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In his Double Ten National Day address on Oct. 10 last year, President William Lai (賴清德) announced plans to construct a nationwide missile defense system, dubbed the “T-Dome.” The proposal was framed as a necessary response to China’s rapidly expanding missile capabilities and its increasingly explicit ambition to annex Taiwan by force.

Given the accelerating pace of Beijing’s military buildup and political coercion, Taipei’s sense of urgency is understandable. The nation cannot afford inaction.

Politically, the T-Dome carries a certain appeal. It signals Taiwan’s resolve to domestic and international audiences, reassures an anxious public and aligns with Washington’s long-standing demand — especially under US President Donald Trump’s administration — that partners demonstrate tangible commitments to their own defense.

For the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the project also promises partisan benefits by projecting leadership and seriousness in the face of external threat.

Yet, political logic does not automatically translate into sound military strategy. The more difficult — and more consequential — question is whether the T-Dome is based on genuine military rationality or whether it risks diverting scarce resources away from more effective means of deterrence and defense.

Taiwan’s defense planners have repeatedly emphasized the need to prioritize asymmetric warfare. The underlying logic is straightforward: Taiwan cannot defeat China in a conventional contest of firepower. Instead, it must deny Beijing a quick victory, impose high costs on an invasion and buy sufficient time — about one month — for US intervention.

A nationwide missile defense shield sits uneasily with this strategic consensus. Missile defense systems are costly, technologically demanding and inherently vulnerable to saturation. Against a quantitatively superior adversary, interception alone is an unreliable foundation for survival.

Comparisons with other missile defense systems, either existing or planned, further underscore the problem. Trump’s “Golden Dome” concept is essentially an expanded version of the Cold War-era Strategic Defense Initiative, designed to intercept nuclear missiles aimed at the US through layered and even space-based systems.

The T-Dome is neither intended nor capable of operating on such a scale. Beyond general ideas such as layered defense and sensor integration, the US experience offers little directly applicable guidance.

Israel’s Iron Dome is frequently invoked as a model, but the analogy is misleading. The Iron Dome is optimized to counter short-range rockets launched by non-state actors and, to a limited extent, medium-range missiles from Iran. Israel does not face the prospect of a full-scale amphibious invasion by a major military power with overwhelming conventional superiority. Taiwan does. While the Iron Dome might offer useful lessons at the tactical or operational levels, it provides little strategic insight for a country preparing for a potential all-out invasion.

Japan’s missile defense system offers yet another cautionary case. Designed primarily to intercept a small number of ballistic missiles carrying single nuclear warheads from North Korea, Japan’s system does not assume complex penetration tactics, multiple warheads or large-scale saturation attacks. Recognizing these limitations, Tokyo has increasingly shifted its focus toward acquiring counterstrike capabilities — conventional missiles intended to disrupt or deter attacks at their source. The evolution reflects a broader reality: Missile defense alone cannot guarantee security.

Supporters of the T-Dome often say that cost concerns are overstated. The Ministry of National Defense estimates procurement costs at about NT$300 billion (US$9.49 billion), a figure that appears manageable given anticipated increases in defense spending. Yet, aggregate figures obscure serious risks.

Even with US technical assistance, integrating legacy systems into a coherent nationwide shield is likely to take far longer than planned. Past experiences with major US systems suggest that delivery delays of several years are not unusual. In a rapidly deteriorating cross-strait military balance, time itself becomes an opportunity cost Taiwan could ill afford.

More troubling still is the strategic opportunity cost. Resources devoted to a comprehensive missile shield inevitably come at the expense of other capabilities central to asymmetric defense: mobile missile launchers, sea mines, uncrewed systems, hardened logistics and dispersed command-and-control networks.

In a realistic conflict scenario, China could employ drones and obsolete platforms as decoys before launching saturation attacks with missiles and aircraft. Taiwan’s interceptors would be depleted quickly. Once exhausted, even the most advanced missile defense system becomes an expensive irrelevance.

Taiwan could attempt to compensate by stockpiling interceptors, but that is neither economically nor industrially feasible. China already enjoys overwhelming quantitative superiority in missiles and aircraft. Taiwan cannot win an arms race in either fiscal or manufacturing terms. The danger is that defeat would be determined long before combat begins, through the exhaustion of Taiwan’s resources and strategic options.

The uncomfortable conclusion is that the T-Dome is not an optimal solution — neither militarily nor in terms of opportunity cost. Taiwan’s security ultimately depends not on technological ambition, but on strategic discipline. Preparing for asymmetric warfare requires painful prioritization, a willingness to accept risk and the resolve to endure significant hardship to deny China a rapid victory.

From the perspective of Japan and the US, another factor looms large: Taiwan’s political unity. If the DPP and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) cannot set aside partisan rivalry in the face of an nexistential threat, Taiwan risks appearing as though it lacks the will to survive. Deterrence rests as much on perceived resolve as on material capability.

The question, then, is not whether Taiwan could build a T-Dome, but whether it should. Strategy is defined not by what is impressive, but by what works. The choices made in Taipei would signal whether the nation is prepared to confront strategic reality or retreat into the comfort of costly illusion.

Masahiro Matsumura is professor of international politics and national security at St Andrew’s University in Osaka.

title: ‘T-Dome’ a potential miscalculation


people: 黃國昌 賴清德

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During the Sunflower movement, Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), who is now chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), gave voice to a generation’s anger toward opaque power, procedural abuse and backroom deals. He spoke plainly, argued fiercely and wielded constitutional language with rare fluency. For many young Taiwanese, he showed that law could restrain power and that institutions could be defended, not hijacked.

Huang still speaks the language of accountability, invokes constitutional purity and escalates conflict in a show of moral seriousness. However, the tactics once used to defend democracy are now being used to exhaust it.

The shift became unmistakable in 2024, when the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the TPP pushed through controversial legislative reform bills. What began as a legitimate debate over legislative oversight turned into an exercise in escalation: procedural brinkmanship pushed without safeguards, while constitutional consequences were brushed aside and governability treated as collateral damage. It was at that moment that many veterans of the Sunflower movement publicly broke with Huang — not because they opposed reform, but because that goal had been replaced by attrition.

Today, Huang is charging ahead with impeachment threats untethered from constitutional reality, censure of the premier and referendums designed for mobilization, not feasibility. Each maneuver, taken alone, can be defended as “tough opposition.” Together, they form a strategy of permanent procedural escalation.

The Sunflower movement did not seek to paralyze government; it sought to restore limits on it. It treated unchecked power as dangerous — not authority itself.

A civil lawsuit against President William Lai (賴清德) over political rhetoric makes that inversion plain, especially coming from a party that routinely labels a democratically elected president a “dictator.” That is not a principled position to uphold standards; it is selective legalism.

Voters should ask themselves: Does this resemble preparation to govern or a commitment to permanent confrontation?

It matters not only for Huang, but for the future of Taiwan’s so-called third force. A viable third party offers voters an alternative vision of governance — credible, stabilizing and capable of responsibility. Politics built on obstruction without destination does the opposite. It neither challenges the two-party system nor restrains it, and it does nothing to strengthen checks and balances.

Some TPP supporters like Huang precisely because he “breaks” a system they see as corrupt, but burning it all down is strategic self-harm.

Taiwan faces sustained coercion from a stronger authoritarian neighbor. In that context, politics that treat governability as suspect weakens the nation. Beijing does not need Taiwanese politicians to praise the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). What it benefits from is a Taiwan internally fractured, exhausted and unable to act decisively when pressured.

There is no evidence that Huang is a CCP agent, but his rhetoric, nevertheless, redirects anger inward amid external threats, blurs responsibility and normalizes institutional paralysis, which serves Beijing’s interests. That is why so many former supporters feel disoriented. The voice and techniques sound familiar, but the goal is unrecognizable.

Those who supported Huang because they believed democracy required restraint, responsibility and institutional repair, should be the first to question rhetoric that feeds on dysfunction. The Sunflower movement taught Taiwan that democracy is worth defending even when it is slow, frustrating and imperfect. What Huang offers now is a strategy that profits from exhaustion and mistakes endless escalation for justice.

John Cheng is a retired businessman from Hong Kong now living in Taiwan.

title: Huang Kuo-chang: from Sunflower to saboteur


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Jan. 1 marks a decade since China repealed its one-child policy. Just 10 days before, Peng Peiyun (彭珮雲), who long oversaw the often-brutal enforcement of China’s family-planning rules, died at the age of 96, having never been held accountable for her actions. Obituaries praised Peng for being “reform-minded,” even though, in practice, she only perpetuated an utterly inhumane policy, whose consequences have barely begun to materialize.It was Vice Premier Chen Muhua (陳慕華) who first proposed the one-child policy in 1979, with the endorsement of China’s then-top leaders, Chen Yun (陳雲) and Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平), as a means of avoiding the

By Yi Fuxian

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If Japan wants to preserve its strategic autonomy, it must explain convincingly why it cannot and should not fall under China’s influence

It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will be 85 years old. As long as he remains healthy, it is difficult to imagine that he would abandon the ambition of fully absorbing Taiwan into China, meaning that Japan has a dozen years, at most, to prevent moves in this direction.

Whether it succeeds or fails will decisively shape its own fate.

Japan can no longer assume that time is on its side. Twelve years pass quickly. In 2014, Japan had already secured its role as host of the 2020 Olympic Games. That still feels recent, yet the world has changed profoundly since then. Geopolitical time now moves far faster than public awareness.

If Japan wishes to preserve its strategic autonomy, it must be able to explain convincingly why it cannot and should not fall under China’s influence. A crucial first step is to recognize that Japan’s post-World War II strategic framework has become obsolete. Such an acknowledgment has implications for politics, economics, alliance management and even constitutional arrangements.

For decades, Japan defined itself as a pacifist state. It upheld its pledge not to acquire nuclear weapons, refrained from exporting arms and behaved impeccably at the UN. It sought to be liked by all countries, China included.

During China’s “reform and opening up,” Japan channeled massive amounts of investment into the country.

That posture served its purpose. It reassured regional neighbors and positioned Japan favorably during an era of expanding globalization.

However, that era has ended.

While the principles Japan upheld throughout the post-war period were not inherently mistaken, restraint now carries growing strategic costs. Reliance on multilateral legitimacy — particularly through the UN — is becoming a source of weakness as multilateral institutions fragment. The pursuit of universal friendship is giving way to selective alignment and the formation of hostile blocs.

Behind these shifts lies a transformational change. The US, Japan’s strategic guarantor since the end of the war, is no longer the country it once was. Eight decades after the Allied victory, lessons about how previous wars began and what it cost to win them no longer shape US strategic instincts. World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War have become distant memories for the current leaders of the US.

The US commitment to defend Japan, South Korea and Taiwan emerged from a victory achieved 80 years ago. Washington maintained its security guarantees not only because of their strategic value, but also because of the immense cost incurred in securing them.

However, that logic has lost much of its hold on policymakers today, and therein lies the central irony confronting Japan. For decades, its security rested on being obviously indispensable — to US strategy in Asia, to the global economy and to the open trading system.

However, today US leaders increasingly question Japan’s indispensability and expect the country to prove its worth through crude cost-benefit calculations.

These global shifts collide sharply with Japan’s domestic realities. Strategic competition rewards speed, yet Japan is an aging society. It faces a stark trade-off between missiles and hospital beds. To double defense spending over a decade would require sustained annual growth of roughly 7 percent, an extraordinarily difficult feat.

Even if such a doubling were achieved, it would still be far from sufficient to counter a rapidly expanding Chinese military.

Meanwhile, confusion surrounding Japan’s non-nuclear principles persists. The three principles — not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons — remain deeply embedded in national identity, as does the moral inheritance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What has changed is not a loss of trust in US extended deterrence, but a growing recognition that deterrence must be credible not only in theory, but also in practice. As the regional security environment deteriorates, many are questioning whether the US’ faraway nuclear capabilities are still compatible with effective deterrence in Japan’s immediate vicinity.

Each time Japan attempts to break out of its strategic shell, the international discourse constrains it. Efforts to increase defense spending are met with accusations of remilitarization (charges that China is eager to amplify). Any consideration of constitutional revisions along the lines advocated by the late Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo are labeled extremism. When Japanese leaders visit Yasukuni Shrine, international opinion tends to ascribe malign intent without nuance.

Even encouraging respect for the national flag and anthem invites the worst suspicions.

These reactions do not come only from China or South Korea. Much of the Western media respond the same way. The result has been a narrowing of debate over Japan’s strategic choices, delaying necessary decisions.

At the same time, assets once taken for granted have depreciated: US backing feels less assured, being a “good global citizen” at the UN yields diminishing returns and Japan’s technological edge is increasingly contested.

Japan’s greatest vulnerability lies not only in policy failures, but in its collective psychology. There are risks in pursuing reforms that lack broad social acceptance and in investing in an international order that might not endure. If political disengagement from the US were to become acceptable, long-suppressed grievances could quickly resurface.

Even today, Japan harbors a latent fear of strategic enclosure. Situated off the northeastern edge of Eurasia, the country has always depended on distant sea lanes. While fears of reduced autonomy and shrinking options are rarely stated explicitly, they are ever-present, subtly shaping national behavior.

What, then, must Japan’s leaders do? Two imperatives are clear:

First, Japan must act now to expand its strategic room for maneuver. Postponing major decisions can no longer be portrayed as preserving options; it now has the opposite effect.

Second, Japanese leaders must communicate more effectively, domestically and internationally. They must explain clearly, without moralizing, why adaptation and change are necessary to preserve autonomy and security. Change should not be framed as a rupture with the post-World War II order, but as the means by which its principles can be sustained under new conditions.

Without action, Japan will drift. Without effective communication, it will fracture. The next 12 years will not forgive dithering or confusion.

Taniguchi Tomohiko, a former special adviser to late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, is chairman of Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), a lobbying organization.

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With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from AmericasBeijing’s bet on relations with Caracas might backfire, although Donald Trump’s China policy has concessions and assertive new stances

Among the many goals of the US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3 was to send China a message: Stay away from the Americas.

For at least two decades, Beijing has sought to build influence in Latin America, not only to pursue economic opportunities, but also to gain a strategic foothold on the doorstep of its top geopolitical rival.

China’s progress — from satellite tracking stations in Argentina and a port in Peru to economic support for Venezuela — has been an irritant for successive US administrations, including that of US President Donald Trump.

Several US administration officials told Reuters that Trump’s move against Maduro was intended in part to counter China’s ambitions and Beijing’s days of leveraging debt to get cheap oil from Venezuela were “over.”

Trump made the message explicit on Friday last week, expressing discomfort with China and Russia as a “next-door neighbor,” in a meeting with oil executives.

“I told China and I told Russia: ‘We get along with you very well, we like you very much, we don’t want you there, you’re not gonna be there,’” Trump said.

Now, he will tell China that “we are open for business” and that they can “buy all the oil they want from us there or in the United States,” he added.

The success of the early-morning raid on Jan. 3, in which US commandos swept into Caracas and grabbed the Venezuelan president and his wife, was a blow to China’s interests and prestige. The air defenses that US forces quickly disabled had been supplied by China and Russia, and Trump said 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil under sanctions, much of it previously bound for Chinese ports, will now be sent to the US.

Analysts say Maduro’s capture exposed Beijing’s limited ability to exert its will in the Americas.

The attack exposed the gulf between China’s “great-power rhetoric and its real reach” in the western hemisphere, said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank.

“Beijing can protest diplomatically, but it cannot protect partners or assets once Washington decides to apply direct pressure,” Singleton said.

In a statement to Reuters, the Chinese embassy in Washington said it rejected what it called the US’ “unilateral, illegal and bullying acts.”

“China, and Latin American and Caribbean countries maintain friendly exchanges and cooperation. No matter how the situation may evolve, we will continue to be a friend and partner,” said Liu Pengyu (劉鵬宇), the embassy’s spokesman.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment, but one administration official said that “China should be concerned about their position in the Western Hemisphere,” adding that its partners in the region increasingly realize China cannot protect them.

The Trump administration’s policy toward Beijing appears contradictory, with concessions aimed at calming a trade war on one hand and more assertive US support for Taiwan on the other.

The Venezuela operation appeared to tilt US policy in a more hawkish direction.

Indeed, the timing of the US attack amplified Beijing’s embarrassment.

Just hours before being toppled, Maduro met with China’s special envoy for Latin America, Qiu Xiaoqi (邱小琪), in Caracas, his last public appearance before becoming a US captive.

The meeting, staged on camera even as US military forces were secretly poised to launch their operation, suggested that Beijing was blindsided, another US official said.

“If they knew, they wouldn’t have gone so publicly,” the second official told Reuters.

For years, Beijing poured money into Venezuela’s oil refineries and infrastructure, providing an economic lifeline after the US and its allies tightened sanctions from 2017.

Along with Russia, China has also provided funding and equipment for Venezuela’s military, including radar arrays recently billed as able to detect advanced US military aircraft. Those systems did little to impede a raid that US officials boasted had been conducted without any losses.

