Taipei, March 29 (CNA) The Control Yuan on Wednesday asked Taiwan's military to take steps to correct its negligence that ultimately resulted in one soldier being killed and another injured while performing maintenance on a tank in southern Taiwan in July 2022.
Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday its capacity was sufficient to train conscripts once mandatory military service in Taiwan is extended to one year in 2024.
Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) Scholars in Taiwan called on the government to expand training capacity and introduce reforms to better meet the nation's defense needs, after an announcement Tuesday that mandatory military service will be extended from four months to one year starting in 2024, to counter the threat of an increasingly assertive China.
Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) Apache helicopters and Taiwan's indigenous IDF fighter jets on Wednesday fired live ammunition during an Army exercise in southern Taiwan, which is being held over four days to test the combat readiness of the nation's troops amid rising tensions with China.