The stricter regime comes after a Cameroon-flagged vessel was briefly detained by Taiwan's coast guard earlier this month on suspicion of damaging an international cable northeast of the island.

A third fibre optic cable linking the islands to Taiwan that previously malfunctioned is also still not working. Advt There is growing concern in Taiwan over the security of its cables after a ...

Alarm bells rang on Wednesday with news that undersea cables connecting Taiwan with the Matsu Islands ... vessel had damaged an undersea internet cable to the north-east of the island, even ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's remaining undersea cable link to the Matsu Islands near China was completely disconnected early Wednesday, the government said, adding to a string of such issues and raising ...

Taiwan, a former province of China and an international force in semiconductor manufacturing, could very well be a powder keg for global strife if China attacks the island nation, asserting its ...

Credit: AFP The incident marks the fourth submarine cable disruption in 2025 alone, compared to three incidents each in 2023 and 2024. The Taiwan-Matsu cables, designated as critical ...

Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs has blamed "natural deterioration" as the reason for the latest subsea cable outages to impact the island. As reported by Reuters, the government said that subsea ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage. The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. and was centered 24 ...

China has denied involvement in the January cable damage in Taiwan and investigations into the incidents in the Baltic Sea are still under way. While these cable episodes highlight the ...

Developing AI under such circumstances is like building luxury cars without properly maintaining ... infrastructure to keep working should a cable be cut. To back up connections in the event of a ...

Taiwan’s parliament has frozen critical parts of the 2025 defence budget, heightening the risk that the country alienates US President Donald Trump just at the moment that it needs firm US ...