Taipei: The legislative caucus of Taiwan’s main opposition party announced plans to propose a special defense budget bill totaling NT$350 billion (US$11.04 billion) to fund eight weapons sales announced by the United States in December.

Taipei: President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to strengthen Taiwan’s pharmaceutical resilience through a four-year plan that will allocate NT$24 billion (US$756.2 million) to measures including promoting domestic production of critical drugs. Speak…