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新华社华盛顿3月26日电 美国阿克西奥斯新闻网站26日援引美国官员及消息人士的话报道说，美国国防部正在制定针对伊朗的“致命一击”军事方案，其中可能包括使用地面部队及开展大规模轰炸。

报道称，一些美国官员认为，通过展示强大军事实力来结束战斗，可为和平谈判创造更多筹码，或至少让总统特朗普有机会宣称胜利。

消息人士告诉该媒体，美方拟定的“致命一击”方案包括入侵或封锁伊朗主要石油出口枢纽哈尔克岛，进攻伊朗用于控制霍尔木兹海峡的战略要地拉腊克岛，夺取阿布穆萨岛及另外两座位于海峡西侧入口处的小岛，以及在霍尔木兹海峡东侧封锁或扣押运输伊朗石油的船只。

此外，美军还制订了深入伊朗内陆的地面行动计划，以获取埋在核设施内的高丰度浓缩铀。另一种方案是实施大规模空袭，以阻止伊朗未来获取这些核材料。

报道称，尽管特朗普尚未就上述方案作出最终决定，白宫也称地面行动尚属“假设性”讨论，但消息人士表示，若与伊朗的谈判无法在短期内取得实质性成果，特朗普已做好升级冲突的准备。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特25日警告伊朗，若无法达成协议，特朗普已准备好发起“比以往任何时候都更严厉”的打击。

title: 美媒：美国正制定对伊朗“致命一击”军事方案-新华网


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新华社布鲁塞尔3月26日电（记者康逸 丁英华）欧洲议会议员26日投票支持有条件执行欧美贸易协议。当天的投票并不意味着批准程序结束，欧洲议会与欧盟成员国还需要就最终文本展开谈判。

欧美于2025年7月达成贸易协议。由于双方在格陵兰岛问题上的紧张关系，协议的批准经历数月延迟。在美国最高法院裁定特朗普政府的大规模关税政策违法后，相关进程再次被搁置。随后，特朗普宣布对欧盟等贸易伙伴发起新的贸易调查，促使欧洲议员推动在现有协议中加入更多保障条款。

欧洲议会强化了拟议中的暂停条款，使其在多种情况下可暂停对美国的关税优惠。一旦美方施加或威胁施加新关税，或破坏协议条款，该协议可以被全面或部分暂停。欧洲议会同时引入了“日出条款”，规定新的贸易优惠仅在美国履行其承诺后方可生效。

分析人士指出，欧盟在努力挽救欧美贸易协议的同时，正加快在全球范围内实现贸易关系多元化。日前，欧盟推动与南共市之间的自由贸易协定于5月临时生效，并于近期与印度签署自由贸易协定。

title: 欧洲议会投票支持有条件执行欧美贸易协议-新华网


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新华社耶路撒冷3月26日电（记者冯国芮 王卓伦）以色列国防军26日发表声明说，以军前一晚对伊朗南部阿巴斯港实施空袭，包括伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令阿里礼萨·坦格西里及海军情报局局长贝赫纳姆·雷扎伊在内的多名伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军高层人员身亡。

声明说，以色列空军在情报支持下，对阿巴斯港实施精确打击，坦格西里在袭击中身亡。坦格西里在过去8年担任伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令。他主导了对霍尔木兹海峡的封锁。

声明说，空袭发生时，坦格西里正与伊斯兰革命卫队海军多名高级军官开会。除坦格西里外，雷扎伊也在此次行动中身亡。

countries: 伊朗 以色列

title: 以军称多名伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军高层人员遇袭身亡-新华网


content_text: 新华社德黑兰3月26日电（记者沙达提）当地时间26日20时左右，伊朗首都德黑兰传出密集爆炸声。新华社记者听到，战机轰鸣声非常明显，防空火力密集拦截，市区东部传出巨大爆炸声。

title: 德黑兰传出密集爆炸声 战机轰鸣-新华网


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新华社德黑兰3月26日电（记者沙达提）伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社26日援引知情人士的话报道说，伊朗已正式回应美国提出的包含15点内容的停火协议。

