Taiwan is wary of increasing pressure from Beijing and this year it has beefed up its defence drills and is training citizens ...

A draft-dodging scandal allegedly involving a number of Taiwanese actors, influencers, and musicians has cast an unflattering spotlight on the conscript and reservist forces which could one day stand ...

Taiwan is producing tens of thousands of its T112 — a new domestically produced combat rifle.

Taiwan has designed and is now producing a new domestically made rifle—the T112. The upgrade is a small part of the country's ambitious plans to modernize its military.

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Taiwan is extending its mandatory military service requirement from four months to one year. The decision follows months of increasing tensions with China.

Taiwan has tripled the length of its military conscription program to one year amid growing unrest between the island territory and the People's Republic of China.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China ...

Taiwan is due to extend its compulsory military service from four months to at least one year, the island's most senior defense official told lawmakers on Wednesday, in a move to better prepare ...

President Tsai Ing-wen announced men would be required to serve one year in the military, citing Chinese aggression that raises concerns about combat readiness.

Taiwan will make an announcement on extending its four-month military conscription requirement by the end of this year, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said, in the latest sign Taipei is taking a ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan will extend mandatory military service for male citizens, a once politically unpalatable move that has become imperative in the face of growing concerns about a Chinese attack and ...