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A draft-dodging scandal allegedly involving a number of Taiwanese actors, influencers, and musicians has cast an unflattering spotlight on the conscript and reservist forces which could one day stand ...
PINGTUNG COUNTY, Taiwan — Below a windy lookout, three U.S.-made mobile rocket launchers lurched forward at a military base in Taiwan, preparing for their first live-fire test on the Beijing ...
China staged military drills off Taiwan's north, south, and east coasts on Tuesday as a "stern warning" against separatism and called Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a "parasite" as Taiwan sent ...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan’s coast guard and affiliated military units put on a show of strength during an "Ocean Day" drill last week amid growing threats from China. Held in southern Taiwan ...
PINGTUNG COUNTY, Taiwan — Below a windy lookout, three U.S.-made mobile rocket launchers lurched forward at a military base in Taiwan, preparing for their first live-fire test on the Beijing ...
China continues to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, the top U.S. military officer in the region told lawmakers. In 2024, the Chinese military increased its activity around Taiwan by three times.
Taiwan's coast guard, which would be pressed into military service in the event of war with China, is also routinely sent out to shadow Chinese ships during Beijing's war games around the island.
Taiwanese soldiers pose for a photo at the Songshan military airbase in Taipei on March 21. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images) One year after the conscription reform implementation, Taiwan’s ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — At least 62 active-duty Taiwanese military members have been found holding Chinese residency permits, the self-ruled island's Defense Ministry said, in the latest revelation of ...
Recent military exercises have featured both the navy and coastguard, as well as maritime militia on fishing boats, deployed in a “cabbage strategy” to wrap Taiwan in layers of forces.