“Any nation around the world with Chinese defense equipment is checking their air defenses and wondering how safe they actually are from the United States,” said Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Hudson Institute think tank.

“They are also noticing how China’s diplomatic assurances to Iran and Venezuela resulted in zero meaningful protection when the US military arrived,” Sobolik said.

China is now studying what went wrong with those defenses so they can shore up their own systems, a person briefed on intelligence about Beijing’s response said.

China might soon be under pressure elsewhere in the region. It has sought to increase its influence in Cuba and the US suspects that Beijing runs an intelligence-gathering operation there.

China denies that, but last year pledged better intelligence sharing with Cuba.

In the days after the Venezuela operation, Trump said that US military intervention in Cuba, which has suffered from the loss of Venezuelan oil, was likely unnecessary because it appeared ready to fall on its own.

The Trump administration also continues to push Chinese companies away from port operations around the Panama Canal, the critical waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A US Department of State official said that the US “remains concerned” about Chinese influence near the canal, but appreciates Panama’s actions to curb this, including by exiting Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and auditing the Panama ports concession under contract to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.

While China might be on the back foot in the region, analysts caution that extended US military involvement in Venezuela or deterioration in the security situation there could open a door for Beijing to reassert itself.

Daniel Russel, a former senior State Department official now with the Washington-based Asia Society Policy Institute, said that the dramatic shift in Washington under Trump from a rule-of-law posture to a “spheres-of-influence logic focused on the western hemisphere” could play into China’s hands.

“Beijing wants Washington to accept that Asia is in China’s sphere and no doubt hopes that the US will get bogged down in Venezuela,” Russel said.


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WINNING STREAK: Pascal Siakam led the scoring as the Indiana Pacers bagged their third straight victory with an upset 98-96 win over the Boston Celtics

Luka Doncic on Monday scored 42 points, but could not prevent the Los Angeles Lakers stumbling to a third straight defeat with a 124-112 loss against the lowly Sacramento Kings.

LeBron James wore a special patch on his uniform to mark his historic 23rd season in the NBA and scored 22 points on a frustrating night for the Lakers, who made just eight three-pointers from 36 attempts.

Doncic and James were among only four Lakers players to make double figures, with Deandre Ayton finishing with 13 points and Jaxson Hayes adding 12 off the bench.

Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers, top, goes to the basket against the Sacramento Kings in their NBA game in Sacramento, California, on Monday. Photo: AFP

The Kings, one place off the bottom of the Western Conference with a 10-30 record, were led by 32 points from DeMar DeRozan, with Russell Westbrook finishing with 22 points against his former team.

“We literally couldn’t make a shot,” Lakers coach J.J. Redick said.

In other games, the Indiana Pacers bagged their third straight victory with an upset 98-96 win over the Boston Celtics in Indianapolis.

Pascal Siakam led the scoring with 21 points for the Pacers, last year’s NBA Finals runners-up who remain rooted to the foot of the Eastern Conference with a 9-31 record.

Siakam scored what turned out to be the winning basket, banking in a floating jump shot with seven seconds remaining to give the Pacers a rare home victory.

Boston’s Derrick White missed a 32-foot three-point attempt with two seconds left on the clock as the Pacers held on for the win.

In Toronto, 39-year-old Kyle Lowry was given a rousing reception as the Philadelphia 76ers romped to a 115-102 win over the Raptors.

Lowry, a beloved figure in Toronto after helping the Raptors to their lone NBA title in 2019, was given a standing ovation in the fourth quarter as the crowd saluted what was likely his final appearance in Toronto before he retires.

Lowry made a fleeting appearance for Philadelphia, playing just under two minutes as the Sixers cruised to victory thanks to 33 points from Tyrese Maxey and a 27-point contribution from Joel Embiid.

Maxey led the tributes to Lowry afterward, revealing how the veteran had helped his career since arriving in Philadelphia in 2024.

“We talk at least five times a day. It started as soon as he got here. He just told me: ‘Listen, man. I’m here for you. Whatever you need me to do, whatever you need from me, I’m here for you,’” Maxey said. “He’s been that way every single day no matter what.”

The Utah Jazz scored an upset 123-112 defeat of the Cleveland Cavaliers on the back of 32 points from Keyonte George and 28 points from Lauri Markkanen, the Mavericks mastered the Nets 113-105 and the Clippers swatted aside the Hornets 117-109.

Additional reporting by staff writer

title: Lakers humbled by lowly Kings


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Cheng Tsung-che, the only Taiwanese position player to appear in a MLB game last year, has been designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays waived Cheng and left-handed pitcher Osvaldo Bido on Monday to make room on their 40-man roster for left-hander Ken Waldichuk and utility infielder Brett Wisely, whom they acquired from the Braves in a trade.

In return, Atlanta would receive a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Cheng Tsung-che of the Pittsburgh Pirates attempts to throw out T.J. Friedl of the Cincinnati Reds at first base in their MLB game in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 11 last year. Photo: AP

The move came less than a week after Tampa Bay claimed Cheng off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates to bolster their infield depth.

Cheng, 24, could still compete for a roster spot if he clears waivers. If no other team claims him, Cheng could remain in the Rays’ organization or find a spot in the minor leagues with another organization.

Cheng was called up by the Pirates in early April last year after appearing in 11 games in Triple-A following injuries to key infielders. He went hitless in seven at-bats across three games before being optioned back to Triple-A for the remainder of the season.

In 107 Triple-A games last year, Cheng batted .207 with a .307 on-base percentage, recording one home run and 36 RBIs.

His batting average declined from .278 in 2023 to .225 in 2024 as he advanced through the upper levels of the minor leagues.

Wisely only hit .185 in the major leagues last year, but he appeared at every infield position except catcher and also logged time in the outfield, giving the Rays more versatility and experience than Cheng could have provided.

“Wisely’s ability to play all around the infield could come in handy,” an MLB report said, adding that spring training is only a month away.


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The Houston Texans on Monday produced a suffocating defensive display to muscle their way past the Pittsburgh Steelers with a 30-6 wild-card victory in the NFL playoffs.

A rampant Texans defense sacked Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers four times and scored two touchdowns from turnovers in the fourth quarter to set up a divisional-round tie with the New England Patriots on Sunday.

The 42-year-old Rodgers, who has not yet indicated whether he plans to play again next season, was given a torrid outing on what might turn out to be his final appearance in the NFL.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, right, loses possession of the ball while being tackled by Danielle Hunter of the Houston Texans in their NFL wild-card playoff game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Photo: AP

Rodgers was restricted to 17 completions from 33 attempts, finishing with just 146 passing yards.

A grim night for Rodgers saw the veteran quarterback give up a forced fumble that allowed the Texans’ Sheldon Rankins to gallop 33 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter that made it 17-6.

A 13-yard rushing touchdown by the Texans’ Woody Marks with less than four minutes remaining appeared to have completed the scoring, but there was still time for Rodgers to be picked off by Calen Bullock, who weaved his way 50 yards upfield for a touchdown to compound the Steelers’ woes.

Rodgers, who is out of contract, refused to be drawn on whether he had played his final game.

“I’m not going to make any emotional decisions,” Rodgers said. “It’s disappointing to be sitting here with the season over... I’ll just get away and then have the right conversations.”

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said his team had been unable to find a way past Houston’s defense.

“Give Houston a lot of credit — their defensive unit ruled the day,” Tomlin said. “They had a reputation for that coming into this game and they confirmed it with their performance, and that’s just how it goes. We just didn’t do enough in possession to get anything going.”

Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans saluted what he described as “one of the best defensive performances I’ve seen.”

“Against a really talented offense, a talented quarterback who’s played at a high level for a long time — I’m so proud of our defensive performance,” Ryans said. “To score two defensive touchdowns — that’s a big deal. It doesn’t happen much, so I’m proud of our guys.”

The Steelers took an early lead with a 32-yard Chris Boswell field goal, the only score of an attritional first quarter, but Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud led a 14-play, 92-yard drive in the second quarter that ended with Christian Kirk gathering a six-yard pass and scampering into the end zone to make it 7-3.

Another Boswell field goal left Pittsburgh just 7-6 down at halftime, but with the Steelers offense continuing to run into Houston’s defensive wall, the hosts failed to add to their tally as the Texans pulled away.


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Dominik Szoboszlai on Monday produced a sublime goal and a ridiculous error as Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win over third-tier Barnsley to reach the FA Cup fourth round.

The Hungary international unleashed a rocket into the top corner from long range to open the scoring at Anfield, before Jeremie Frimpong doubled the hosts’ lead, but Szoboszlai gifted the League One side a route back into the tie when he fluffed an attempted backheel inside his own penalty area and Adam Phillips gratefully smashed home.

Barnsley head coach Conor Hourihane claimed that Szoboszlai’s lax move was disrespectful and not one he would have tried in an English Premier League game.

Barnsley’s Adam Phillips, right, celebrates scoring as Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai looks dejected in their FA Cup match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was also far from happy with his midfielder, who has been the side’s outstanding performer so far in a difficult season for the English champions.

“I don’t think you should do that in a FA Cup game, or a League Cup game or in a friendly game, or in a training session. It was a weird choice,” Slot said.

“I also have my opinion about it, but I prefer to keep that to myself and speak about that with Dom,” he said.

Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitike, left, scores past Barnsley goalkeeper Murphy Cooper in their FA Cup match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Hourihane was furious his side were not awarded a penalty midway through the second half for a trip by Szoboszlai on Reyes Cleary.

Slot was forced to empty his bench of key players as Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Ibrahima Konate and Ryan Gravenberch were introduced just after the hour mark.

Liverpool labored going forward for most of the second half until their star duo of attacking substitutes clicked to clinch victory in the final six minutes and stoppage-time.

Ekitike’s deft flick found Wirtz, who curled into the top corner for his third goal in five games since breaking his duck in his 23rd appearance for the Reds.

The roles were reversed in stoppage-time as Wirtz unselfishly crossed for Ekitike to tap in.

“We scored nice goals, but I think for too long the game was tight,” Slot said. “Two-nil up then giving a goal away like that made it difficult until 10 minutes before the end.”

Liverpool’s reward is a home tie against Manchester United’s conquerors Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round.


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NONCOMMITTAL:  South Korea’s president said the world could only wait for China and Japan to resolve matters amicably through dialogue to secure regional peace

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday called on South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to help “ensure regional stability,” as Beijing pressures Tokyo over its stance on Taiwan.

The two leaders met in Takaichi’s picturesque home region of Nara in western Japan, days after Lee visited Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing.

They agreed to strengthen cooperation on economic security, regional and global issues, as well as artificial intelligence, South Korea’s presidential office said.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung during their joint news conference in Nara, Japan, yesterday. Photo: AFP

Looming in the background of the meeting was Japan’s heated diplomatic spat with China, triggered by Takaichi’s suggestion in November that Tokyo could intervene militarily if China attacks Taiwan.

China reacted angrily, blocking exports to Japan of “dual-use” items with potential military applications, fuelling worries in Japan that Beijing could choke supplies of much-needed rare earths.

Takaichi said she told Lee that “while advancing Japan-South Korea relations, both countries should cooperate to ensure regional stability and fulfill their respective roles.”

“As the environment surrounding both of our countries becomes ever more severe, our bilateral relations, as well as the cooperation among Japan, South Korea and the United States, are assuming greater importance,” she later told a news conference.

At the beginning of his meeting with Takaichi, Lee said that cooperation between the two US allies “is more important than ever.”

“In this increasingly complex situation and within this rapidly changing international order, we must continue to make progress toward a better future,” Lee added.

They agreed to continue their “shuttle diplomacy” of regular meetings, Takaichi said, as well as work toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea.

Lee and Takaichi, who both took office last year, last met in October on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea.

It is Lee’s second visit to Japan since August, when he met Takaichi’s predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba.

The two were to have dinner last night, before visiting one of Japan’s oldest temples in Nara today.

“Behind closed doors, the leaders will certainly discuss the current Japan-China crisis, as Beijing’s retaliatory measures, including export controls, will have an impact on [South] Korea as well,” said Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, an East Asian geopolitics expert at Temple University’s Tokyo campus, with the supply chains of the three nations deeply intertwined.

Lee said in an interview with Japanese public broadcaster NHK that aired on Monday that it was not his place to “intervene or get involved” in the Japan-China row.

“From the standpoint of peace and stability in Northeast Asia, confrontation between China and Japan is undesirable,” he said. “We can only wait for China and Japan to resolve matters amicably through dialogue.”

Hardy-Chartrand said he believed “the South Korean government felt that it was necessary for President Lee to visit Japan not too long after going to China, in order to demonstrate that Seoul is not favoring one side over the other.”

Lee and Takaichi were also expected to discuss their relations with Washington, as US President Donald Trump’s unpredictability “has put in doubt old certainties and highlighted the importance of strengthening their ties,” he said.

On the bilateral front, bitter memories of Japan’s brutal occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945 have cast a long shadow over Tokyo-Seoul ties.

Lee’s conservative predecessor, Yoon Suk-yeol, who declared martial law in December 2024 and was removed from office, had sought to improve relations with Japan.

Lee is also relatively more dovish toward North Korea than was Yoon, and has said that South Korea and Japan are like “neighbors sharing a front yard.”

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OPPOSITION:  US lawmakers and the Treasury chief voiced their disapproval, while global central bank officials are working on a statement in support of the Fed chair

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro did not seek sign-off from her bosses at the US Department of Justice before subpoenaing the US Federal Reserve and has no plans to back down from an investigation into Chairman Jerome Powell, a person familiar with the matter said.

The probe elicited objections from lawmakers and comments from US President Donald Trump that suggest he was trying to distance himself from the issue.

Nonetheless, Pirro, a former Fox News host who was confirmed as US attorney five months ago, plans to forge ahead, said the person, who asked not to be identified publicly discussing the sensitive situation.

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro arrives to attend a New Year’s Eve party with US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 31. Photo: Reuters

Investors are doubtful of her success. While US assets initially sold off on news of the investigation in early trading on Monday, stocks and bonds bounced back by the end of the day.

That suggests traders think Republicans would find ways to dial back the probe given the critical importance investors assign to a Fed that is free from political influence.

US Senator Thom Tillis, a key Republican member on the Banking Committee who is not running for re-election, vowed to oppose any Trump nominees to the Fed until the matter is resolved.

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that the threat of a legal battle with the Fed could make confirming future nominees “challenging.”

Axios reported that US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent warned Trump that the investigation had created a mess and could be bad for financial markets.

Trump, meanwhile, told NBC News on Sunday that “I don’t know anything about” the probe into Powell.

All that points to major obstacles in the offing for Pirro.

US Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the effort to investigate the Fed, Bloomberg News has reported.

Pulte on Monday he did not know anything about the subpoenas.

Pirro’s office declined to comment. A representative for Attorney General Pam Bondi also declined to comment.

The examination is tied to Powell’s June congressional testimony on renovations of the Fed’s headquarters. However, on Sunday, the Fed chair said it was really intended to pressure policymakers who refused to go along with Trump’s very public insistence that interest rates should be lower to support the housing market and economy.

In a post on X on Monday night, Pirro said her office had “contacted the Federal Reserve on multiple occasions to discuss cost overruns and the chairman’s congressional testimony, but were ignored, necessitating the use of legal process — which is not a threat.”

“The word ‘indictment’ has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach,” she added.

The Fed did not immediately respond to a request for comment on her post.

In related news, global central bank officials are working on a statement to show solidarity with Powell, a person familiar with the matter.

The joint statement is expected to be issued under the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) banner and would be open for all central banks to sign, said the person, who asked not to be identified.

The statement could come as early as yesterday, as monetary chiefs take time to sort the language due to time-zone differences, the person said.

The BIS did not have an immediate comment when contacted by Bloomberg.

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title: Protesters, US agents square off in Minnesota

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Days of demonstrations against immigration agents left Minnesota tense yesterday, a day after federal authorities used tear gas to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists, and state and local leaders sued to fight the enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman.

Confrontations between federal agents and protesters stretched throughout the day and across multiple cities on Monday. Agents fired tear gas in Minneapolis, as a crowd gathered around immigration officers questioning a man, while to the northwest in St Cloud hundreds of people protested outside a strip of Somali-run businesses after Immigration and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived.

Later that night confrontations erupted between protesters and officers guarding the federal building being used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown.

US Border Patrol agents deploy tear gas as they clash with residents in a residential neighborhood after a minor traffic accident on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: AFP

With the US Department of Homeland Security pledging to send more than 2,000 immigration officers into Minnesota in what ICE has called its largest enforcement operation ever, the state, joined by Minneapolis and St Paul, on Monday sued US President Donald Trump’s administration to try to halt or limit the surge.

The suit filed says homeland security is violating the First Amendment and other constitutional protections. It accuses the Republican Trump administration of violating free speech rights by focusing on a progressive state that favors Democrats and welcomes immigrants.

“This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and it must stop,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference.

Homeland security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the state since December.

The days after Renee Good was shot in the head by an ICE officer while behind the wheel of her SUV have seen dozens of protests or vigils across the US to honor the 37-year-old mother of three and to passionately criticize the Trump administration’s tactics.

