Legislative Speaker You Si-kun says an extraordinary legislative session will run until 22 July as scheduled, during which lawmakers will vote on whether to approve President Tsai Ying-wen's nominees for the Control Yuan, among other issues.

Social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, has taken a step against Chinese disinformation campaigns.

National Sun Yat-sen University, located in Kaohsiung city, has become the base for cultivating bilingual education teachers.

Dynamic and constantly evolving

By Mike Jewell

Sales of wholesale trade were NT$1.0164 trillion in March 2023, a decrease of 13.3% compared with the same month in 2022, according to a report from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Taiwan's wholesale, retail and food services sales all rose in August compared with the same month in 2019.

Compared with the same month in 2019, sales of wholesale trade in September 2020 increased 8.2% to NT$952.1 billion while retail sales in September 2020 increased 2.9% year-on-year to NT$320.6 billion.

Retail trade sales in Taiwan registered NT$369.7 billion in April 2023, an increase of 7.5% from the same month in 2022.

Wholesale, retail and food services sales all fell in May compared to the same month in 2019.

Wealth effects from stock market fuel sales

By Matt Kovac

A ban on the use of disposable tableware at restaurants and food courts in shopping malls will take effect in 10 municipalities in Taiwan next year, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said.

Ministry of Labor (MOL) minister Hsu Ming-chun is denying recent reports that the government is seeking to open the island's hotel industry to overseas migrant workers.

The National Communications Commission (NCC) says there is currently "no timeline" for reintroducing a draft bill to regulate the content of online platforms

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) says it plans to revise two current border regulations before lifting the quarantine requirement for arriving travellers

The Tainan-headquartered World Vegetable Center has unveiled a programme aimed at sharing the vegetable germplasm it keeps with the countries of origin in an effort to increase crop diversity in Southeast Asia.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) detailed "grey zone" tactics employed by China to conduct reconnaissance around Taiwan and its outlying islands in a report to the legislature on Wednesday