报道说，伊朗的回应已于25日晚通过斡旋的国家正式发出，伊朗正在等待对方的回应。伊朗在回应中表示，“敌人的侵略和恐怖行为必须结束，必须创造客观条件确保战争不再重演，战争赔偿必须得到保障并明确解决，并且战争的结束必须在所有战线上、针对所有参与此次战斗的抵抗组织、在整个地区范围内得到执行。伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡行使主权是伊朗的自然和合法权利，必须得到承认”。

上述5个“必须”与伊朗新闻电视台25日报道的伊方停战5项条件内容一致。

报道说，伊朗很清楚，美国关于谈判的说法不过是“欺骗”伎俩，美国人借谈判之名另有图谋：首先，通过展现其爱好和平、渴望结束战争的姿态来欺骗世界；其次，压低世界油价；第三，为从伊朗南部发动地面入侵这一新的侵略行动争取时间。

这名知情人士说：“如果说在（去年6月）‘12日战争’之前，伊朗还对谈判结果以及美国是否会遵守协议存疑，那么自‘12日战争’以来，伊朗则对美国在任何阶段的谈判意愿都表示怀疑。在‘12日战争’和本次战争中，美国人都是在谈判期间发动战争的。这一次，美国人又以谈判为幌子，企图为新的罪行铺路。”

title: 伊朗已通过中间人正式回应美方“15点计划”-新华网


content_text: 新华社柏林3月26日电 据多家德国媒体报道，德国北部汉堡市26日发生一起交通事故，一辆公交车迎头撞上路边树木，造成至少16人受伤。其中，包括69岁的司机在内的两人伤势严重。

title: 德国汉堡一公交车撞树致16人受伤-新华网


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新华社德黑兰3月26日电 伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社26日援引军方知情人士的话报道，若美国想以“自杀式行动”来开通霍尔木兹海峡，伊朗已做好准备，并仍将对其封锁霍尔木兹海峡。

报道说，伊朗已动员超过100万名作战人员，准备与美国进行地面作战。此外，大量伊朗年轻人涌向“动员穷人组织”、伊斯兰革命卫队和军方的征募中心，申请参与作战。

美国阿克西奥斯新闻网站26日援引美官员及消息人士的话报道说，美国国防部正在制定针对伊朗的“致命一击”军事方案，包括入侵或封锁伊朗主要石油出口枢纽哈尔克岛，进攻伊朗用于控制霍尔木兹海峡的战略要地拉腊克岛，夺取阿布穆萨岛及另外两座位于海峡西侧入口处的小岛，以及在霍尔木兹海峡东侧封锁或扣押运输伊朗石油的船只。

title: 伊朗称已准备好应对美国以“自杀式行动”开通霍尔木兹海峡-新华网


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因涉京華城、政治獻金等弊案，台北地院今判處前台北市長、民眾黨創黨主席柯文哲合併執行17年徒刑，褫奪公權6年。對此，民眾黨傍晚召開國際記者會回應判決結果。柯文哲妻子陳佩琪稍早於臉書表示，他自始至終就是個怪咖，曾說賺錢就是要給妻小用；柯如今因為210萬要被關10幾年，「這些錢竟不到我年收入的一半？」深感疑惑，更稱若檢調證據確鑿，將說到做到「我去北院跳樓」。

陳佩琪臉書貼文指出，我跟我先生柯文哲結婚35年，自始至終覺得他就是個怪咖，他當醫生，總是視病人的生命比家庭還重要，我也不以為意，因為病人的命本就較重要，有份優渥的醫師薪水，但日子過得跟苦行僧一樣，甚至是有點窮酸，我曾問他收入不錯啊，幹嘛過這種日子，他雖有亞斯特質，卻很感性的跟我說，他賺錢是要給妻小用的…