In response to Monday’s lawsuit, homeland security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin accused Minnesota officials of ignoring public safety.

“President Trump’s job is to protect the American people and enforce the law — no matter who your mayor, governor, or state attorney general is,” McLaughlin said.

The Trump administration has repeatedly defended the immigration agent who shot Good, saying she and her vehicle presented a threat. However, that explanation has been widely panned by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and others based on videos of the confrontation.

The government also faces a new lawsuit over a similar immigration crackdown in Illinois. More than 4,300 people were arrested last year in “Operation Midway Blitz” as masked agents swept the Chicago area. The lawsuit by the city and state says the campaign had a chilling effect, making residents afraid to leave home.

The lawsuit seeks restrictions on certain tactics, among other remedies. McLaughlin called it “baseless.”

Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon, federal authorities filed charges against a Venezuelan national who was one of two people shot there by US Border Patrol on Thursday.

The US Department of Justice said the man used his pickup truck to strike a Border Patrol vehicle and escape the scene with a woman.

They were shot and eventually arrested. Their wounds were not life-threatening.

The FBI said there was no video of the incident, unlike the Good shooting.


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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday said that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok would join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the developing technology.

“Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department,” Hegseth said in a speech at Musk’s space flight company, SpaceX, in south Texas.

The announcement comes just days after Grok — which is embedded into X, the social media network owned by Musk — drew global outcry and scrutiny for generating highly sexualized deepfake images of people without their consent.

Julie Yukari, a musician based in Rio de Janeiro, holds a phone showing a picture of her during an interview, after she discovered that the Grok chatbot had generated nearly nude images of her when users requested edits to a photo she posted, in Rio Claro, Brazil, on Jan. 3. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked Grok, while the UK’s independent online safety watchdog on Monday announced an investigation. Grok has limited image generation and editing to paying users.

Hegseth said Grok would go live inside the US Department of Defense later this month and announced that he would “make all appropriate data” from the military’s IT systems available for “AI exploitation.”

He also said data from intelligence databases would be fed into AI systems.

Hegseth’s aggressive push to embrace the still-developing technology stands in contrast to the administration of former US president Joe Biden, which, while pushing federal agencies to come up with policies and uses for AI, was also wary of misuse. Officials said rules were needed to ensure that the technology, which could be harnessed for mass surveillance, cyberattacks or even lethal autonomous devices, was being used responsibly.

During his speech, Hegseth spoke of the need to streamline and speed up technological innovations within the military, saying: “We need innovation to come from anywhere and evolve with speed and purpose.”

He added that the Pentagon possesses “combat-proven operational data from two decades of military and intelligence operations.”

“AI is only as good as the data that it receives, and we’re going to make sure that it’s there,” he said.

The defense secretary said he wanted AI systems within the Pentagon to be responsible, but added that he was shrugging off any AI models “that won’t allow you to fight wars.”

Hegseth said his vision for military AI systems means that they operate “without ideological constraints that limit lawful military applications,” before adding that the Pentagon’s “AI will not be woke.”

Musk developed and pitched Grok as an alternative to what he called “woke AI” interactions from rival chatbots such as Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In July, Grok also caused controversy after it appeared to make anti-Semitic comments that praised Adolf Hitler and shared several anti-Semitic posts.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to questions about the issues with Grok.

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Should foreign tourists pay more for state-funded galleries than locals, or should art be accessible to all, without discrimination?

France is hiking prices for non-Europeans at the Louvre this week, provoking debate about so-called “dual pricing.”

Effective today, any adult visitor from outside the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay 32 euros (US$37) to enter the Louvre — a 45 percent increase — while the Palace of Versailles will up its prices by 3 euros.

Tourists stand next to barriers blocking the plaza with the Louvre Pyramid, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, as the Louvre Museum is closed due a strike in Paris on Monday. Photo: AFP

Americans, UK citizens and Chinese nationals, who are some of the museum’s most numerous foreign visitors, will be among those affected, as will tourists from developing countries.

The French move has few precedents elsewhere in Europe, but is more common in developing countries, where tariffs at sites such as Machu Picchu in Peru or the Taj Mahal in India vary.

Trade unions at the Louvre have denounced the policy as “shocking philosophically, socially and on a human level,” and have called for strike action over the change, along with a raft of other complaints.

They said that the museum’s vast collection of 500,000 items, including many from Egypt, the Middle East or Africa, hold universal human value.

While rejecting discriminatory pricing on principle, they are also worried for practical reasons, as staff will now need to check visitors’ identity papers.

French academic Patrick Poncet has drawn a parallel between France’s move and the policies of US President Donald Trump, whose administration hiked the cost for foreign tourists of visiting US National Parks by US$100 on Jan. 1.

The French policy was “symptomatic of the return, as elsewhere in the world, of unabashed nationalism,” Poncet wrote in Le Monde newspaper last month.

Other state-owned French tourist hotspots are also hiking their fees, including the Chambord Palace in the Loire region and the national opera house in Paris.

The government has justified the increases on financial grounds, looking to raise 20 million to 30 million euros annually at a time when it is under pressure to boost revenues and cut spending.

Some of the funds would go toward a colossal plan to renovate the Louvre, which French President Emmanuel Macron announced last year.

Estimated to cost about 1 billion euros, unions and some art critics have called the project wasteful.

However, everyone agrees the Louvre is in poor shape, with a recent water leak, structural problems and an embarrassing daylight robbery in October focusing minds.

“I want visitors from outside the EU to pay more for their entry tickets and for that surcharge to go toward funding the renovation of our national heritage,” French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati said at the end of 2024 as she announced the hikes.

“The French are not meant to pay for everything all by themselves,” she added.

It remains to be seen whether the break with European convention by the continent’s most-visited country will spur other cultural destinations to follow suit.

Pricing based on age is commonplace in Europe, with access for under-18s free at places such as the Acropolis in Athens, the Prado in Madrid and the Colosseum in Rome to encourage them to visit.

The Louvre will remain free for minors from all countries and Europeans under 26.

Other destinations, such as the Doge’s Palace in Venice, offer free entrance for city residents.

Britain has long had a policy of offering universal free access to permanent collections at its national galleries and museums.

However, former British Museum director Mark Jones backed fee-paying in one of his last interviews in charge, telling the <>> newspaper in 2024 that “it would make sense for us to charge overseas visitors for admission.”

The proposal prompted debate, but has not been adopted. A research paper published last year by the Cultural Policy Unit, a British museum think tank, opposed it for both practical and philosophical reasons. It would reduce entries, lengthen queue times and overturn a centuries-old policy, the report concluded.

“Britain holds its national collections for the world — not just its own residents,” it said.

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KOREAS

Kim revamps security: Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has replaced three top officials in charge of his personal security, the South Korean Ministry of Unification said yesterday, a sign that he might increasingly fear assassination plots. The reshuffle was spotted during a military parade in October, the ministry said. The changes at the Bodyguard Command in particular, which handles security measures against drone or electronic attacks, could be linked to Kim’s decision to send troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine, Korea Institute for National Unification analyst Hong Min said. “He could have judged there could be an assassination attempt against him involving Ukrainians amid heightened international spotlight due to the deployment,” he added. Seoul’s spy agency previously said Kim had upgraded the level of security around him due to the risk of attempts on his life. Kim’s office sought to obtain equipment capable of jamming communications and drone detection gear in response, the agency said.

HONDURAS

Vote recount rejected

Electoral authorities on Monday rejected an order by outgoing President Xiomara Castro to recount November’s election results. Nasry Asfura, a conservative businessman, was declared the winner of the presidential election on Dec. 24, weeks after a tight race marred by delays and allegations of fraud. Castro, who finishes her term on Jan. 27, last week called for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, saying his public backing of Asfura “negatively influenced” the election and demanded a vote recount. The head of the National Electoral Council said in a statement on X that the recount decree was “unconstitutional and illegal,” adding that it attempted to “usurp” the electoral body’s independence. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Asfura in Washington on Monday where they discussed “the importance of combating transnational crime, strengthening regional security, attracting new investment opportunities, and ending illegal immigration,” the state department said.

AUSTRALIA

Writers’ festival boss quits

The director of a leading Australian writers’ festival yesterday resigned in protest after the board canceled an appearance by a Palestinian-Australian author. Scores of participants, including former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, have boycotted the Adelaide Festival over a decision to exclude Randa Abdel-Fattah. Writers’ Week director Louise Adler joined the exodus, blaming the “extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists.” “The arts have allegedly become ‘unsafe’ and artists are a danger to the community’s psycho-social wellbeing,” she wrote in an open letter published by the Guardian newspaper. “But let’s be clear, the routine invocation of ‘safety’ is code for ‘I don’t want to hear your opinion’... In this instance, it appears to apply only to a Palestinian invitee.” Adler said the board had made the decision despite her “strongest opposition.” Abdel-Fattah has faced criticism over some statements, including a post on X in October 2024 saying: “The goal is decolonisation and the end of this murderous Zionist colony.” The festival board said it was “shocked and saddened” by the Dec. 14 mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, which killed 15 people, and its decision to exclude Abdel-Fattah was not taken lightly. But the shunned author and academic said in a statement that it was a “blatant and shameless act of anti-Palestinian racism.... a despicable attempt to associate me with the Bondi massacre.”


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Environmental Impact Assessment: Assessing the environmental efforts of local governmentsA recent report by an environmental NGO grades Taiwan’s municipalities on achieving net zero — at least those who were willing to participate

The central government sets the nation’s environmental strategy and directs the push for net zero. It proposes laws and decides how most tax dollars are spent. The country’s local governments aren’t powerless, however. They draft local ordinances, assign manpower to carry out inspections, and — a recently-published assessment of environmental governance at the city/county level makes clear — have their own priorities.

On Dec. 24, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union (TEPU, 台灣環境保護聯盟) released its latest Municipal and County Government Sustainable Governance Evaluation Report. After analyzing 99 metrics, the NGO declared that the environment-related policies and implementation of Kaohsiung City, Tainan City and Pingtung County were “excellent,” while those of Changhua County, Chiayi County, Hsinchu City, Hualien County, Kinmen County, Miaoli County and Yunlin County were “good.”

Referring to the local elections scheduled for later this year, TEPU’s leaders expressed a hope that citizens “will use the results of this report as a reference when voting” — especially as 12 of the country’s 22 subnational divisions didn’t respond to TEPU’s request for data. During the press conference at which it unveiled its ratings, the NGO pointed out that the non-participating cities and counties are in most cases governed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and said their failure “demonstrates arrogance and a regressive attitude toward ‘open government’ and ‘citizen participation.’”

Protecting waterways from pollution is one of the responsibilities of local governments, but the budget and manpower assigned varies greatly from one place to the next. Photo: Steven Crook

Taipei and New Taipei joined the annual survey between its launch in 2016 and 2021. New Taipei maintained an “excellent” status until 2020, while Taipei reached that same tier in 2017 after an initial “good” rating. However, in 2021 — the only year in which all of Taiwan’s cities and counties took part — both metropolises slipped to “good,” trailing four other local governments. Since that downgrade, neither the capital nor the

municipality which surrounds it have engaged with TEPU’s assessment process, suggesting those in charge are more interested in winning accolades than identifying areas where they might improve.

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The full report, which can be downloaded from TEPU’s Web site, features 40 bar charts, and several of them contain surprises.

According to chart no. 10, eight of the 10 local governments reported roughly similar per capita amounts of garbage for 2024, from 1.27kg per day in Yunlin County to 1.7kg in Hsinchu City. For Kinmen County, however, the daily average was 0.579kg. For Changhua County it was even lower, just 0.538kg.

Kinmen doesn’t have much industry, but in terms of economic profile, Changhua isn’t very different from its neighbors. TEPU’s report doesn’t comment on this startling statistic, which on the face of it suggests the latter county may have a problem tallying the amount of waste that’s being generated, or that huge quantities (given its population of 1.21 million, perhaps over 300,000 metric tons per year) are being disposed of unofficially, informally and/or illegally.

Local policies seem to explain at least part of the disparity. In July 2024, the Changhua County Government implemented some of the country’s strictest trash-processing rules. Sanitation workers are now encouraged to open garbage bags before they’re tossed into the compactor truck; if they find recyclables or kitchen waste, they reject the entire bag. Trucks arriving at incinerators are also inspected, and if they contain more than a handful of recyclable items, the whole truckload must be returned to the township it came from. The trouble this causes for township-level sanitation teams seems to be a more effective deterrent than the financial penalties other cities and counties impose on townships or districts that fail to keep recyclables out of the household waste stream.

In a press release published on the ministry’s Web site (Sept. 3, 2024), the Ministry of Environment asked local environmental protection bureaus to “learn from the successful experience of Changhua County, strengthen the promotion of mandatory waste sorting and the enforcement of bag-breaking inspections, in order to reawaken the public’s environmental awareness.”

Public transportation usage rose in nine of the subdivisions, but dropped by a stunning 49.37 percent in Hualien (chart no. 32). This is likely because far fewer tourists visited the county after the April 3,


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Owls have long fascinated people with their distinctive appearance and mysterious habits. These nocturnal birds possess large, round eyes and a flat facial disc. Their feathers come in shades of brown, gray, or white, helping them blend easily into the darkness.

The most remarkable trait of owls is that they can turn their heads without damaging blood vessels. Contrary to popular belief, they can only rotate their heads up to 270 degrees, not 360 degrees. Owls have 14 cervical vertebrae, which is twice as many as humans. This special physical structure compensates for their inability to move their eyes within their sockets. The flexibility of their neck also allows them to scan their surroundings without moving their bodies.

Perfectly adapted for night life, owls rely on their exceptional night vision. Their enormous eyes contain a high number of light-sensitive cells, allowing them to detect the slightest movement of prey. Even more impressive is owls’ ability to fly in complete silence. Thanks to specialized feathers that minimize noise caused by air friction, owls can sneak up on their prey.

Owls carry profound symbolic meaning in many cultures. In Greek mythology, they are associated with Athena, the goddess of wisdom, which contributed to the expression “as wise as an owl.” In Japan, owls are often viewed as symbols of good fortune and protection, partly because the Japanese word for owl, fukuro, sounds similar to phrases meaning “no hardship” or “luck on the way.”

Owls appear in many books and films; one noted example is Hedwig from the Harry Potter series. If you ever encounter one, take a moment to appreciate this extraordinary creature.

貓頭鷹長久以來以其獨特的外表和神秘的習性吸引著人們。這些夜行性鳥類擁有大而圓的眼睛和扁平的臉盤。牠們的羽毛呈現棕色、灰色或白色的色調，幫助牠們輕易融入黑暗中。

貓頭鷹最顯著的特徵是牠們可以轉動頭部而不傷及血管。與普遍的認知不同，牠們最多只能將頭部旋轉270 度，而非 360 度。貓頭鷹有 14 節頸椎，是人類的兩倍。這種特殊的身體構造補償了牠們眼球無法在眼窩內轉動的能力。頸部的靈活度也讓牠們能夠在不移動身體的情況下掃視周圍環境。

完美適應夜生活的貓頭鷹依靠牠們卓越的夜視能力。牠們巨大的眼睛含有大量感光細胞，讓牠們能夠偵測到獵物最細微的動作。更令人印象深刻的是，貓頭鷹能在完全無聲的情況下飛行。由於特殊的羽毛能將空氣摩擦造成的噪音降到最低，貓頭鷹可以悄悄接近牠們的獵物。

貓頭鷹在許多文化中具有深刻的象徵意義。在希臘神話中，牠們與智慧女神雅典娜有關，這造就了「像貓頭鷹一樣睿智」的說法。在日本，貓頭鷹常被視為好運和保護的象徵，部分原因是日文中貓頭鷹的單字 fukuro 聽起來類似「不苦勞」或「福來郎」的詞語。

貓頭鷹出現在許多書籍和電影中；一個著名例子是《哈利波特》系列裡的嘿美。如果你遇到一隻貓頭鷹，花一點時間欣賞這隻非凡的生物。

MORE INFORMATION

nocturnal adj. 夜間活動的

rotate v. 旋轉；轉動

cervical vertebrae n. 頸椎

inability n. 不能；無法

socket n. (人體的)窩；槽；臼

friction n. 摩擦；摩擦力

Greek mythology 希臘神話

partly adv. 部分地；不完全地

KEY VOCABULARY

1. mysterious adj. 神祕的；不可思議的

Scientists are still trying to understand the mysterious behavior of deep-sea creatures.

科學家仍在努力研究深海生物的神祕行為。

2. facial adj. 臉的；面部的

Gina’s facial expression changed instantly when she heard the unexpected news.

當吉娜聽到那則意外的消息時，臉部表情立刻變了。

3. vessel n. 血管

Narrowed blood vessels might lead to serious health issues, such as strokes or heart attacks.

血管狹窄可能導致中風或心臟病等嚴重的健康問題。

4. contrary adj. 相反的；對立的

Carol’s calm attitude was contrary to the panic shown by the rest of the group.

卡蘿冷靜的態度與團體中其他人的驚慌失措形成對比。

5. flexibility n. 靈活性

The flexibility of online learning makes it easier for students to study at their own pace.

