More than 500 Taiwanese military personnel took part in National Guard-led exercises that simulated conflict in the Indo-Pacific.

Taiwan must rely on itself for its security, the island's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump saying Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he would not invade the island while Trump was in office.

Taiwan deployed Patriot PAC-2 missiles for annual exercise in southern Pingtung County when explosion occurred - Anadolu Ajansı

Typhoon Podul has crossed southeastern Taiwan, where schools and government offices were closed to wait out the storm.

Illegal transfers at sea are one of the few ways North Korea, largely isolated from the international community, can obtain fuel because of strict United Nations sanctions against its nuclear weapons and missile programmes.

On July 26, Taiwanese citizens went to the polls and voted on whether to recall 24 of their 113 representatives—or 21 percent of the legislature. It was an unprecedented moment in the island’s democratic history. Citizens have recalled individual Taiwanese legislators in the past, but never before have they attempted to recall politicians en masse.

Sunday marked the 43rd anniversary of the Aug. 17, 1982, U.S.-China joint communique under the Reagan administration. President Reagan is remembered as the leader who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire” and helped end the Cold War.

A former health minister warned Taiwan's efforts are insufficient and that more needs to be done before it's "too late."

U.S. decisions to not let the Taiwanese president stop in the U.S. and cancel defense talks will come as welcome signs to China.

The following is the Aug. 15, 2025, Congressional Research Service report to Congress, Taiwan: Background and U.S. Relations.  From the Report Taiwan, which formally calls itself the Republic of China (ROC),

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Friday reinforced a call from Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Chui-cheng for citizens to reject participation in China’s commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II,