Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Chuang Suo-hang (莊碩漢), vice chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), was named Monday as Taiwan's new representative to Thailand, a post that became vacant last year when the incumbent at the time fell ill and resigned.
One of South Korea’s most powerful business organizations yesterday donated a batch of 5,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to Taiwan to help the country combat a serious COVID-19 outbreak.
The Federation of Korean Industries, which represents several hundred companies in Seoul, made the donation via the Korean Mission in Taipei to the Taipei-based Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association during a ceremony in Taipei.
Speaking at the event, the head of the Korean Mission in Taipei, which represents South Korean interests in Taiwan in the absence of the official diplomatic ties, said that although the donation was small, it was symbolic of the