The Tai-Ex opened up 112-points this morning from Friday's close, at 23,477

on turnover of 7.3-billion N-T.

The market closed marginally lower on Friday ahead of strong technical

resistance near the 23,500-point intraday-high mark and renewed concerns over

U-S tariff policies.

School and work have been cancelled in parts of central Taiwan due to heavy

rain and flooding.

The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration says all of Chiayi

County, as well as Shui-lin Township in Yunlin County will suspend work and

classes, as both areas see precipitation through last night.

Local officials are reporting flooding along several roadways and homes, up

to 30 centimeters high, and hundreds of water pumps (抽水機) have been

deployed.

Forecasters say more thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, and they are

advising the public to be on the lookout for more flooding as well as

landslides.

(NS)

The Mainland Affairs Council is slamming China's Taiwan Affairs Office for

accusing the D-P-P of "political manipulation" and of saying it has lost

public support following this past weekend's failed recall votes targeting 24

K-M-T lawmakers.

According to the council, Beijing's "lack of democratic experience" means it

has no right to comment on, or misinterpret (曲解), Taiwan's democratic

system.

The council is describing the recall vote as an example of Taiwan's

democratic constitutional system and a major democratic achievement by civil

society groups.

The comments come after China's Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement

saying the D-P-P "has lost popular support and its policies run counter to

the true mainstream public opinion in Taiwan."

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rebuffed (回絕)

outreach by South Korea’s new liberal government, saying that North Korea

has no interests in talks with South Korea for whatever proposal its rival

offers.

It’s North Korea’s first official statement on the government of South

Korean President Lee Jae Myung, which took office in early June.

In an effort to improve badly frayed ties with North Korea, Lee's government

has halted anti-Pyongyang frontline loudspeaker broadcasts, taken steps to

ban activists from flying balloons with propaganda leaflets across the border

and repatriated North Koreans who were drifted (漂流) south in wooden boats

months earlier.

Kim Yo Jong called such steps “sincere efforts” but she said the Lee

government won't be much different from its predecessors, citing what it

calls “their blind trust” to the military alliance with the U.S. and

attempt to “stand in confrontation” with North Korea.

Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault (攻擊) charges against suspect

in Walmart knife attack

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports

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