線上學習的靈活性讓學生能依自己的步調進行學習。

6. slight adj. 輕微的；微小的

Even a slight misunderstanding can lead to conflict if not addressed properly.

即使是輕微的誤會，若處理不當也可能引發衝突。

7. sneak vi. 偷偷地走；潛行 sneak up on 悄悄接近

The photographer tried to sneak up on the wild deer to get a close-up shot.

攝影師試圖悄悄接近野鹿以拍下特寫鏡頭。

8. be associated with 和……有關聯

This symbol is commonly associated with peace and unity in many cultures.

這個符號在許多文化中通常與和平和團結有關。

9. series n. 系列（節目）

Jeff recently started watching a crime drama series that has really interesting plot twists. 傑夫最近開始追一部犯罪影集，劇情轉折非常精彩。

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軍聞社／記者王進福臺北13日電

《奮鬥》月刊創刊70週年特展今（13）日上午於國防部文化營區舉行開幕活動，政戰局副局長張少將親臨主持，邀集歷任主編、編輯前輩與各界貴賓共襄盛舉，回顧《奮鬥》70年來陪伴國軍、見證政戰工作的歷史軌跡，彰顯該刊物在官兵心靈教育與政策宣導上的重要角色。

張副局長致詞時表示，《奮鬥》自創刊以來，歷經不同時代變遷，從黑白印刷到數位時代，始終扮演官兵精神支柱與溝通的重要平臺。

張副局長指出，《奮鬥》或許只是官兵每月手中的一本刊物，卻一次又一次見證國軍官兵的努力與成長，內容橫跨政策宣導、心輔關懷與家庭層面，展現「面面俱到」的價值。他也強調，今日能在創刊70週年的重要時刻，與歷任前輩及現職同仁共同回顧這段歷史，深感榮幸，並期許《奮鬥》持續傳承、精進，邁向下一個嶄新里程碑。

《奮鬥》前主編唐健風亦應邀致詞，回顧自己在出版社服務20餘年的時光，接受扎實且完整的專業培訓，練就出全能型編輯的硬底功夫，且一代又一代傳承，也讓《奮鬥》月刊成為官兵「非看不可」的重要刊物。

唐前主編指出，《奮鬥》陪伴無數官兵走過軍旅歲月，不僅是教材，更是一份情感連結與精神象徵，能在創刊70週年之際，與各界共同回顧這段歷史，感到格外欣慰。

隨後，由軍友保險公司副總經理師嘉宏頒發慰問金，展現對國軍與政戰工作的支持。現場並舉行剪綵與合影，為特展揭開序幕。活動結束後，貴賓在工作人員引導下參觀特展，期盼藉由特展讓更多官兵與民眾瞭解《奮鬥》70年來的發展脈絡與精神內涵，為國軍注入穩定而堅實的力量。

title: 男人一定都看過的月刊！　《奮鬥》迎接創刊70週年


title: 港澳人士圖文徵選活動頒獎　邱垂正：豐富台灣社會面貌

countries: 台灣 澳門

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▲陸委會主委邱垂正。（圖／記者蔡紹堅攝）

記者蔡紹堅／台北報導

財團法人台港經濟文化策進會與大陸委員會13日在西門紅樓舉辦2025第五屆｢港覺濠台IG圖文徵選活動｣頒獎典禮及歷屆作品展。本屆吸引近460件作品參賽，創下歷年新高，最終由來自澳門的林明朗以《我在通宵的一個通宵》獲得首獎及獎金五萬元。

策進會指出，「港覺濠台IG圖文徵選活動」舉辦五年以來，每屆投稿均相當踴躍，獲得許多港澳人士的關注及支持。今年以「鏡頭下的台灣時光」為題，希望讓港澳朋友以影像與文字，記錄對台灣的觀察、感受與文化交流經驗，分享給社會大眾。

▼策進會董事長賴秀如。（圖／記者蔡紹堅攝）

陸委會邱垂正主委出席頒獎典禮並頒發首獎，他提到，從2019年反送中運動以來，看到好多港人到台灣來移居，從他們的作品中，可以看到他們的精神狀態或是心理感受、生命經驗，在2021年時，通常是充滿了鄉愁迷惑、探索適應，乃至於徬徨不確定，但是這兩年，可以看到他們的作品所呈現的生命狀態，有一種看到希望願景、看到感恩、看到重生甚至回饋及惜福。

邱垂正指出，近年來台的港澳朋友在學術、藝術、文化、科技及社會服務等各領域持續為台灣社會貢獻心力，他們的多元參與與努力不僅豐富了台灣社會的面貌，也為這片土地帶來了新的能量與視野，這些作品就是真正走入社區、融入社會、參與在地生活的鮮明紀錄。

邱垂正也強調，政府歡迎港澳朋友來台發展，陸委會和策進會將不斷精進政策與服務作為，協助在台港澳朋友安心生活，發揮所長。

▼來自澳門的林明朗以「我在通宵的一個通宵」獲得首獎。（圖／策進會提供）


title: 大陸App「死了麼」挨轟不吉利！團隊公告要改名了

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▲死了麼團隊宣布要改名。（圖／翻攝微博）

記者柯振中／綜合報導

中國大陸蘋果App Store近日出現一款名為「死了麼」的App衝上排行榜第一名，引發高度關注與爭議。部分網友認為名稱過於不吉利，因而在網路上引發爭議。對此，該團隊回應，App將在即將推出的新版本中更名為Demumu。

獨居安全設計

「死了麼」App使用前須先設定緊急聯絡人，用戶每日需於App內完成簽到，若連續多日未簽到，系統將於次日自動寄送電子郵件通知緊急聯絡人，以提醒留意使用者狀況。

▲死了麼團隊宣布要改名。（圖／翻攝微博）

此外，用戶也可綁定智慧手環，若裝置偵測到無脈搏狀態，系統將即刻啟動所謂的「一鍵收屍功能」，並可進一步選擇靈車司機與下葬音樂。相關功能雖以安全守護為出發點，但設計內容仍引發部分網友心理層面的不適感。

命名引發爭議

不少網友指出，「死了麼」名稱過於直接，容易造成負面聯想，建議改為更具人文關懷意味的名稱，例如「活著麼」。對此，開發團隊成員呂姓男子受訪時表示，團隊僅有三人，且年紀均不大，平時各自有正職工作，透過遠端協作方式進行開發。

呂姓男子說，早在兩、三年前，團隊便在社交平台上注意到獨居安全相關需求，也曾討論「每個人都一定會下載的App會是什麼」，其中「死了麼」的構想討論度相當高，團隊認為具備實際需求與社會意義，註冊名稱成功後，約花一個月完成開發。

更名走向國際

目前「死了麼」僅於中國大陸iOS平台上架，定價為8元人民幣。針對外界議論，開發團隊13日回應指出，經審慎評估，App將於即將推出的新版本中，正式啟用全球化品牌名稱「Demumu」。

團隊表示，在獲得BBC報導後，服務於海外市場出現明顯成長，未來將持續秉持安全守護初衷，將源自中國的獨居守護方案推向國際，服務更多海外使用者。


countries: 台灣 中國 日本

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我們想讓你知道…遺囑制度的完善，終究不是為了處理死亡，而是為了保護仍在世的人，避免其應繼承財產受到不法侵害。

▲未來除了持續推廣生前「預立遺囑」的觀念外，更有必要從制度面著手，思考如何讓遺囑真正發揮其安定人心的功能。（圖／CFP）

●李永然、曾春僑／中華人權協會名譽理事長、永然法律基金會顧問

在現今台灣社會中，過世者留下的遺產，往往因未妥善規劃，不僅無法成為家族凝聚的力量，反而成為撕裂親情，引發紛爭的導火線，甚至有些人的遺產還成為詐騙集團覬覦的目標。

究其原因，許多與當事人生前未能及早對往生後的財產進行妥善規劃與清楚分配有關，使得往生後留下的遺產在法律與事實之間出現灰色地帶，致生紛爭，或讓不法之徒有了可乘之機。

生前避諱死亡 往生後留下更大風險

從過往工作經驗觀察，無論是第一線的現場處理，或是後續涉及登記、分配與移轉等繁複程序，普遍可見台灣社會大眾對「死亡」仍存有高度忌諱。然而，「死亡」本就是人生無可迴避的一站，若能將其正面看待，視為一段人生旅程的終點，反而更能提前做好安排，避免留下難以彌補的遺憾。

未來除了持續推廣生前「預立遺囑」的觀念外，更有必要從制度面著手，思考如何讓遺囑真正發揮其安定人心的功能。

日本由政府機關 保管遺囑制度

日本因發現自筆遺囑（自筆證書遺言）長期以來，在實務上頻繁出現遺失、遭隱匿或竄改，甚至形式不符法定要件而被判無效等問題，於是在2018年啟動修法，並於2020年7月正式施行「遺囑保管制度」，由法務省設立官方遺囑保管機制，藉由國家力量提升遺囑的安全性與可執行性。

依日本現行制度，立遺囑人須親自將自筆遺囑送交法務局遺囑保管所保管，不得委由他人代辦。法務局遺囑保管所負責遺囑的保存、登錄與建置死後通知機制，並採取形式審查方式，僅確認是否為本人親筆書寫、是否符合法定形式要件，而不介入財產分配是否公平的實質判斷。

此舉雖未解決所有爭議，但透過國家保存與電子化管理，已大幅降低遺囑遭竄改、遺失或偽造的風險。

兼顧彈性與安全的實務運作

在實務上，遺囑中的財產目錄雖可使用電腦列印，但仍須逐頁由立遺囑人簽名確認，確保內容真實性。立遺囑人於生前也可隨時撤回、變更或另立新遺囑，制度並未限制其處分自由。

而在立遺囑人過世後，繼承人可向法務局查詢是否有「遺囑保管紀錄」；若生前曾指定通知對象，法務局也會主動通知，避免遺囑淪為「存在卻無人知曉」的文件。

台灣本土化運作改進建議

當然，日本的遺囑保管制度並非萬靈丹。由於僅進行形式審查，當遺囑內容涉及複雜財產結構，或出現分配明顯失衡的情形，日後仍可能引發訴訟。

因此，若我國欲引進類似制度，或可在國家統一保管的基礎上，結合律師或公證人協助進行實質審查，兼顧專業把關與制度穩定性，同時避免私人事務所因停業、歇業所衍生的保管風險。

制度到位 不讓投機者有可乘之機

一旦台灣國內建立完善的遺囑保管與通知制度，並透過跨機關資料鏈結，在完成除戶登記後，即由國家主動通知遺囑中所指定之人，不僅能確保遺囑及時被啟動，也能有效防止遺產在資訊空窗期內遭不法人士盜賣、侵占或轉移。

遺囑制度的完善，終究不是為了處理死亡，而是為了保護仍在世的人，避免其應繼承財產受到不法侵害。

▼一旦台灣國內建立完善的遺囑保管與通知制度，並透過跨機關資料鏈結，在完成除戶登記後，即由國家主動通知遺囑中所指定之人，不僅能確保遺囑及時被啟動，也能有效防止遺產在資訊空窗期內遭不法人士盜賣、侵占或轉移。（圖／視覺中國CFP）

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title: 從預立遺囑到政府機關保管　減少遺產爭議及歹徒覬覦


title: 金雕駿馬躍上月相錶　日夜畫面各有驚喜

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▲Arnold & Son推出Perpetual Moon 41.5 Red Gold Year of the Horse馬年錶限量8只，約2,450,000元（價格依匯率變動）。（圖／Arnold & Son提供，以下同）

記者陳雅韻／台北報導

充滿藝術美感的馬年錶陸續亮相，Arnold & Son發表全球限量8只的Perpetual Moon 41.5 Red Gold「Year of the Horse」馬年錶，面盤構圖猶如一幅立體夜景畫卷。在層疊山巒之巔，一匹手工雕刻的18K玫瑰金駿馬昂首揚蹄，矗立於繁星點綴的夜空之下，周身環繞象徵火元素的熾熱光芒，黑色砂金石背景宛如深邃宇宙，星辰、遠山與暮色中的林間小徑，皆以微型彩繪細膩呈現，而夜晚畫面也有驚喜，駿馬周圍燃起飛濺的火光，月盤之上仙后座與大熊座星象悄然浮現。

▲暗夜中Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon 41.5 Red Gold Year of the Horse馬年錶手工繪製的金色微塵如同火星般閃耀。

Perpetual Moon 41.5 Red Gold「Year of the Horse」不僅止於視覺藝術，更承載品牌引以為傲的A&S1512手動上鍊機芯，錶背設有第二月相顯示，使調校操作更為直覺便利，此月相系統在持續上鍊的情況下，需歷經 122 年才會累積一天誤差，且提供長達90小時的動力儲存。

▲Arnold & Son於A&S1512 手動上鍊機芯錶背配置了第二月相顯示。

Oris也為農曆新年推出限量88只的Big Crown馬年限量錶，整體設計從色彩到材質皆呼應火馬主題。面盤以層次豐富的暗紅色調呈現內斂卻熾熱的視覺效果，小錶盤點綴如火焰般的漸層色彩，柔軟的Cordovan 馬臀皮革錶帶，其溫潤棕色不僅呼應主題，內部搭載Oris代表性的10日動力儲存Calibre 113機芯，特別為動力儲存指示上加入設計巧思，以奔馳與休憩的馬匹圖案，分別象徵滿鍊與待上鍊狀態，成為此限量作品專屬的細節標誌。

▲Oris Artelier馬年生肖腕錶限量88只，238,000元。（圖／Oris提供）


countries: 美國 中國 台灣

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▲傳台積電加碼投資換降關稅。圖為台積電位於亞利桑那州鳳凰城的晶圓廠。（圖／路透）

記者閔文昱／綜合報導

外媒《紐約時報》12日引述知情人士報導指出，台美貿易協議已接近完成階段，美國對台進口關稅可望由20%降至15%，交換條件之一，則是台積電須在美國亞利桑那州再加碼投資，至少興建5座半導體廠，消息曝光後引發產業界與政經圈高度關注。對此，商業發展研究院董事長許添財認為，應該把赴美投資當成機會，而不是被迫。

許添財：台灣「有價值又友善」才被歡迎

許添財今（13）日受訪表示，外界不應將產業赴美投資視為被迫或威脅，而應當成機會。他指出，當前歐洲與美國已明確限制中國投資，「很多國家你想去投資，人家還不讓你去」，而台灣之所以能被接受，關鍵就在於「有價值、又友善」，這正是台灣的優勢所在。

許添財強調，產業若只將赴美投資視為交換條件，恐錯失長期布局的契機，反而應藉此加強下世代技術與先進製程研發，持續創新，才能在全球競爭中維持領先地位。

▲商研院董事長許添財。（圖／資料照）

關稅影響有限 服務業衝擊屬間接

針對關稅底定後的產業影響，許添財分析，服務業本身並不直接受到關稅影響，但會受到整體經濟環境的間接衝擊。他指出，美國的資源、人口與購買力仍持續成長，是全球最大的消費市場，台灣業者更應積極布局，但並非受制或依賴美國。

全球化退潮 台灣「沒有第二選擇」

在全球化逐漸退潮之際，許添財認為，新的經濟秩序與市場結構仍在重組過渡期，美國並非永久退出世界體系，而是暫時後退，目的在於重塑對自身更有利的國際關係與制度架構，並持續維持主導地位。

因此，他直言，從價值與利益的現實考量來看，台灣「沒有第二選擇」，仍須緊扣美國市場，務實掌握新機會；不僅半導體產業，包括餐飲、零售等服務業皆有潛力，85度C、鼎泰豐等品牌在美國成功落地，正是最佳例證。

title: 傳台積電加碼赴美換降關稅　許添財：投資「是機會」不是被迫


title: 韓星北高開唱貢獻大　2025年12月娛樂稅飆2.49億元破紀錄

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▲圖為 G-DRAGON（GD）2025年在台北所舉辦演唱會畫面 。（圖／(C) GALAXY CORPORATION提供）

記者陳瑩欣／台北報導

韓星來台舉辦大型演唱會挹注台灣稅收功不可沒。財政部統計，2025年12月娛樂稅喜收2.49億元，創下娛樂稅徵納史上最高單月稅收紀錄。

財政部指出，2025年11月台北市、高雄市大型演唱會吸引人潮與消費，其中於G-DRAGON、Super Junior雙雙在台北演唱，大勢女團TWICE前進高雄國家體育場（世運主場館）開唱，推升娛樂稅較去年同期大增21.7%，罕見飆新高，連帶2025年全年娛樂稅收入高達22.47億元，由於2025年度娛樂稅預算數「僅」17.98億元，此項稅收明顯超過預期。

娛樂稅是針對特定娛樂場所、娛樂設施或娛樂活動按其所收票價或收費額課稅，與其他各稅最大的不同在於納稅義務人是出價娛樂的人，但是由提供娛樂場所、娛樂設施或娛樂活動的業者或舉辦人代徵。


