Show Notes
Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 82 points this morning from yesterday's close, at 46,104
on turnover of 10.5-billion N-T.
MOFA warns on Uganda travel
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Ugandan immigration officers have
withheld the passports of three Taiwan travelers and demanded that they
produce Chinese passports, citing the country's "One China principle."
According to the minister, three encountered the officers on arriving at
Entebbe International Airport on Wednesday.
They were eventually allowed to enter Uganda.
However, the foreign ministry says immigration officers refused to return
their Taiwan passports unless they produced passports issued by China in
which entry stamps could be placed.
Taiwan's representative office in Somaliland, which is responsible for
affairs involving Uganda, and the Taiwanese business association in the
country immediately provided assistance to the travelers.
The foreign ministry is advising Taiwan nationals to carefully assess (評估)
the necessity and potential risks of traveling to Uganda and to postpone
planned visits for the time being.
NKorea Threatens SelfDefense Amid US SKorean Drills
North Korea has threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a
statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a
war rehearsal.
In a statement carried by state media Friday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry
called the U.S.-South Korean training “a rehearsal for an aggressive war”
that is triggering a different level of instability in the region.
North Korea also said the drills would be of a “more serious provocative
(挑釁的) nature and dangerousness than last year" and involve all the military
assets and war-fighting modes of the U.S. and South Korea.
The U.S. and South Korea have described the training's scope this year as
similar to past years.
They say the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises are meant to strengthen their
alliance’s capability and reiterate that the drills are defensive in nature.
US CARRIER ROTATION AIMS TO SUSTAIN IRAN BLOCKADE 'INDEFINITELY' AS NAVY READINESS STRETCHED THIN
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims the American military can maintain
its naval blockade on Iran indefinitely by rotating aircraft carriers in and
out of the Strait of Hormuz.
The carrier currently enforcing the blockade has been at sea for a record two
hundred consecutive days, prompting growing concern among lawmakers in
Washington about crew welfare.
A replacement vessel is now on its way from the Pacific to relieve it — a
move Washington hopes will undermine (破壞) any Iranian assumption that the
deployment is unsustainable.
James Gooderson, our reporter in Washington, says the carrier rotation is
exposing the strain the war in Iran is placing on the US Navy's global
posture, with the departure of a vessel from the Pacific leaving China with
greater freedom to project power in the region.
Vietnam Seizes Ivory Illegally Shipped from Africa
Vietnamese authorities have seized a large shipment of ivory illegally
shipped from Africa.
The haul includes 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing over 1,193 kilograms.
It was displayed to the media on Wednesday in Gia Lai province.
Vietnam is a major hub for the illicit wildlife trade, with much of the
contraband transshipped (轉船 / 換船) to China.
Inspections last week found the ivory hidden in sawn timber in a shipment
from the Republic of the Congo.
The illegal cargo also contained animal bones often used in traditional
medicine.
A criminal investigation has been launched.
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