South Korea will raise the nation's minimum wage in 2016 from KRW5,580 (US$4.90) to KRW6,030.

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved modification of infrastructure construction proposed by WiMAX operator Global Mobile, allowing the company to deploy...

Mitac International launched a series of new car electronics products under the Mio brand on July 8 including camcorders for cars and scooters, and a PND. Company vice president and...

Many Taiwan-based ODMs hold the opinion that Windows 10 will not be able to boost large-scale PC replacements and upgrades because a large proportion of consumers mainly use PCs for...

Asia Pacific Telecom will complete deployment of 2,600 4G base stations around Taiwan at the end of August or the beginning of September and aims to increase the number of 4G mobile...

Russia-based Internet service providers, along with growing demand for hardware used in data centers, have resumed placement of orders with Taiwan-based PC and server vendors/makers,...

Taiwan recorded total export value of US$23.07 billion for June 2015, decreasing 10.0% on month and 13.9% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$20.89 billion grew...

China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will start marketing its Mirro 5s in the Taiwan market on July 9, with plans to unveil its new R7 smartphone in the local market one week later.

Taiwan-based brand handset vendors and handset ODMs shipped a total of 20.82 million handsets in the second quarter of 2015, increasing 18.6% on quarter but decreasing 1.6% on year,...

Taiwan's June 2015 consumer price index (CPI) of 103.84 (2011 as base year) increased 0.69% on month but decreased 0.56% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI)...

Taiwan makers are continuing to feel the heat from China makers' panel capacity expansion, and are still using product differentiation strategies to compete.

PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials has had its Japan-based subsidiary acquire a PV power-generating station under construction in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan,...

Chip demand for handsets will enjoy a seasonal pick-up in the second half of 2015, while shorter TV replacement cycles and the trend towards higher resolutions will drive the number...

Sales momentum of iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus in the Taiwan market seems to have slowed down due to a waning enthusiasm over for the large-size iPhone devices as well as market expectations...

Top representatives from both AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux have further commented there is currently no likelihood the two will merge due to differentiation in market strategy,...