陳佩琪接著說，我真的不知道他今天貪了人家的210萬元給佩琪享樂、害自己要被關十幾年，而這些錢「竟不到我年收入的一半？」她直言，自己不買名牌，不好美食，不請傭人，每天搭公車上下班，到底你貪210萬給我幹什麼？請問錢在哪裡呢？我們家所有的存摺、住家（只差化糞池沒開挖）都被抄到天翻地覆了，請問法官，我先生貪污的錢在哪裡，你幫我找出來，家裡錢財都是我在打理的，五天後辯論庭直播出來，請大家幫找柯文哲貪錢給佩琪的證據，特別是青鳥要看我跳樓的，法官都幫你們找到貪污210萬的證據了，直播完，證據明確了，說到做到，我去北院跳樓。

自由電子報關心您︰自殺不能解決問題，勇敢求救並非弱者，社會處處有溫暖，一定能度過難關。安心專線：1925 生命線協談專線：1995。張老師專線：1980

title: 京華城宣判「210萬」成焦點 陳佩琪：不到我收入一半要被關10幾年？ - 政治


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美軍B-2匿蹤轟炸機於3月17日進行起飛前整備。畫面紅框處為機翼前緣出現的白色貼片，其具體用途目前尚未獲官方說明，引發外界關注與猜測。（圖：The Aviationist/美國空軍）

〔編譯陳成良／綜合報導〕美軍B-2「幽靈」（Spirit）匿蹤轟炸機近日被發現機翼出現多個用途不明的白色貼片，引發全球軍事迷與分析人士關注。這款美軍最機密的戰略轟炸機，過去極少公開相關作業畫面，此次在執行任務時被捕捉到異常標記，用途引發外界關注與猜測。

據軍事航空網站《The Aviationist》報導，相關照片攝於3月17日，顯示兩架B-2轟炸機在執行飛往伊朗的任務前，機翼前緣出現了數個白色長方形貼片，且機身兩側佈局並不完全對稱。

這些貼片的具體功能為何？目前尚未有官方說明，但軍事觀察家提出了幾種可能性。由於其外型與測試飛機常見的「基準點標記」（fiducial markings）相似，有分析認為，這可能與新型武器或感測器的整合測試有關。

然而，在執行實戰任務時安裝這類標記相當罕見。報導指出，任何機體表面的異動，都有可能干擾B-2賴以生存的雷達吸收塗層（RAM），進而影響其匿蹤性能。

另一種推測則是與雷達特性調整或機體修復有關。有觀點認為，在當前戰場環境下，這類貼片或許是為了在特定任務中改變轟炸機的雷達截面積（RCS）。此外，B-2機隊目前正進行多項包含通訊與感測器在內的升級計畫，這些異常標記是否與新設備的安裝或測試直接相關，仍無法確認。

針對機翼上出現不明貼片的原因，美國空軍目前並未發表評論。報導指出，隨著這些轟炸機持續活躍於中東戰場，這些「白色貼片」究竟是為了修復塗層、測試新設備，或具備其他可能用途，仍是軍事分析界高度關注的未解之謎。

countries: 伊朗 美國

title: 執行任務的B-2變了？機翼驚見「神祕白色貼片」 - 自由軍武頻道


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德國汽車大廠福斯與以色列國營國防企業拉斐爾先進防衛系統公司洽談生產「鐵穹」防空系統零組件。（歐新社檔案照）

〔中央社〕德國汽車大廠福斯（Volkswagen）正與以色列國營國防企業拉斐爾先進防衛系統公司（Rafael Advanced Defence Systems）洽談合作，計畫將旗下德國的一座工廠，從汽車生產轉型為製造「鐵穹」飛彈防禦系統相關設備。

英國「金融時報」獨家報導，拉斐爾先進防衛系統公司與福斯規劃，將改造位於下薩克森邦的奧斯納貝克（Osnabrück）工廠，生產「鐵穹」（Iron Dome）防空系統的相關零組件，包括載運飛彈的重型軍用卡車、發射裝置及電力供應設備。