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▲下波較強冷空氣變天，強度預估挑戰寒流 。（圖／中央氣象署，下同）

記者許力方／台北報導

中央氣象署表示，明天（14日）清晨大陸冷氣團及輻射冷卻影響，各地仍偏冷，清晨低溫西半部、宜蘭普遍在9至14度，其中北部及南投近山區平地或河谷有局部10度左右或以下低溫發生，花東約16度，持續發布11縣市「低溫特報」。專家分析，下周新一波強烈冷空氣南下，強度不輸上周的冷氣團。

白天加溫回暖 日夜溫差大到周末

氣象署預報，明天白天持續回暖，太陽加熱迅速，北部、東半部高溫22至24度，中南部更可來到27度以上，各地日夜溫差大，大多為晴到多雲的天氣，清晨各地因輻射冷卻影響仍偏冷，中部以北、宜蘭低溫下探12度，西半部日夜溫差大，這樣天氣持續到18日（周日）。

▲日夜溫差大，單日震盪可達10度以上。

鄭明典：西半部恐現顯著輻射冷卻

前氣象局長鄭明典解釋，今天下午西半部雲量極低，地面觀測顯示相對濕度也普遍偏低，決定輻射冷卻強度的主要變因剩下「風速」。天氣系統變化上，則有一個順時針旋轉的小高壓出海，台灣北部從西北風、逐漸轉成北風、再東北風，午夜過後可能變成偏東風。這樣的條件，西半部風速也會減弱，有很高的機率出現顯著的輻射冷卻低溫，不過區域性的雲量變化還是會帶來不確定性。

下波強冷空氣南下 濕轉乾冷很長時間

氣象愛好「台灣颱風論壇」粉絲團分析，下一波強冷空氣預計在20日（下周二）開始南下，而且越後面越寒冷，強度初估可達強烈冷氣團，甚至挑戰寒流，屬性為先濕冷後轉乾冷的類型，「影響時間長，會相當不好受」，且這個趨勢目前相當穩定，強度不輸上周的強烈冷氣團，歐洲模式預估台北約探11度。

中場休息 連續幾天單日10度震盪

「台灣颱風論壇」進一步預報，本周全台都在乾冷空氣的控制下，強度不如上周的冷氣團，可說進入一段中場休息的時間，但日夜溫差將會相當劇烈，白天太陽加溫，高溫能來到溫暖的2字頭，但深夜時段，輻射冷卻效應發威時，低溫仍然會下探15度左右，連續幾天都會是單日10度上下的震盪，並維持到周末。

taiwan-subdivisions: 宜蘭 南投

title: 每天震盪10℃三溫暖！下波「再戰寒流」濕→乾冷很長時間


title: 青年直球對決！金門青年諮詢委員會成立　首場會議就點出「踢皮球」隱憂

taiwan-subdivisions: 金門 金門縣

people: 李文良 鄭逢時

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▲金門縣政府召開首屆「金門縣青年諮詢委員會」會議。(圖／記者鄭逢時攝)

記者鄭逢時／金門報導

金門縣政府今（13）日在縣府第一會議室召開首屆「金門縣青年諮詢委員會」會議，會議一開始相關單位針對「地方創生」該由哪個單位承辦就開始互踢皮球，整個議題在你一言我一語當中討論許久而未能定案，副縣長李文良忍不住出言制止要各單位停止討論這個話題，並要求於會後另行召開會議再討論。

李文良表示，青年不只是地方未來，更是推動社會持續發展的重要力量。縣府成立青年諮詢委員會，期待聽見青年真實聲音，將青年世代的創意與想法帶入縣政決策。他也強調，透過制度化參與管道，讓青年不再只是政策的接受者，而是能實際走進政策核心，參與討論與建構，讓政策更貼近世代需求。

縣府產業發展處指出，青年諮詢委員會成員結合跨局處能量，包含民政處、財政處、城鄉發展處、產業發展處、教育處、社會處、觀光處、綜合發展處，以及文化局、衛生局等相關單位首長共同參與，並邀請專家學者提供專業建議；同時透過公開遴選方式，聘任7名外聘青年委員，另由國立金門大學、金門高級農工職業學校及金門縣國際青年商會各推薦1名青年代表，組成多元且具代表性的青年政策諮詢團隊。

產發處表示，首次會議除頒發聘書外，青年委員也針對青年政策踴躍發言。未來委員會將聚焦青年就業與創業、教育培力、青年住宅、福利政策、社會參與、文化創意產業、地方創生及青年跨境合作等面向，透過定期會議、專案分組及成果回饋機制，強化青年政策的實質推動與落實。

針對地方創生議題，一位委員匿名受訪表示，地方創生業務涉及公部門許多單位，確實很難只由一個局處負責，但若無明確規定特定局處負責，委員有疑問時各局處可能會互踢皮球，建議可由綜合發展處先掛名業管，遇到不同領域議題再分配給各局處，「可作總機角色，避免沒有單位願意受理。」


title: 元智大學攜手台灣人工智慧學校　成立 AI 人才認證桃竹苗區域中心

countries: 台灣 臺灣

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▲台灣人工智慧學校執行長陳伶志博士（右）與元智大學校長廖慶榮簽署合作備忘錄。（圖／元智大學提供）

記者楊淑媛／桃園報導

隨著生成式 AI 快速改變職場生態，「具備 AI 基本判斷力」已成為各行各業不可或缺的核心能力。元智大學13 日舉行全校主管共識營中，正式與台灣人工智慧學校（AIA）簽署合作備忘錄，宣布共同成立「AIA 人才認證（AIATC™）桃竹苗區域認證中心」。

未來將優先推動專為台灣職場設計的 AI 人才素養與專業能力認證制度，包含素養級（AIATCL™）、工程級（AIATCE™）及管理級（AIATCM™），協助在職人士進行再學習（Upskill）與轉職學習（Reskill），強化職場競爭力。

元智大學校長廖慶榮表示，人工智慧的推動不應侷限於少數技術人員，應成為全體主管與同仁共同具備的核心數位素養。透過雙方的合作，學校推動行政與教學單位在不需撰寫程式的前提下，掌握 AI 的基本知識與實務應用。期許全校主管皆能通過 AIA 人才認證，成為臺灣第一所取得 AIA 認證的高等學府。

▲陳伶志博士介紹台灣人工智慧學校。（圖／元智大學提供）

元智大學指出，AIATCL™ 認證的最大特色在於「不要求程式能力」，也不以特定工具操作為導向，而是聚焦於 AI 的核心概念、實務應用理解，以及使用過程中的風險與倫理判斷，強調「懂 AI、會判斷」，而非「會寫程式」。考試採中文命題，特別適合行銷、企劃、人資、編輯、專案管理等非工程背景的專業人士，有助於其在跨部門合作或 AI 專案討論中，建立清楚的溝通基礎與決策能力。

該認證目前已廣泛應用於企業與政府部門培訓計畫，具備高度公信力。未來作為桃竹苗區域推動基地，學校將提供完善的行政支援與專業考場，大幅提升民眾取得證照的便利性，並協助企業解決 AI 人才辨識不易的痛點，進一步強化產學接軌與區域人才培育。

雙方將透過聯名宣傳與推廣活動，協助更多職涯工作者在 AI 時代建立關鍵判斷力，成為企業優先任用的重要人才。本次合作由台灣人工智慧學校執行長陳伶志博士與元智大學校長廖慶榮代表簽署，象徵雙方攜手深化 AI 素養教育與職場應用，展現共同推動人才培育的堅定承諾。


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▲女子到健身房時手機放桌上，沒想到性愛影片竟被其他男子轉傳。（示意圖／免費圖庫Pexels）

記者柯振中／綜合報導

台中一名男子阿虎（化名）先前到健身房運動時，發現女子小晴（化名）的手機放在桌上，於是便拿起來偷看，怎料在裡面發現性愛影像後，竟偷偷傳到自己的手機裡，氣得小晴報警處理。台中地院簡易庭審理後，依照無故重製他人性影像罪，判處2個月有期徒刑、緩刑2年，全案仍可上訴。

未經同意翻看手機 發現性愛影片起歹念

根據判決書內容，阿虎2023年6月間到台中某健身房運動，期間發現小晴擺在桌上的手機，沒有經過對方的同意，就拿起來打開查看。

▲女子到健身房時手機放桌上，沒想到性愛影片竟被其他男子轉傳。（示意圖／免費圖庫Pexels）

在瀏覽手機相簿的期間，阿虎發現小晴與男友拍攝的性愛影片，竟因此心生歹念，透過iPhone的AirDrop檔案共享功能，將影片發送到自己的手機裡。小晴發現以後，氣得報警處理，阿虎也因此被起訴。

坦承犯行並達成調解 法院判刑緩刑

在案件審理的過程中，阿虎坦承犯行，除了按照小晴友人的要求刪除手機內的影片外，也跟小晴達成調解、至今也有依約履行。台中地院簡易庭審理後，依照無故重製他人性影像罪，判處2個月有期徒刑、緩刑2年，全案仍可上訴。

title: 健身妹手機放桌上「性愛片洩漏」！台中色龜偷傳下場慘了


title: 黃宥薰讓一追二下剋上印度賽晉級16強　一姐邱品蒨卻殘念首輪止步

countries: 印度 台灣 馬來西亞 丹麥

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▲黃宥薰。（圖／合庫羽球隊提供）

記者蔡厚瑄／綜合報導

台灣羽球女單好手黃宥薰13日出戰超級750系列印度羽球公開賽，面對女單世界排名18的南韓二姊金佳恩，在耗時51分鐘後，以10比21、21比19、21比17上演讓一追二大逆轉，拿下對戰首勝，也收下自己生涯第一場750等級大賽的勝利，而世界排名15的邱品蒨則是以19比21、11比21不敵世界排名20的丹麥好手米婭（Mia Blichfeldt），無緣16強。

女單世界排名38的黃宥薰，上週在馬來西亞公開賽首輪就敗給丹麥好手萊恩（Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt），本週前進印度，首輪就遭遇南韓好手金佳恩，這也是雙方首度在國際賽碰頭。

面對陌生的金佳恩，黃宥薰首局開賽就陷入0比8落後，之後雖然勉強追到剩下5分差距，但金佳恩很快又拉出6比0攻勢，也以10比21丟掉首局。

沒想到次局回來，黃宥薰馬上就重整旗鼓，打出和首局完全不一樣的氣勢，與金佳恩一路拉鋸，在打到10比10先率先搶下11分進入技術暫停，暫停過後繼續慢慢擴大分差，即使局末遭對手追近，但她最後仍成功以21比19險勝，也將戰局扳平。

關鍵決勝局，雙方還是從開賽就打得難分難解，然而打到7比7平手時，黃宥薰此時卻找到進攻節奏，一口氣連拿5分暫停過後也繼續保持領先，一路壓制金佳恩到最後，最終以21比17勝出，上演讓一追二大逆轉，不僅挺進印度賽16強，也拿下超級750等級賽事生涯首勝。

另外一位台灣好手也是現在台灣女單世界排名最高的邱品蒨，上週在大馬的「台灣內戰」敗給自家人林湘緹，本週面對生涯首次交手的丹麥好手米婭，首局開賽就一路落後，雖然局末兩度追到剩下1分差，但最終卻以19比21讓出，次局在中段之前也都還能緊咬對手，但暫停過後卻讓米婭拉出一波9比1猛攻，最終以11比21讓出，本週再度於首輪止步。


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▲戚又仁。（圖／羽球協會提供）

記者蔡厚瑄／綜合報導

台灣男單羽球好手戚又仁13日在超級750系列印度羽球公開賽登場，首輪他就碰上高居男單世界第8的法國好手拉尼耶（Alex Lanier），不過面對強敵，戚又仁最後耗時50分鐘以21比17、21比19擊潰對手，也闖進男單16強。

中租好手戚又仁目前世界排名第26，上週他在馬來西亞公開賽首輪就碰上日本一哥奈良岡功大，最終也落敗一輪遊。本週來到印度，首輪的對手是20歲新星拉尼耶，過去雙方交手過3次，戚又仁拿下2勝居上風，不過雙方最近一次碰頭已經是2022年的愛爾蘭公開賽，而拉尼耶如今也衝進世界男單前10。

相隔許久再碰頭，戚又仁開賽居下風，被拉尼耶拉出6比2攻勢，不過他倒吃甘蔗越打越順，先一口氣追到8比8平手，之後順利以11比9佔據領先，暫停過後戚又仁持續加壓，成功以21比17先下一城。

次局雙方從開賽就展開激烈交鋒，戚又仁雖然以11比10領先進入技術暫停，但暫停過後雙方還是繼續呈現拉鋸、互有領先，直到打到17比17時，戚又仁這次穩紮穩打，連拿3分搶下賽末點，拉尼耶雖然馬上連追2分，但戚又仁成功把握住第3個賽點，成功以21比19勝出，挺進印度賽16強，2026年首勝也到手。

countries: 印度 台灣 馬來西亞 日本 愛爾蘭 法國

title: 扳倒世界第8男單！戚又仁2026年首勝到手、挺進印度賽16強


title: 沒押時間表！台積電多蓋5座廠換關稅15％ 專家：讓台美更緊密

people: 柯文哲 鄭麗君

countries: 歐盟 美國 中國 台灣

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美媒《紐約時報》近日披露，台美之間的關稅協議幾乎要完成，台灣輸美貨品關稅將降至與日韓相同的15%，條件是台積電需再擴大投資設廠，引發熱議。對此，反紫光奇遊團成員許美華直言，這是非常可以接受的條件，而且台積電承諾在美國多蓋廠，其實只是把本來就要做的事拿去當談判籌碼，沒有押時間表，也保留了相當程度的彈性。

「沒押時間表 保留彈性」許美華13日深夜在臉書發文，「如果真的如《紐約時報》所報導，要給台灣的談判團隊一個大大的掌聲！15%關稅不疊加，比照日韓歐盟水準；台積電承諾多蓋5座廠，也沒有232那些東西；這是非常可以接受的條件了，鄭麗君領軍的談判團隊，很可以跟國人交代了。因為，台積電產能嚴重不足，本來就必須持續擴大產能，而台灣的土地、水電、人才各種資源終究有限，台積電擴充產能走向海外勢在必行。尤其是客戶佔比超過七成的美國，之後會蓋更多廠，本來就是既定方向，只是時間早晚問題而已。」

她接著說：「有件事很多人可能誤會了，台積電在2020年五月宣布美國廠計劃，並在2021年動工時，當時主要的考慮，是回應美國大客戶基於地緣政治、分散風險的需求，而不是因為美國政府的壓力。到了2022年8月，迎來拜登政府《晶片法案》的補助，美國政府的角色才開始加重。因此，台積電承諾美國要多蓋五座廠，其實是把本來就要做的事，拿去當談判籌碼，沒有押時間表，也保留了相當彈性。」

許美華表示，「一定又有人會說，台積電要在美國多蓋五座晶圓廠，台積電又要變美積電，聽說柯文哲已經這樣說了……關於台積電會不會變成美積電，之前已經寫到爛掉了，不想再寫8000字回應了。對台積電來說，美積電、日積電、德積電……都不是問題。其實最重要的是，台灣產能還持續在擴大，在可預見的將來，台灣還是推進最先進一代製程，那個研發和良率模型產出的唯一據點。真要說下去，如果台積電在美國再多蓋幾座廠，再加上台灣幫美國打造半導體科學園區，只會讓台美雙方的供應鏈關係綁得更緊密，彼此更興衰與共、存亡相依。」

最後她說：「這應該是中國很不想看到的結果，難怪台積電變美積電的套路又開始洗起來了。對於柯文哲再次講產業鏈的唬爛話，幫小草回顧一下柯文哲的金句之一。2019柯文哲說『若中國切斷紅色供應鏈，台灣撐得住嗎？』2019年，中國半導體其實已經敗相百出，紫光瀕臨破產邊緣，結果當時的白黨教主還在膜拜紅色供應鏈。然後，現在繼續講台積電會變美積電？以後穿越時空的笑話真的不嫌多。」


taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄市 仁武區 前鎮區 苓雅區 三民區 楠梓區 那瑪夏區

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高雄市總人口數271.8萬多人，死亡人數2.5萬多人，以65歲以上長輩最多占76%，又新生兒1.2萬多人創新低，大減3千多人破紀錄，死亡人數首次超越出生人數1倍。

高雄自民國106年起人口自然增加開始反轉成負成長，連9年「生不如死」已成常態，新生兒從2.1萬多人，9年大減9千多人，降為1.2萬多人創新低，又比前一年減少3千多人，破歷年最多紀錄。

此外，65歲以上長輩從37.3萬人，9年成長19.1多人達7%，目前已超過56.5萬人；死亡人數也因長輩人數成長變多，死亡人數從2.1萬多人，其中長輩占68%，9年死亡人數攀升至2.5萬多人，其中長輩人數占76%。

行政區9年來自然增加負成長前三名為苓雅區減少6千多人最多，其次為前鎮區減少近6千人、三民區減少5千人，3區均屬高雄市早期都市發展核心精華地帶，近年商業機能與生活重心逐漸外移，致人口吸力不足，部分青年人口移出，出生人數下滑，整體人口成長動能明顯不足。

