Day: February 19, 2023

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Philippines’ Marcos: China Laser Not Enough to Activate US Defense Pact

The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual...
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Magnitude 5.0, 4.6 earthquakes shake Taiwan late Saturday, early Sunday

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Yilan County, eastern Taiwan at 7:32 a.m. Sunday, nearly eight hours after a magnitude 5.0 quake rocked Nantou County in central Taiwan, according to the Central Weather Bureau. The epicenter of the earthquake on Sunday...
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Soldiers arrested for alleged violation of gun control law

Two soldiers were arrested in Taichung Friday, after an illegal gun and bullets were found in their possession during a police search, according to the Taipei City Police Department’s Shilin Precinct. The arrest was made by a task force set...
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Taiwan military releases photo of Chinese weather balloon debris

Taiwan’s military on Saturday night made public a photograph of the wreckage of a suspected Chinese weather balloon found on one of its offshore frontline islets near China on Thursday, saying it had concluded the device did not have audio...
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