Update: Taiwan to Suspend Stock Trading Due to Super Typhoon Kong-Rey October 30, 2024 By Mary Hui and Cindy Wang Taiwan will suspend trading on its $2.5 trillion stock exchange Thursday as a powerful typhoon barrels toward the archipelago. Super...
Typhoon Krathon Hits Taiwan With Dangerous Winds, Heavy Rain October 3, 2024 By Mary Hui and Cindy Wang Typhoon Krathon crossed the southwest coast of Taiwan packing dangerous winds, with the storm leaving thousands of customers without power...
Taiwan Rescues All Crew Members on Stricken Ship as Super Typhoon Nears October 2, 2024 By Cindy Wang and Miaojung Lin Taiwan authorities completed the dramatic helicopter rescue of 19 crew members on a stricken ship, which foundered as Super Typhoon...
Typhoon Gaemi Aims for China, Leaves Vessels Capsized July 25, 2024 By Sing Yee Ong, Cindy Wang and Manolo Serapio Jr. Authorities in Taiwan raced to find crew missing from a ship that capsized in bad weather after Typhoon Gaemi ripped...
Deadly Typhoon Gaemi Floods Philippines, Shuts Taiwan July 24, 2024 By Sing Yee Ong, Cindy Wang and Manolo Serapio Jr. Typhoon Gaemi claimed the lives of at least four people and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands in the...
Taiwan Military Says Hackers Sold Telecom Giant’s Data on Web March 1, 2024 By Cindy Wang Taiwan’s military said hackers sold data stolen from the island’s biggest telecom company on the internet, the latest challenge to...
Taiwan Rushes to Prevent China From Cutting Internet, Phones May 30, 2023 By Jamie Tarabay and Cindy Wang Buffeted by earthquakes and the potential of conflict with China, Taiwan’s leaders want to accelerate plans to make the island...
Taiwan’s Financial Services Firms Cut China Exposure by 20% to Record Low November 18, 2022 By Cindy Wang, Betty Hou and Chien-Hua Wan Taiwan’s financial institutions reduced their China exposure to a record low amid economic and political uncertainties, according to its top...
Taiwan’s Watchdog Says Insurers Have Enough Capital to Withstand COVID Claim Surge October 21, 2022 By Cindy Wang, Argin Chang and Krystal Chia Taiwan’s insurance industry has buffered itself against surging COVID claims after raising capital, the head of the island’s market regulator...
Lengthy Legal Battles Expected from Suez Canal’s Longest Closure in Almost 50 Years March 30, 2021 By Aaron Clark, Cindy Wang, Ann Koh and Verity Ratcliffe The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half...