9年來自然增加維持正成長前三名為仁武區增加2千多人、楠梓區增加近2千人及那瑪夏區1百多人，前2區人口結構年輕化，坐擁仁武、楠梓產業園區，加上台積電設廠帶動產業群聚效應，將成為全台重要「科技廊道」，吸引青年科技人才就業、置產、成家等，對區域人口結構及長期發展動能產生顯著人口紅利效果。

市府因應少子化對策，提高生育津貼、擴大興辦社會住宅、租金補貼、友善孕婦環境、廣設公共托育據點、擴大平價教保服務及挹注社會福利補助；並辦理單身聯誼、特色日結婚送祝福禮、集團婚禮及金鏟子祝好孕等活動，以提高青年婚育意願。

title: 生不如死！高雄市死亡人口首次超越出生1倍


title: 布局「臘月」運勢！12生肖「陽氣萌動」助攻馬年開高走高

taiwan-subdivisions: 安定 望安

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蛇馬交棒之際，趁臘月布局新運很重要。（達志影像）

〔娛樂頻道／綜合報導〕下週即將步入臘月，同時也將迎來十四節氣之終「大寒」，命理專家菲菲老師從星宿與卦象上分析表示，時值「坤」卦純陰之象，五行水氣極旺，天寒地凍之下卻也寓意著收藏已達極致，陽氣正於地底萌動，趁此勢布局來年資本，便能馬年迎來「開高走高」的大吉之運。

菲菲老師提醒，因節氣大寒所致，人們的情緒易受陰冷天氣影響，趨向內省、懷舊，或感到倦怠，此時的運勢重點不在開疆拓土，而在「穩守」與「籌謀」，順應「藏」與「養」的智慧，便能將歲末的壓力轉化為馬年的底氣，讓運勢在蟄伏中孕育生機。

反映在職場上，「臘月」正是結算年度績效、確認獎金分紅的關鍵期，任何文書往來與數字核對都需比平時更加仔細，避免因疏忽影響自身權益。財務上，應完成個人或家庭的年度收支盤點，檢視投資組合，償清循環債務，讓帳目清明地進入新年。

健康方面，「臘月」需特別留意心血管保養與舊疾復發，充足的睡眠與溫和的進補遠勝於劇烈活動。人際上，適合低調修復關係，而非高調拓展新圈，真誠的問候與感謝能為來年積累無形貴人資本。

➤鼠

．運勢重點在「職場收尾與責任盤點」。年末工作壓力達到高點，需嚴謹完成年度績效與總結報告，此舉將深刻影響來年職位。暗中可能面臨同事對資源的競爭，但你的穩健表現將獲得高層認可與支持。此時宜低調，穩固專業形象。

➤牛

．運勢重點在「人情團聚與暗財流動」。這是與老友、親戚聚會聯絡感情的高峰期，在輕鬆的飯局與聊天中，反而容易獲得有用的市場消息或額外的賺錢門路。但開銷亦隨之增大，需在歡樂與預算間取得平衡。

➤虎

．運勢重點在「財庫驗收與未來鋪路」。正財收入進入年度結算期，獎金、分紅落袋為安。同時，這是透過紮實業績與上司、重要客戶建立信任，為明年事業發展打下基礎的關鍵時刻。務實的規劃會得到權威者的背書。

➤兔

．運勢重點在「機遇辨別與內心安定」。可能有意外之財或禮物上門，但背後伴隨複雜的人情或隱性要求。內心容易多思多慮，感到壓力。此時貴在清醒，不宜做重大財務決定，而應專注於精神層面的舒壓與釐清。

➤龍

．運勢重點在「財務清算與言論收斂」。須處理與朋友、合夥人之間的共同帳務，避免含糊不清導致日後紛爭。表達欲強，但易因言詞直率在歲末引發不必要的爭端，傷及和氣與合作關係。建議少說多聽，專心理財為上。

➤蛇

．運勢重點在「才華舒展與社交機緣」。創意與享受的心態高漲，適合規劃尾牙表演或休閒嗜好。在社交場合中魅力十足，可能吸引到對事業有助力的對象或意外的桃花，甚至帶來些許偏財機會。

➤馬

．運勢重點在「總結反思與權財平衡」。適合對一年的成敗進行深度反思，寫下心得，但需避免過度批判自己或他人。才華有機會被上級看見並轉化為實際獎勵，但過程需注意溝通態度，以免弄巧成拙。

➤羊

．運勢重點與牛相似，在「同儕力量與共享資源」。與團隊、社團成員互動密切，能從中獲得支持與快樂，並分享有價值的資訊。透過群體活動或共同學習，可能發現新的興趣或潛在的生財之道。

➤猴

．運勢重點在「心靈充電與防範是非」。渴望安靜、學習，適合閱讀、規劃進修。但內心偶有糾結，與家人或親近夥伴可能有些小摩擦。此時宜韜光養晦，遠離口舌是非，家庭的溫暖是最好的充電站。

➤雞

．運勢重點在「直覺規劃與私下結盟」。直覺力強，適合獨自思考明年大計，進行幕後佈局。可能與一兩位可信賴的夥伴達成私下共識，形成未來合作的雛形。避免過度孤僻，適度與密友交流可獲啟發。

➤狗

．運勢重點與龍相呼應，在「開銷控制與合作梳理」。歲末應酬、送禮開銷大，需嚴格控制預算。與合作方的利益分配問題可能浮上檯面，需要清晰、理性地溝通解決，避免意氣用事導致關係破裂。

➤豬

．運勢重點在「壓力轉化與貴人暗助」。年底任務繁重，責任與壓力並存。但暗中會有得力助手或長輩提供關鍵幫助或建議，助你度過難關。這是一個將壓力化為動力的時期，穩住陣腳便能順利過渡。

菲菲老師提醒，臘月的運勢重點在「穩守」與「籌謀」。（菲菲老師提供）

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美國總統川普（Donald Trump）今天表示，在伊朗抗議活動遭鎮壓的情況下，他已取消與伊朗官員的會談，同時對伊朗人民喊話：「援助正在路上。」

美聯社報導，川普並未透露援助內容的細節，而根據人權監督組織的說法，伊朗這波抗議的死亡人數已超過2000人。

川普本週稍早曾表示，在他揚言對伊朗發動打擊後，伊朗希望與華府談判。然而川普在社群媒體上的最新訊息，顯示他願意與伊朗政府接觸的態度看似轉變。

川普今天上午在自家社群平台「真實社群」（Truth Social）寫道：「伊朗愛國者們，繼續抗議—接管你們的機構！」

「記下殺人凶手和施虐者的名字，他們會付出巨大代價。我已取消與伊朗官員的所有會談，直到無謂殺戮抗議者的行徑停止為止。援助正在路上。」

川普一再威脅德黑蘭當局，若他的政府發現伊朗對反政府抗議者動用致命武力，將採取軍事行動，但他尚未說明是否已決定如何回應。（編譯：楊昭彥）1150114

countries: 伊朗 美國

title: 川普發文籲伊朗人民繼續抗議　稱「援助正在路上」


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韓國男神宋仲基在台北街頭拿著曾經一包難求的香菜零食，意外釣出也是「香菜控」的小英總統。營養師李婉萍指出，吃香菜的好處多多，增強免疫力。（取自宋仲基IG）

〔健康頻道／綜合報導〕韓國男神宋仲基飛來台灣，在自己的社群分享在台北街頭的生活照，但大家焦點都放在他手上的香菜口味「多力多滋」，原來他也是「香菜控」，還意外釣出前總統小英的留言，吸引3809點「讚」。

小英粉專曾分享她在彰化吃肉圓加香菜，這位「香菜控」前總統寫：「一定要加香菜」，雖然也有不少人對香菜是敬而遠之，但鐵定不是宋仲基與小英總統。

countries: 韓國 台灣

title: 健康網》「香菜控」宋仲基、小英就愛一味 營養師揭基因之秘


countries: 美國 台灣 日本 韓國

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台積電可能在美設立12座廠。（路透）

〔編譯魏國金／台北報導〕〕華爾街日報報導，知情人士指出，依據台灣與美國即將達成的貿易協議，台灣同意在美國進行逾3000億美元的外國直接投資（FDI）與其他支出，此金額包含台積電在美國的投資承諾，而美國同意將台灣的進口關稅從現行的20%降至15%。

報導指出，根據此新協議，台積電將在亞利桑那州再建數座廠，使其在該州共有12座廠。知情者說，台積電在上週的公開拍賣中，斥資1.97億美元，購得緊鄰亞利桑那州現有廠區的一塊900英畝土地，將用於建造新設施。

彭博也依據消息來源報導，根據該協議，台積電將承諾至少再新建4座廠，台積電已承諾在亞利桑那州興建6座晶圓廠與2座先進封裝廠，相關投資經費已高達1650億美元。

彭博指出，一座晶圓廠造價約200億美元，台積電的額外投資可能逼近或突破1000億美元。消息人士說，4座新廠將在2030年代完成。

紐約時報12日稍早報導，作為協議的一部分，台積電承諾在亞利桑那州至少新建5座晶圓廠。本月有望宣布達成台美貿易協議架構。

川普政府去年與日本、韓國達成貿易協議，日本同意在美國投資5500億美元，換取對等關稅從25%降至15%，韓國則同意投資3500億美元，以換取相同稅率。

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title: 對美投資可能再增1000億美元  台積電亞利桑那州將有12座廠


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南韓SK海力士宣佈將投資近130億美元，興建先進封裝生產線。（路透）

〔編譯魏國金／台北報導〕科技新聞網站《wccftech》報導，SK海力士13日宣佈，計畫在南韓興建先進封裝生產線，以滿足日益成長的需求。

先進封裝正成為人工智慧（AI）供應鏈中的重大瓶頸之一，隨著各企業將其晶片組建立在該基礎上，目前的產線已無法滿足需求。像是CoWos等技術能使輝達、超微等公司將高頻寬記憶體（HBM）模組直接整合於主要運算裸晶上，因此SK海力士等記憶體製造商握有充分的先進封裝產能至關重要。

報導說，SK海力士宣佈，將在南韓清州投資近130億美元（4108.2億台幣），興建先進封裝廠P&T7。新廠將於4月動工，目標在2027年底完工。

先前有報導稱，SK海力士正投資近40億美元，在美國興建一座2.5D封裝廠，不過最大的問題是，SK海力士是否擁有類似台積電CoWos的替代技術。SK海力士確實在HBM解決方案中，使用MR-MUF垂直堆疊技術，但在封裝整體晶片上，該公司一直依賴台積電。

新近的投資顯示，SK海力士希望透過提供客戶一站式解決方案（turnkey solution），提升其在HBM領域的競爭力。

該公司尚未透露這些先進封裝生產線將聚焦哪一類技術，不過專家預測，SK海力士可能與Amkor，甚至台積電建立合作關係，投資必要資金，在其工廠內生產先進封裝產品，或者，SK海力士可能開發自主技術，以降低對代工夥伴的依賴。

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title: 降低對台積電依賴  SK海力士砸4000多億進軍先進封裝


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中東戰火一觸即發！面對伊朗當局持續血腥鎮壓示威，美國總統川普13日在社群媒體上發出迄今最強烈的干預訊號。他不僅公開呼籲伊朗示威者「接管國家機構」，更以全大寫字母預告：「援軍在路上了（HELP IS ON ITS WAY）。」

川普號召革命：接管你們的機構！據《金融時報》報導，川普在自家社群平台「真實社群」（Truth Social）上發文，語氣激昂地向伊朗人民喊話：「伊朗的愛國者們，繼續抗議——接管你們的機構（TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS）！！！」

針對造成超過600人死亡的鎮壓行動，川普發出嚴厲警告：「記下那些兇手和施暴者的名字。他們將付出巨大的代價。」他在文末留下了極具暗示性的承諾：「援軍在路上了。」這番言論被視為美軍可能即將展開軍事，或其他形式實質介入的前奏。

談判破局？ 川普：停止殺人前拒絕見面就在前一天，川普才透露伊朗領導層主動致電求和，但隨著鎮壓力度不減反增，川普的態度急轉直下。他在貼文中明確表示，已取消與伊朗官員的「所有會議」，直到針對示威者的殺戮停止為止。這意味著雙方原本可能進行的外交接觸已暫時破局。

川普的強硬表態引發全球市場恐慌，投資人擔憂美軍可能對伊朗發動攻擊。國際基準布蘭特原油（Brent crude）價格週二下午應聲大漲2.5%，突破每桶65.50美元（約新台幣2130元），創下自去年11月以來的新高。

市場嚇壞 油價飆漲2.5%川普11日曾表示，美軍正在審視對伊朗採取行動的「非常強大的選項」，並強調德黑蘭當局的鎮壓行為，已開始跨越紅線。

title: 川普發出革命號角！籲伊朗人「接管國家機構」 預告：援軍在路上了


countries: 日本 韓國 台灣 美國

title: 對美投資可能再增1000億美元  台積電亞利桑那州將有12座廠


title: 降低對台積電依賴  SK海力士砸4000多億進軍先進封裝


title: 布局「臘月」運勢！12生肖「陽氣萌動」助攻馬年開高走高


title: 生不如死！高雄市死亡人口首次超越出生1倍

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄市 那瑪夏區 楠梓區 苓雅區 三民區 前鎮區 仁武區


title: 生不如死！高雄市死亡人口首次超越出生1倍

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄市 仁武區 前鎮區 那瑪夏區 苓雅區 三民區 楠梓區


title: 沒押時間表！台積電多蓋5座廠換關稅15％ 專家：讓台美更緊密


events: 停電 發電 死亡

countries: 烏克蘭 俄羅斯 美國

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俄羅斯12日對烏克蘭發動4天內第2次大規模無人機與飛彈空襲，在嚴寒天氣下再度鎖定電力系統。此舉在莫斯科對鄰國的入侵即將屆滿4年之際，顯然是對美國主導的和平努力的公然漠視。

烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基（Volodymyr Zelenskyy）在社群媒體上表示，俄軍晚間對8個地區發射近300架無人機、18枚彈道飛彈與7枚巡弋飛彈。其中一波攻擊在東北部哈爾科夫州的一座郵政倉儲設施造成4人死亡，基輔州則有數十萬戶家庭停電。

基輔白天氣溫為攝氏零下12度，已連續2週以上處於冰凍狀態，街道覆滿冰層，城市各處可聽見發電機的轟鳴聲。

基輔已連日面臨嚴重電力短缺。市長克里契科（Vitali Klitschko）表示，12日晚間的攻擊造成這座城市迄今最嚴重的一次停電。

截至13日，仍有超過500棟住宅建築沒有集中供暖。全市可見光禿禿的樹枝掛滿冰柱，人行道旁堆著積雪。

俄國4天前也在一夜之間發射數百架無人機與數十枚飛彈，對烏克蘭發動大規模攻擊，並且在戰爭中第二次使用新型高超音速飛彈，擊中烏克蘭西部，顯然是向基輔的北大西洋公約組織（NATO）盟友發出「不會退讓」的警告。

美國12日指控俄國在川普政府試圖推動和平談判之際，進行「危險且無法解釋的升級行動」。美國常駐聯合國副大使布魯斯（Tammy Bruce）在聯合國安理會緊急會議上表示，華府對衝突中「驚人的傷亡人數」深感遺憾，並譴責俄國加劇對能源與其他基礎設施的攻擊。

戰爭期間，俄羅斯持續試圖剝奪烏克蘭平民的取暖與自來水供應，希望藉此消磨民眾的抵抗意志。烏克蘭官員將此策略形容為「將冬天武器化」。

聯合國烏克蘭人權觀察團的資料顯示，2025年是自2022年俄國入侵以來，烏克蘭平民死傷最慘重的一年，原因是俄國在前線後方加強空中打擊。報告指出，戰爭在烏克蘭造成2514名平民死亡、1萬2142人受傷，比2024年增加31％。

聯合國人權事務高級專員公署駐烏克蘭觀察團負責人貝爾（Danielle Bell）12日在聲明中表示，長程攻擊的急遽增加，以及對烏克蘭全國能源基礎設施的鎖定，意味著戰爭後果如今已影響到遠離前線的平民。

title: 俄羅斯4天內兩度大規模空襲烏克蘭 基輔在寒冬中陷入歷來最嚴重停電


title: 川普發文籲伊朗人民繼續抗議　稱「援助正在路上」


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剛果民主共和國東部的北基伍省暴雨引發山泥傾瀉，造成至少13人死亡，大約40人失蹤。