知情人士透露，福斯希望藉此保住奧斯納貝克工廠約2300個工作機會。這座工廠原本面臨關閉危機，若順利轉型為防空系統零組件生產基地，可望緩解關廠壓力。

「金融時報」指出，這項合作是德國汽車產業迄今最具代表性的轉型嘗試之一。在中國競爭加劇及電動車轉型不順的雙重壓力下，車廠獲利下滑，促使業者轉向與快速成長的國防產業合作。

福斯目前已透過旗下子公司MAN與德國軍工企業萊茵金屬（Rheinmetall）的合資公司生產軍用卡車。此次與拉斐爾合作，象徵福斯重返武器製造領域；福斯在第二次世界大戰期間，曾為德軍生產軍用車輛與V1飛彈。

知情人士表示，此次鐵穹合作案結合「成熟的以色列國防技術與德國製造能力」，所需新增投資有限，若工人同意轉型生產軍用零組件，工廠可望在12至18個月內投入運轉。

拉斐爾選擇在德國設立生產據點，除看重當地製造實力外，也因德國為歐洲最堅定支持以色列的國家之一。隨北約各國大幅提升軍事支出，拉斐爾希望將「鐵穹」系統銷售至包括德國在內的歐洲各國政府。

countries: 以色列 中國 英國 德國

title: 福斯擬與以色列「鐵穹」合作 轉型生產飛彈防禦系統 - 自由軍武頻道


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美國總統川普日前聲稱伊朗贈送他大禮，但沒有說明細節，川普26日指出，美方正與伊朗談判，並稱伊朗贈送美國8艘油輪來證明他們的誠意和真實性；川普稱這代表美國正與對的人談判。

川普近日聲稱已經與伊朗領導層展開談判，不過遭到伊朗官方否認，包括伊朗議長卡利巴夫（Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf）也對此做出否認，但川普堅持美伊之間已打開談判窗口，並稱伊朗之所以否認是因為上下聯繫出了問題。

川普日前提到伊朗方為了表現誠意，將贈送大禮給美國，但沒有說明禮物是什麼，僅指出禮物極具價值；川普26日舉行內閣會議時表示，美國正與伊朗展開重大的對話，並透露說伊朗方送的禮物是8艘油輪。

川普說，他原本對伊朗的提議沒有多想，但他福斯新聞真的報導有8艘油輪穿越荷莫茲海峽，並指出這8艘油輪是掛巴基斯坦國旗；川普說這代表伊朗方說的是真的，也代表美國正與對的人談判；川普又接著說，伊朗方為了針對他們的某發言表示歉意，還加碼贈送2艘油輪作為賠禮，所以總共有10艘油輪。

川普也表示，不是美方希望達成協議，是伊朗方央求，希望達成協議。

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journalist: 聯合報／ 記者陳熙文／華盛頓即時報導

countries: 伊朗 以色列 巴基斯坦 美國

title: 聲稱伊朗送油輪大禮 川普：代表我們與對的人談判


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民眾黨前主席柯文哲涉京華城案一審遭重判十七年徒刑，柯文哲將矛頭對準司法不公，更強調「永遠都不會向賴清德屈服」，未來綠白合機率渺茫；藍白合共同下架民進黨，則是當前「體質虛弱」的民眾黨唯一也必須走的道路。

柯文哲案一審判決，刑度出乎意料，比民眾黨內部原先預料都高。柯文哲開記者會砲轟司法，民眾黨將動員小草周日上凱道，藍營政治人物也陸續聲援柯文哲。法院對柯文哲判處重刑，成為催化「藍白合」的強力膠。

