a government official. According to reports, the Taiwan-based firm plans to spend CNY 9.8 billion (roughly Rs. 11,600 crore) for a stake in Unigroup.

Taiwan said it was “happy” to see its chip firms invest in the European Union, as part of a push to build better ties with the bloc. Taipei has been courted by the EU under the European Chips Act that was unveiled in February, as part of efforts to deal with the ongoing global chip shortage. Taiwan Deputy Economy Minister Chen Chern-chyi called...

Taiwan is not seeking war with Beijing, and its policy is to build up a defensive, multi-level deterrence capability to make it harder for China to capture the island, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday.

The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.

A massive earthquake hit Taiwan today, killing four people and injuring at least 60, and triggering tsunami warnings in Japan and the Philippines.

At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.

The US military is in talks to develop a civilian port in the remote northernmost islands of the Philippines, the local governor and two other officials said, a move that would boost American access to strategically located islands facing Taiwan.

In the letter, former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog said the factory was planned for Taiwan's Foxconn, for early test production of DRAM memory chips, while Samsung's plant in Xian was designed to manufacture NAND flash memory chips.

The newly appointed CEO of Vedanta's untried display business is seeking to hire global talent to build and run a $4 billion (roughly Rs. 32,811 crore) factory in western India. YJ Chen says the display venture will soon begin recruiting from South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and other regions to set up a liquid crystal display panel fabrication unit in I...

The Indian government is poised to deny crucial funding for Anil Agarwal's chip venture, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, a setback to the billionaire's ambition to build India's 'own Silicon Valley.' The authorities are likely to inform the venture between Vedanta and Taiwan's Foxconn that it won't get incentives to make 28-nanometer chips, the...

Foxconn, which assembles 70 percent of Apple's iPhone models, is said to have won an order to make AirPods, the company's wireless earphones. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer is planning to build a factory in India to manufacture Apple's AirPods. It will become an AirPods supplier for the first time as the contract manufacturer attempts to diver...

Google has begun rolling out its second OTA update for the Google Pixel Watch as its January update. The update is numbered RWD9.220429.073 for global users while users in Japan and Taiwan receive the latest update with the build number RWD9.220429.073.J1. The update will be available to all Pixel Watch users running Wear OS 3.5. Eligible users wil...

In order to prevent China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has now ramped up the process of building arms as the country recently signed a security pact with Australia to boost practical defence cooperation.

A strong earthquake struck Taiwan's southeastern coast on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, bringing at least one building down in a small town and prompting Japan to issue a tsunami warning.

iPhone maker Foxconn announced on Wednesday it has partnered with chipmaker NXP Semiconductors to develop platforms for electric vehicles. The Taiwanese company has expanded into areas including electric vehicles and semiconductors. Recently, it announced deals with US startup Fisker and Indian conglomerate Vedanta.

Foxconn would need permission from the government of Taiwan if the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer were to invest in Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup, according to a government official. According to reports, the Taiwan-based firm plans to spend CNY 9.8 billion (roughly Rs. 11,600 crore) for a stake in Unigroup.

Taiwan said it was “happy” to see its chip firms invest in the European Union, as part of a push to build better ties with the bloc. Taipei has been courted by the EU under the European Chips Act that was unveiled in February, as part of efforts to deal with the ongoing global chip shortage. Taiwan Deputy Economy Minister Chen Chern-chyi called...