當地傳媒報道，事故發生在當地星期二凌晨，強降雨引發的山泥傾瀉造成瓦利卡萊地區一個村莊大量房屋被掩埋，人員傷亡和財產損失嚴重。當地居民自發展開搜救，從廢墟中發現13具遇難者遺體，當中包括4名兒童，搜救工作仍在持續。

title: 剛果民主共和國東部暴雨引發山泥傾瀉　至少13人死亡


title: 新北割頸案判決爭議 教團提制度存三破口

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北 新北市

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國教盟13日召開記者會表示，整起事件揭露一個殘酷事實，風險評估若只在個案，或只在二審時執行，或只靠運氣補做，就永遠無法成為校園安全的保證。（記者宋碧龍／攝影）【記者賴玟茹／台北報導】新北市國中生割頸案去年底二審宣判，涉案少年刑期由一審的9年、8年加重為12年與11年，關鍵在於補做「審前調查報告」，確認少年具有高再犯風險。國教盟呼籲，政府應把風險評估、跨部會轉銜，及主責個案管理落實成為常態，讓校園安全不再建立在運氣之上。

國教盟13日召開記者會表示，整起事件揭露一個殘酷事實，風險評估若只在個案，或只在二審時執行，或只靠運氣補做，就永遠無法成為校園安全的保證。

國教盟理事長王瀚陽表示，監察院調查與多份資料都指出，悲劇不是突然發生，而是早有警訊、卻沒被制度接住。案發前，涉案少年曾因「帶刀上學」被檢舉與查獲，警方卻以「並非經常攜帶」，僅依《社會秩序維護法》裁處，未移送少年法院做保護性評估，錯失前端介入時機。

王瀚陽說，制度應被反覆檢核，從前端少年亮刀時未移送，到中段跨網絡失靈，及後端復學轉銜與個案管理無力，只要其中一段繼續破洞，社會就等於繼續在賭誰是下一個受害者。

國教盟與專家點出制度三大破口：

一、「跨網絡分工不清」，警政、教育、社政與少輔會之間缺乏明確分工與共案合作；在本案中，少輔會雖掌握學生多項偏差紀錄，卻因其具有學籍「轉由學校主責」而未開案，導致資源無法整合，而學校輔導量能也明顯不足。

二、「曝險行為定義過窄，過渡性教育緩不濟急」。 中央警察大學行政警察學系主任暨警察政策所所長許福生表示，《少年事件處理法》修法後，曝險行為僅三款，包括無正當理由經常攜帶危險器械、有施用毒品或迷幻物品但未觸法、以及有預備犯罪或未遂但法定不罰的行為等內容。

三、資訊無法跨部門共享，國教盟建議，應建立教育部、衛福部、司法院與警政署之間的即時資料共享，並讓風險資訊「隨人移轉」在嚴格隱私保護下可供學校與校安團隊掌握，以免學校在不知情下接手高風險個案。◇


title: 遭影射「套利工具」 雷虎要告網紅Cheap

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【記者呂適約／綜合報導】百萬網紅「Cheap」近日發布影片探討樂天集團經營狀況，內容影射雷虎科技為特定股東的「套利工具」。雷虎科技12日發布重訊指出，該影片以聳動標題與不實資訊，嚴重損害公司商譽及股東權益，將對相關責任人提出刑事加重誹謗，及違反《證券交易法》告訴，並附帶民事求償。

YouTube媒體頻道Cheap近日發布影片「樂天集團怎麼了？從豪擲20億到便當有蛆」，影射雷虎科技淪為特定股東的金融操作工具。雷虎科技發出重訊公告，嚴正駁斥，強調雷虎科技為台灣上市合法公司，所有營運資金與股權交易均受主管機關監管。Cheap影片指控雷虎涉及「先個人買、再叫公司接盤」利益輸送情節，純屬惡意虛構。雷虎專注模型、無人載具及醫療器材的研發製造，絕非任何個人或機構的金融炒作工具。

雷虎科技表示，近年積極響應政府「無人機國家隊」政策，投入巨資研發軍用商規無人機及無人艇，多次通過國防部驗測並參與國內外大型展覽，技術實力有目共睹。影片創作者無視科技研發的長週期特性，僅以短期股價波動將公司努力簡化為「題材炒作」，此種論調不僅缺乏專業素養，更對台灣國防自主產業造成打擊。

對此，Cheap於13日在臉書貼出律師聲明函表示，影片裡提到的增資、併購、績效，全部都是公開財報、新聞報導與法院判決，營運狀況本來就是可受公評的公共事務，不是發律師函就能叫人閉嘴，「我會積極應訴，法院見」。◇


title: 多圖：日本少男少女盛裝打扮 歡度成人節

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2026年1月12日，神奈川縣川崎市，身著和服的年輕女子抵達Todoroki體育館，準備參加成人典禮。（Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images）【記者張雨霏／綜合報導】每年1月的第二個星期一為日本的成人節，週一（1月12日）日本剛好迎來今年的成人節。在日本習俗中，年滿20歲（2022年修法後下調至18歲）就被視為成年人，也就是從成人節這一天起，意味著這些青年男女正式踏入人生另一個階段，以後要獨立面對生活，同時肩負起社會的責任和義務。

在這一天，這些「新成人」都會身著漂亮、典雅的傳統服裝，參加官方或民間團體為他們舉辦的成人儀式和各種慶祝活動，場面盛大而莊重。

據了解，這一禮儀從唐朝傳入日本後就成為該國重要的傳統節日。圖為身著和服的年輕女子抵達Todoroki體育館，準備參加成人典禮。◇


title: 恐嚇京華城案司法官  版主、網友獲緩刑

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【記者常懷仁／台北報導】京華城案引發社會關注，臉書「迷因台式民主」粉專戴姓版主把偵辦該案的11名檢察官、3名法官的姓名等個資合成圖片，在網上曝光；林姓網友則擷圖加工附上血跡，發文寫下恐嚇字句轉傳到社群平台。台北地方法院13日依據涉犯《個人資料保護法》判決戴姓版主有期徒刑6月，得易科罰金，支付公庫10萬元；林姓網友有期徒刑5月，得易科罰金，支付公庫8萬元。2人均獲緩刑2年。

北院表示，兩人因關心京華城案審理進展，在該案審理期間不幸發生墜樓新聞事件，戴、林所為，煽惑大眾對11名檢察官恐嚇或傷害等暴行，使人心生畏懼，致生危害11名檢察官人身安全，對社會秩序產生不良影響，並損及3名法官及11名檢察官名譽及公正執行職務的形象，兩人所為誠屬不該，殊值非難。

針對宣告緩刑2年，北院指出，兩人於審理中已坦承犯行，並表達願意與告訴人及被害人和解之意，堪認兩人非無悔意。

北院表示，為使2人確實知所警惕，深刻了解法律規定及自由民主法治的重要性，並衡量告訴人於偵查中所述，若2人將來在審理中願意認罪，希望2人分別支付10萬元予社福機構等，因此命戴、林應分別向公庫支付10萬元、8萬元。◇

references: 網友 臉書


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（中央社記者曾依璇巴黎13日專電）法國國家統計及經濟研究局（Insee）今天公布2025年人口統計報告，法國人口自然成長數自第二次世界大戰以來首度出現負值。

截至2026年1月1日，法國人口估計為6910萬人，比一年前增加0.25%，此一增長可用移民人數來解釋，目前暫時估計2025年增加17萬6000名移民。

法國22%的人口達65歲以上，占比幾乎與20歲以下的人口相同。

2025年，法國有64.5萬名嬰兒誕生，比2024年減少2.1%，更比上一個出生率高峰期2010年下滑24%。

法國總和生育率持續降低，2024年是1.61，顯示平均每位婦女一生生育1.61個孩子；2025年則為1.56，是自一戰結束以來最低。1918年，法國本土總和生育率也是1.56。

2025年，法國有65萬1000人死亡，比2024年多1.5%，主要與年初的冬季流行性感冒疫情較致命有關。

整體來說，法國2025年人口自然成長數（出生人數減死亡人數）自二戰結束以來首次出現負成長，為-6000人。

費加洛報（Le Figaro）報導，法國國家統計及經濟研究局人口暨社會研究部門主管勒米內茲（Sylvie Le Minez）認為，嬰兒潮世代明年將達80歲，預期法國死亡人數未來數年仍可能增加。

法國國家統計及經濟研究局表示，目前可取得的歐洲最新數據是在2024年，當時歐盟27個成員國僅有7國人口自然成長數為正，包括法國。

但法國嬰兒出生時的預期壽命拉長，女性為85.9歲，男性為80.3歲，高於歐洲平均。

生育率下滑和人口高齡化已是政界關注議題。法國總統馬克宏（Emmanuel Macron）2024年初強調有必要提振人口數，研議提出解決不孕問題的計畫，另推出新的育嬰假規定，父母最長可多請兩個月，兩人合計最長4個月，自今年7月起生效。（編輯：田瑞華）1150113

journalist: 中央社記者曾依璇巴黎13日專電

countries: 法國 歐盟

events: 死亡 疫情

title: 法國2025年人口死亡比出生多 二戰後首見 | 國際


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（中央社華盛頓13日綜合外電報導）美國總統川普（Donald Trump）今天表示，在伊朗抗議活動遭鎮壓的情況下，他已取消與伊朗官員的會談，同時對伊朗人民喊話：「援助正在路上。」

美聯社報導，川普並未透露援助內容的細節，而根據人權監督組織的說法，伊朗這波抗議的死亡人數已超過2000人。

川普本週稍早曾表示，在他揚言對伊朗發動打擊後，伊朗希望與華府談判。然而川普在社群媒體上的最新訊息，顯示他願意與伊朗政府接觸的態度看似轉變。

川普今天上午在自家社群平台「真實社群」（Truth Social）寫道：「伊朗愛國者們，繼續抗議—接管你們的機構！」

「記下殺人凶手和施虐者的名字，他們會付出巨大代價。我已取消與伊朗官員的所有會談，直到無謂殺戮抗議者的行徑停止為止。援助正在路上。」

川普一再威脅德黑蘭當局，若他的政府發現伊朗對反政府抗議者動用致命武力，將採取軍事行動，但他尚未說明是否已決定如何回應。（編譯：楊昭彥）1150114

title: 川普發文籲伊朗人民繼續抗議 稱「援助正在路上」 | 國際


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（中央社記者呂晏慈台北13日電）資誠（PwC）今天發布「2025全球暨台灣家族企業調查報告」顯示，地緣政治、貿易政策不確定性及科技轉型壓力，正在重塑企業營運環境，僅有25%企業達成營收雙位數成長，較2年前的43%明顯下滑。

調查顯示，過去1年中，只有57%企業營業額成長、15%營業額衰退，其中僅25%達到雙位數成長，低於2023年調查的43%。資誠家族辦公室主持會計師洪連盛表示，這反映地緣政治、貿易政策不確定性及科技轉型壓力正重塑企業營運環境，對不少企業而言，能夠原地踏步已像是一種進步。

外部衝擊方面，調查發現，人力與領導力發展（69%）、市場與競爭壓力（66%）、決策制定（53%）、傳承規劃（47%）及公司治理（41%）是台灣家族企業面臨的5大難關。

資誠指出，對比全球有61%家族企業將生成式AI視為企業成長機會，台灣僅13%，顯示台灣家族企業存在明顯AI落差，未來競爭力隱憂浮現。

調查也發現，台灣逾5成家族企業沒有任何家族治理制度，包含家族憲法、股權進退場機制、衝突解決機制等，多數未有白紙黑字的規範。

資誠表示，台灣家族企業依賴創辦人個人能力與風格，缺少公司治理、透明的決策流程，一旦換人，整套運作常常跟著失靈，這在法律上會產生不確定性，將造成傳承的風險。

資誠人資管理顧問公司董事長桂竹安提醒，這種制度性的空白，在面對日益複雜的家族成員結構時，極易引發「同姓不同命」的內部矛盾，不僅讓非家族的專業經理人感到不公，更會在家族成員之間埋下分裂的種子。

洪連盛建議，家族企業應加速建立家族治理機制，以因應未來世代交替與經營權傳承，並透過家族會議等方式增進家族成員的情感與經營共識，而面對全球AI浪潮，應主動培育內部數位人才，加強對新興科技的投入，並適度引入專業經理人及外部顧問，提升家族企業的競爭力。

資誠每2年進行1次全球暨台灣家族企業調查，2025年調查報告於去年4月1日至6月17日間，對來自62個國家或地區的1325名家族企業領導者進行線上問卷調查，其中包括32名台灣受訪者。（編輯：林家嫻）1150113

journalist: 中央社記者呂晏慈台北13日電

title: 資誠：營收雙位數成長家族企業 占比明顯下滑 | 產經


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（中央社記者張建中、何秀玲新竹13日電）工業機電系統整合工程廠亞翔子公司榮工工程董事會今天決議斥資新台幣8.5億元，收購駿富國際開發100%股權，以取得都更案實施者資格。另也投入8.21億元向駿富國際開發取得土地與建物，土地面積約74.72坪，換算約1坪1100萬元。

住商機構企劃研究室執行總監徐佳馨指出，此案為今年首宗每坪單價千萬交易案。由於該土地上有建物，不僅可以用都更開發取得容積獎勵，比素地值錢，加上該地點屬於第四種商業區土地，容積高達800%，又臨中華路一段，屬於西門町商圈範圍，整合後開發價值高，具條件衝上每坪單價千萬元價格。

盤點過去每坪單價千萬交易案，2024年3月，大同公告將芙蓉大樓出售給璞永建設、璞慧建設、璞慶開發企業、海悅國際開發、敦富開發建設、鈜富開發、濟盟建設、台灣樂菲公司，並已完成簽約，交易總金額131.25億元，土地面積約860.0317坪，換算每坪單價達1526萬。

同年9月，海悅、達麗建設等企業公告以總價95.88億元，買下位於台北SOGO商圈土地，土地面積折合約787.11坪，換算每坪1218萬元。

亞翔今天公告指出，榮工工程將向夏姿人文建設、哲霖開發及鈞臨投資收購駿富國際開發100%股權，對價條件為8.5億元，預計2月底前完成交割。

亞翔表示，收購駿富國際開發案完成後，將維持其都市更新重建的現有業務並繼續經營，進行營運策略整合，以發揮整合綜效。預期將有助整體資源配置及營運管理整合，對未來營運發展具正面影響。

榮工工程董事會今天同時通過以8.21億元，向駿富國際開發購買台北市中正區城中段一小段822地號等4筆土地及60建號等2筆建物，土地面積247平方公尺，約74.72坪，約1坪1100萬元。

榮工工程透過公告說明，該土地權利價值平均單價每坪1299萬9944元，鑑價金額計算方式為74.72坪乘上1299萬9944元，總價為9億7135萬5816元。（編輯：潘羿菁）1150113

journalist: 中央社記者張建中、何秀玲新竹13日電

taiwan-subdivisions: 新竹 中正區 大同

title: 亞翔子公司榮工西門町購地 今年首宗每坪千萬地王 | 產經


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蘋果公司（Apple）13日宣布推出Apple Creator Studio訂閱套組，所包含的一系列App適用於影片剪輯、音樂製作、創意影像，以及視覺表達與生產力。（蘋果提供）中央社記者吳家豪傳真 115年1月13日（中央社記者吳家豪台北13日電）蘋果公司（Apple）今天宣布推出Apple Creator Studio訂閱套組，所包含的一系列App適用於影片剪輯、音樂製作、創意影像，以及視覺表達與生產力，試圖吸引更多預算有限但有創作需求的用戶加入蘋果服務生態系。

Apple Creator Studio將自1月28日起於App Store上架，提供每月新台幣390元或每年3900元的訂閱方案，包含一個月免費試用。

訂閱內容涵蓋Mac和iPad版的Final Cut Pro、Logic Pro和Pixelmator Pro，Mac版Motion、Compressor和MainStage，以及適用於iPhone、iPad和Mac的Keynote、Pages、Numbers智慧功能與進階內容。

蘋果網際網路軟體與服務資深副總裁克佑（Eddy Cue）透過新聞稿表示，Apple Creator Studio讓各類創作者都能專注投入創作並精進技能，進行影片剪輯、音樂製作、創意影像、視覺表達與生產力等相關工作，並且結合進階智慧工具，進一步強化並加速工作流程。

舉例來說，Mac版和iPad版Final Cut Pro提供的Beat Detection功能，讓使用者可直接在專案時間軸中看到音樂的節拍、小節和歌曲段落，把依循音樂節奏進行的影片剪輯變得快速又有趣。

Apple Creator Studio也提供動態圖形工具Motion的完整使用權，可用來製作具電影感的2D和3D特效，並結合智慧功能例如Magnetic Mask，無需綠幕即可輕鬆分離並追蹤人物和物件。（編輯：張均懋）1150113

journalist: 中央社記者吳家豪台北13日電

companies: 蘋果 Apple

title: 蘋果推創作App訂閱套組 擴大服務生態系 | 科技


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IPAC當時回應中央社詢問表示，關於蕭美琴擬親赴比利時布魯塞爾並前往歐洲議會，歐洲議會議長、負責歐盟（European Union）整體對外事務的歐盟對外事務部（EEAS），以及比利時外交部皆「全然知情」，並提供協助。

不過，根據英國「衛報」（The Guardian）今天發自台北的報導，中國官員正多管齊下，強力敦促歐洲各國接受北京對歐洲出入境相關法規的詮釋，並「提醒」各國勿踩踏北京「紅線」允許台灣官員或政治人物入境，否則歐洲個別國家或歐盟與中國的關係恐受損害。

