The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,883 on turnover of 3.1-billion N-T.

The market continued its winning streak on Tuesday as, Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing attracted strong investor interest amid lingering optimism over

the company's outlook for this year.

Interest also focused on electricity development related stocks in the

electric machinery and optoelectronics sectors, to give the broader market

with an additional boost.

In news from and about Taiwan this morning,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says senior government officials in Tuvalu

have affirmed that the Pacific island country will maintain formal diplomatic

ties with Taiwan.

The statement comes after Tuvalu's ambassador to Taiwan told the Australian

newspaper that his country could sever (斷絕) formal diplomatic recognition

with Taipei in favor of Beijing following its election this Friday.

According to the ministry, the Tuvalu government has clarified that the

ambassador's statement did not represent the country's official stance, and

affirmed that its diplomatic relations with Taiwan remain strong.

President Tsai Ing-wen is calling for support for Taiwan's participation in

the US-led Indo Pacific Economic Framework.

Speaking during a meeting with visiting members of the US-Taiwan Business

Council in Taipei, Tsai said "Taiwan will continue to express its willingness

to play a role in this initiative" and she hopes the business group "can

support Taiwan's participation."

The visiting delegation includes business council President Rupert

Hammond-Chambers and Keith Krach, who served as under secretary of state for

economic growth, energy, and the environment under Donald Trump's

administration.

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity was launched (發起) by U-S

President Joe Biden on May of 2022.

It currently has 14 partnering countries.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into

the western sea as it continues a streak of weapons testing in the face of

deepening nuclear tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. and South Korean

militaries were analyzing the launches.

The event followed a Jan. 14 flight test-firing of the country’s first

solid-fuel intermediate range ballistic missile, which reflected (顯示) its

efforts to advance its lineup of weapons targeting U.S. military bases in

Japan and Guam.

The House of Lords has voted against the Government's controversial UK-

Rwanda Treaty.

For the first time, the UK's upper house of parliament has voted to delay

ratifying a Treaty, which is central to the Government's plan to send asylum

seekers to Rwanda.

Simon Gaitan reports.

Activists in Mexico have published photos of steel and cement pilings (地樁)

from a government project driven directly through the roofs of sensitive

limestone caves on the Yucatan peninsula.

The cave networks and their underground rivers are both environmentally

sensitive, and have been found to hold some of the oldest human remains in

North America.

Mexico's president had promised that part of his controversial $20 billion

tourist train project would run on an elevated causeway (堤道) to avoid

crushing or disturbing the caves.

Authorities had claimed that studies would ensure the supports for the

causeway wouldn't hit caves.

But the activists say that was a lie, and the damage is irreversible.

That was the I.C.R.T. news,

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