The Tai-Ex opened up 169-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

31,892 on turnover of 7.8-billion N-T.

The market tumbled nearly 800 points on Tuesday, led by the electronics

sector, amid weakening market sentiment as Donald Trump's war with Iran

continues.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency is reporting the Seoul is taking steps to

revise its electronic arrival card following call from Taiwan to change the

island's designation.

The system has listed Taiwan as "China (Taiwan)" in dropdown menus in its new

online entry system.

Reports say South Korea's foreign ministry now plans to remove the "previous

departure place" and "next destination" fields from the system.

The move comes after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here in Taiwan said it

would temporarily hold off on taking retaliatory (報復性的. ) adjustments -

citing South Korea's ongoing review and its expectation of a positive

response to its concerns.

The foreign ministry had said it would consider retaliatory adjustments to

how South Korea is labeled in Taiwan's electronic arrival system if no

response from Seoul was received by March 31.

The Centers for Disease Control plans to purchase over 7-million flu jabs for

its annual publicly-funded vaccination campaign.

According to C-D-C Director-General Philip Luo, the government will purchase

a record 7.05-million doses of flu vaccine for this year's free flu

vaccination program in order to provide coverage (覆蓋範圍) for around 30-per

cent of the population.

The purchase has an estimated budget of 1.78-billion N-T and is expected to

be finalized later this month.

The C-D-C director-general says the government will once again be purchasing

trivalent vaccines for the fall flu season - meaning vaccines that protect

against two A and one B flu strains.

The United Arab Emirates has barred Iranians from entering or transiting

(過境) the country as the war rages.

That's according to three major airlines.

The long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad, as well as the lower-cost airline

FlyDubai, made the announcements today on their websites.

Authorities offered no official comment.

But the change comes as Dubai already has shut down the Iranian Hospital and

Iranian Club in the city, two institutions in the city-state dating back to

the time of the shah.

An American female journalist has been kidnapped (被綁架) in Iraq.

The Iraqi interior ministry says one suspect had been arrested.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

King Charles III is going ahead with a state visit to the United States in

April, despite calls for the ceremonial (儀式的) event to be called off due

to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism (批評) of the British

government for failing to support the war in Iran.

Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that the king would travel to the U.S. in late

April to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.

Trump put the dates as April 27-30.

The king also will travel to Bermuda in conjunction with the U.S. trip, his

first visit to the overseas territory as monarch.

The visit follows Trump’s state visit to the U.K. in September, seen as part

of Britain’s effort to shore up the relationship between the two countries.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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