報導援引數名歐洲國家知情官員的說法及外交文件，並提到中方是在去年11月和12月積極與歐洲方面交涉和表達不滿。

「衛報」引用的一份中國對歐外交照會提到，中國希望歐盟機構和歐洲國家考慮中國與歐盟及中國與歐洲各國雙邊關係的更大利益，拒絕台灣「所謂的總統或副總統（含前任）」入境。

照會進一步表示，歐洲方面「甚至縱容（副總統）蕭美琴在歐洲議會大樓發表談話，宣揚台獨分裂主張」。

衛報引述台灣外交部表示，官員訪問歐洲「與中國完全無關，中國無權干涉」。

關於去年11月在布魯塞爾舉行年度峰會後，IPAC的歐洲國家議員是否曾遭遇中方施壓、相關施壓是否有加劇趨勢，IPAC秘書處今天告訴中央社，按目前所知情況，未有任何曾出席布魯塞爾峰會、來自歐洲的IPAC議員事後曾接獲來自中方的訊息，表達與台灣往來恐對歐洲個別國家與中國的雙邊關係造成負面影響。

IPAC秘書處另提到，在布魯塞爾峰會後，目前未有中國加劇對IPAC歐洲議員施壓的情形。

值得一提的是，IPAC曾於2024年7月在台北舉行年度峰會，當時中方在峰會登場前即啟動對多名IPAC議員施壓，直接或間接透過個別國家政府官員「警告」議員勿赴台與會。有2個非洲國家在台北峰會後，退出IPAC。

countries: 中國 台灣 比利時 英國 歐盟

title: IPAC：蕭美琴布魯塞爾演說後 議員未遭中國加強施壓 | 政治


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（中央社首爾13日綜合外電報導）自韓國前總統尹錫悅2024年12月3日宣布緊急戒嚴後已過去406天左右，他今天在經過長達約11小時的審理後，因涉嫌內亂首謀罪而遭檢方正式求處死刑，法院預計2月中旬宣布判決。

根據起訴內容，尹錫悅在並非處於戰爭或國家緊急狀態下，違反憲法宣布緊急戒嚴，並動員軍隊與警察，引發騷亂。

尹錫悅涉嫌觸犯內亂首謀罪的一審結案辯論今天在首爾中央地方法院刑事第25合議庭舉行，審理對象包括尹錫悅及前國防部長金龍顯在內8名被告。

「中央日報」報導，檢方指出：「宣布戒嚴背棄了維護憲法、促進公民自由的憲法責任，從根本上侵蝕國家安全及人民的生存。從其目的、手段與執行方式來看，這項行為具有反國家性質。」

檢方強調，本案性質極其惡劣，因此向法院求處尹錫悅死刑。檢方並求處涉嫌參與內亂重要任務的金龍顯無期徒刑，以及求處前情報司令官盧相元（Noh Sang-won，音譯）30年有期徒刑。

根據法新社，尹錫悅的辯護團隊則將他喻為義大利學者伽利略（Galileo Galilei）、布魯諾（Giordano Bruno）等無辜但遭判刑的偉大歷史人物，並稱「多數人的意見並不總是揭露真相」。

韓國放送公社（KBS）報導，審理法院預計2月中旬宣布判決。

「朝鮮日報」報導，檢方還提到：「我們意識到需要更嚴格的裁決，才能避免歷史悲劇重演。本案沒有任何予以寬容的理由，因此我們求處死刑，而非最輕的法定刑。」

countries: 韓國 義大利

title: 韓前總統尹錫悅被求處死刑 法院預計2月中旬宣判 | 國際


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（中央社華盛頓13日綜合外電報導）美國政府今天公布，上個月通貨膨脹維持穩定，一如分析師預期。川普政府近幾個月擴大關稅調漲豁免範圍，納入一些關鍵農產品等項目，反映在去年最後幾個月物價並未大漲上。

法新社報導，美國勞工部公布，2025年12月美國消費者物價指數（CPI）與前1年同期相比升高2.7%，與11月漲幅相同；若與前月相比，12月CPI則上升0.3%，最大漲勢來自住房價格。

若扣除波動較大的食品和能源價格，12月美國CPI則較1年前同期上漲2.6%。

去年美國在總統川普（Donald Trump）關稅行動恐影響經濟的陰影下，民眾對於生活成本壓力的擔憂大增。隨著川普祭出一波波關稅，幾乎所有貿易夥伴國的貨品都受到影響，美國通膨也逐步升溫。

儘管美國商家陸續表示面臨成本升高，不過許多業者已搶在關稅預定調漲前囤貨來緩和衝擊，避免將增加的成本全部轉嫁給消費者。（編譯：張正芊）1150113

title: 美國最新通貨膨脹率持穩 關稅調漲豁免緩和物價衝擊 | 國際


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（中央社記者戴雅真東京13日專電）韓國總統李在明上任以來主張以國家利益為核心的「實用外交」主義，在強化與日本合作的同時，也致力維持與中國的穩定關係。然而，隨著日本首相高市早苗「台灣有事」國會答詢引發中國強烈反彈，日中關係急速惡化。這次出訪奈良，將考驗李在明的「外交平衡術」。

在奈良行前，李在明於青瓦台接受日本放送協會（NHK）專訪。談及日本，李在明坦言，年輕時曾因歷史傷痛而對日本抱持負面觀感，但在多次實地接觸後，逐漸讓他放下先入為主的偏見，理解日韓關係具有國家、政治與民間等多個層次。其中，政治勢力最具變動性，令他憂心因為政治原因產生衝突，最後反而讓日韓國民的利益與未來受損。他強調，身為要對國家命運負責的領導人，必須更嚴肅地看待問題。

自去年6月就任前後，李在明的態度明顯轉向重視對日合作。包括與前日本首相石破茂在內，他已進行多達5次日韓首腦會談，並主動提議在高市家鄉奈良舉行會談。

談到對高市早苗的印象，李在明表示，他原本以為高市是比較強硬的人，尤其在對韓關係上可能採取保守立場，但實際見面後，覺得她很有人情味、充滿能量與熱情。深入對話後，也覺得高市相當理性。現在比起擔心，反而更期待她能在改善日韓關係上發揮作用。而且兩人都是沒有特別的政治靠山、沒有後盾而能夠走到今天的位置，對此很有共鳴。

然而，李在明的對日重視路線正遭遇外部壓力。李在明1月訪中期間，與中國國家主席習近平會談，雙方同意在多個領域加強合作，但習近平同時強調「中韓共同戰勝日本軍國主義」，要求李在明站在「攜手捍衛二戰勝利成果，守護東北亞和平穩定」。更具衝擊性的是，中國隨後宣布強化對日本的軍民兩用物項出口管制，令日中緊張進一步升高。

李在明在專訪中說，他直接告訴告訴習近平，對韓國而言，日本與中國同樣重要。每個國家都有各自的核心利益，重點是要彼此尊重。

他指出，對韓國而言，當前最重要的課題，是如何在複雜的國際秩序中將國家利益最大化，同時與周邊國家維持良好關係。他認為東北亞和平與穩定極為重要，必須以長期發展的觀點去妥善應對。

至於台灣議題，李在明表示，「對我們而言，最重要的是讓韓國有更好的未來，讓韓國國民有更好的生活。至於我國以外的議題，基本上只要互相尊重即可，我認為應該避免不必要地過度介入。」

李在明坦言，「習近平主席對日本在台灣議題上的立場抱持非常負面的看法，但我認為那是中國和日本之間的問題，不是我們應該深入介入或干預的事情。」

他說，「有人可能覺得這是在推卸責任，但如果韓國採取立場，就能緩和或解決當前狀態嗎？如果能，我們當然會努力；但依我判斷，在目前狀態下，韓國很難去改變局勢。」

李在明表示，從東北亞和平穩定的角度，不希望中日走向對立，期待兩國透過對話圓滿化解。「人與人之間的利害衝突不可能只發生一兩次，更不用說國家之間，利害衝突幾乎難以避免，關鍵在於是否能圓滑、理性地解決問題。」

他指出，「如同韓美日關係的重要性，韓中日關係在這塊區域同等重要，如果未來有韓國能發揮的空間，我們會努力，但就目前來看，似乎不存在韓國能夠明確發揮的空間，這點令人遺憾。」（編輯：楊昭彥）1150113

journalist: 中央社記者戴雅真東京13日專電

countries: 日本 台灣 中國 韓國

title: 日中緊張升高下考驗 奈良行檢驗李在明「外交平衡術」 | 國際


journalist: 中央社記者戴雅真東京13日專電

countries: 中國 台灣 韓國 日本

title: 日中緊張升高下考驗 奈良行檢驗李在明「外交平衡術」 | 國際


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為關懷弱勢族群、傳遞社會溫暖，快樂天堂基金會於民國今年1月25日，在彰化縣社頭果菜市場隆重舉辦第十二屆「寒冬圍爐，千人饗宴」公益活動，邀請彰化縣低收入戶、貧困獨居老人、街友及邊緣戶，社會機構共襄盛舉，預計現場席開300桌，招待約3,000位弱勢朋友，一同圍爐迎新年。

快樂天堂基金會董事長張雪如表示，「寒冬圍爐，千人饗宴」活動至今已連續舉辦12年，年年不間斷，每桌餐費約新臺幣5,000元，並提供禮券、電視等摸彩品、大型紀念品，所有經費皆來自社會各界善心人士與企業的愛心捐助。

快樂天堂基金會「寒冬圍爐、千人饗宴」 600位志工陪伴弱勢過好年為了圍爐不中斷，今日舉辦募款記者會，員榮醫院率先拋磚引玉認捐30桌，雅頓髮型也加入響應行列認捐20桌。雅頓髮型創辦人楊儒堅表示，每年看到千人圍爐的新聞都深受感動，自家成立的「雅頓關懷慈善會」秉持回饋社會理念，今年決定義不容辭加入行列，「讓更多人感受到過年的溫暖，是最值得做的事。」

本次活動共動員近600位慈善會志工隊志工，從場地佈置、引導入席、餐點服務到貼心陪伴，全程投入服務弱勢受贈戶。志工們以實際行動傳遞關懷，讓每位到場者都能感受到尊重與溫暖。

快樂天堂基金會強調，未來將持續秉持「陪伴弱勢、溫暖社會」的宗旨，結合更多社會力量，讓寒冬不再寒冷，讓希望與愛心在社會中持續發光。

journalist: 記者張文熹／彰化報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 彰化縣 社頭

title: 快樂天堂基金會「寒冬圍爐、千人饗宴」 600位志工陪伴弱勢過好年


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「以前連出門倒垃圾都提不起勁，現在可以陪孫子散步了。」76歲的陳姓阿嬤，年輕時曾罹患憂鬱症，原本控制穩定，近年卻因症狀復發，變得整天悶悶不樂、食慾與活動力明顯下降，甚至逐漸與家人疏離。家屬帶她多次回診調整藥物，改善仍有限，最後轉介至桃園療養院精神科評估，嘗試在藥物治療基礎上合併深層經顱磁刺激(Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation，dTMS)治療。經過三週療程後，家屬觀察到她情緒逐漸穩定，願意主動出門、參與家庭聚會，生活節奏也慢慢回到正軌，讓家人鬆了一口氣。

桃療一般精神科主任詹佳祥13日表示，老年憂鬱症(late-life depression)在臨床上並不少見，但治療往往比中壯年族群更具挑戰性。「高齡患者常同時有多種慢性疾病，用藥選擇受到限制，對藥物的反應速度也較慢，這時候就需要更多元、整合性的治療策略。

詹佳祥主任指出，dTMS是一種非侵入性的腦刺激治療，透過特殊設計的深層線圈，刺激與情緒調節相關的前額葉腦區，可在完整評估後，作為藥物治療的輔助選項之一。「臨床上我們最在意的是安全性與耐受度，特別是高齡患者。從目前的治療經驗來看，多數患者對療程的接受度良好，也有助於提升整體治療的穩定性。」

腦醫學中心洪育遠主任也補充，國際研究顯示，dTMS應用於60歲以上的老年憂鬱症患者，在合併既有治療的情況下，部分患者可於數週內觀察到症狀改善，且整體副作用風險低，為高齡憂鬱症治療提供新的臨床思考方向。

桃園療養院強調，未來將持續依循實證醫學與臨床經驗，發展適合高齡族群的整合式精神醫療模式，結合藥物、腦刺激與功能評估，協助更多長者在安全前提下，找回生活品質。

journalist: 記者陳華興／桃園報導

title: 桃園療養院引進dTMS 應用於老年憂鬱症治療


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隨著生成式 AI 快速改變職場生態，「具備 AI 基本判斷力」已成為各行各業不可或缺的核心能力。元智大學於 115 年 1 月 13 日舉行全校主管共識營中，正式與台灣人工智慧學校（AIA）簽署合作備忘錄，宣布共同成立「AIA 人才認證（AIATC™）桃竹苗區域認證中心」。未來將優先推動專為台灣職場設計的 AI 人才素養與專業能力認證制度，包含素養級（AIATCL™）、工程級（AIATCE™）及管理級（AIATCM™），協助在職人士進行再學習（Upskill）與轉職學習（Reskill），強化職場競爭力。

元智大學校長廖慶榮於致詞時表示，人工智慧的推動不應侷限於少數技術人員，應成為全體主管與同仁共同具備的核心數位素養。透過雙方的合作，學校推動行政與教學單位在不需撰寫程式的前提下，掌握 AI 的基本知識與實務應用。期許全校主管皆能通過 AIA 人才認證，成為臺灣第一所取得 AIA 認證的高等學府。

元智大學廖慶榮校長元智大學進一步指出，AIATCL™ 認證的最大特色在於「不要求程式能力」，也不以特定工具操作為導向，而是聚焦於 AI 的核心概念、實務應用理解，以及使用過程中的風險與倫理判斷，強調「懂 AI、會判斷」，而非「會寫程式」。考試採中文命題，特別適合行銷、企劃、人資、編輯、專案管理等非工程背景的專業人士，有助於其在跨部門合作或 AI 專案討論中，建立清楚的溝通基礎與決策能力。

台灣人工智慧學校執行長陳伶志博士介紹台灣人工智慧學校元智大學表示，該認證目前已廣泛應用於企業與政府部門培訓計畫，具備高度公信力。未來作為桃竹苗區域推動基地，學校將提供完善的行政支援與專業考場，大幅提升民眾取得證照的便利性，並協助企業解決 AI 人才辨識不易的痛點，進一步強化產學接軌與區域人才培育。

雙方將透過聯名宣傳與推廣活動，協助更多職涯工作者在 AI 時代建立關鍵判斷力，成為企業優先任用的重要人才。本次合作由台灣人工智慧學校執行長陳伶志博士與元智大學校長廖慶榮代表簽署，象徵雙方攜手深化 AI 素養教育與職場應用，展現共同推動人才培育的堅定承諾。

title: 元智大學攜手台灣人工智慧學校 成立 AI 人才認證桃竹苗區域中心


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受大陸冷氣團及輻射冷卻影響，中央氣象署表示，從今（13）日晚至明（14）日上午，台南以北及金門地區局部氣溫可能降至10度以下（黃色燈號），同時針對11縣市發布低溫特報，包括新北市、桃園市、新竹市、新竹縣、苗栗縣、台中市、南投縣、雲林縣、嘉義縣、台南市及金門縣。

氣象署提醒，連江縣因地理及氣候因素，其氣溫門檻值比其他地區低約4度，也呼籲民眾注意保暖並留意日夜溫差。

11縣市低溫特報。圖／翻攝自氣象署責任編輯／蔡尚晉

journalist: 責任編輯／蔡尚晉

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 苗栗縣 嘉義縣 桃園 雲林縣 金門縣 新竹縣 連江縣 金門 新竹市 南投縣

title: 11縣市發布低溫特報！ 氣溫跌破10度一路凍到明天


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美國戰爭部長赫格塞斯12號在SpaceX的德州基地宣布，將馬斯克旗下的xAI聊天機器人Grok，納入戰爭部跟Google Gemini合作打造的人工智慧平台 GenAI.mil，讓Grok在軍方網絡中運作。

創新維持領先！ 五角大廈將導入Grok餵美軍數據五角大廈將提供軍方資訊科技系統及情報資料庫中的相關數據給AI系統使用，以擴大人工智慧在軍事領域的應用。赫格塞斯強調，必須簡化不必要流程、加速軍民技術創新，以維持美軍的領先地位。

Grok涉生成深偽色情影像 馬國印尼封鎖.英調查不過，雀屏中選的Grok，最近才因為能輕易生成深偽性影像，引發外界撻伐，馬來西亞跟印尼相繼暫時封鎖Grok後，英國通訊管理局12號也啟動正式調查。英國首相施凱爾表示，將立法禁止生成未經同意的深偽私密影像。

國際中心／吳連哲 編撰 責任編輯／蔡尚晉

countries: 美國 馬來西亞 英國 印尼

title: 美戰爭部攜手馬斯克 引入「Grok」用於軍方AI平台