柯文哲雖遭重判，但仍是民眾黨「最強母雞」，眼前的二○二六年地方大選將是民意對柯案的測試。民眾黨目前擁有新竹市長高虹安一席、全台十四席縣市議員，藍白迎戰九合一已簽署了合作共識，民眾黨能否鼓起「為柯討清白」的士氣，化為選票增加民眾黨地方版圖，不只關乎民眾黨未來起落，更是民眾黨防止被泡沫化的關鍵一役。

曾自稱「墨綠」的柯文哲，交保獲釋後一度在人工生殖法議題上，游走藍綠間，給綠白合留下想像空間，但又指藍白合作方向「黃國昌是對的」等。柯文哲遭司法重判後，民眾黨為柯復仇，下架民進黨變成毫無懸念的目標，藍白不合無以成其事。國民黨主席鄭麗文也強調，柯案讓藍白有很高覺悟必須團結。這一判決，形同擂起小草們行動的戰鼓，上凱道成了救柯救黨的大誓師。

藍白已簽署「藍白兩黨合作協議」，但藍白畢竟是兩個不同的政黨，光是未來如何輔選、副市長要不要禮讓等，還有得喬；而身為「一人政黨」的民眾黨當下別無選擇，只有拿出政治實力，證明民眾黨有下架綠營的群眾力量，這不再是虛幻的空氣戰，白營得力拚期末考過關。

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journalist: 聯合報／ 本報記者唐筱恬

people: 柯文哲 應曉薇 黃國昌 鄭麗文 高虹安 賴清德

title: 新聞眼／柯文哲被重判 成催化藍白合的強力膠


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知名房仲林聿暐勾結多個社區保全，以現金或抵債方式取得住戶個資，再彙整成「小白機」轉賣給房仲相關業者，檢方今年初聲押禁見林男獲准，調查局提訊林男時，林男坦承涉案，並供出部分個資來源，資安站26日再搜索約談3人到案，台北地檢署複訊後，依違反個資法命林男助理許志榮20萬交保。

檢方同步約談林聿暐另名女助理陳佳蓉，她與許志榮幫忙林聿瑋做「小白機」系統管理及維護，訊後10萬元交保；至於提供個資的社區保全王友岳則以5萬交保。

據調查，40多歲的林聿暐是雙北地區房仲，曾在知名大型房仲公司任職，他過去與溫姓前房仲勾結，由溫男編寫號稱房仲神器的「People」查詢系統（俗稱小白機），裡面包含姓名、性別、年籍生日、電話、身分證字號、戶籍地址、房地所有權等資料，藉此開發隱性客戶，林聿暐曾為此被判刑4月。

林聿暐從2023年起，與不少大型社區保全人員合作，曾以5000元代價，以包裹式購買社區住戶資料。有保全積欠林男款項，索性用交付個資來「抵債」，林男取得個資後，會透過同業介紹買家購買個資，林男會給對方5000元佣金作為介紹費，資料數量不少。

調查局資安站今年初搜索扣押林聿暐手機、電腦等證物，發現雲端硬碟裡有多達上億筆個資，手機內還有傳送戶政資料給買家的截圖，不少個資都是在三蘆、板牆地區，林聿暐認為事證明確，向辦案人員坦承犯行。

知名房仲林聿暐助理陳佳蓉（左）10萬交保。記者張宏業／攝影

涉盜賣個資的保全王友岳（中）5萬交保。記者張宏業／攝影

知名房仲林聿暐助理許志榮（左）20萬交保。記者張宏業／攝影

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者張宏業／台北即時報導

title: 房仲勾結社區保全盜賣「小白機」個資 檢方第2波搜索3人交保


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調查局接獲情資，指疑有中資背景的耀迅電子公司，未經經濟部投審司核准，2010年就來台設立公司，迄今長達16年，專門從事電子產品買賣，台北市調查處26日搜索3處地點，約談負責人鄭惠月等人到案，台北地檢署檢察官李明哲複訊後，依違反兩岸人民關係條例命鄭女50萬交保。

據了解，檢調也同步約談鄭女的丈夫，但他出國未到案，將擇日再約談，其他相關證人訊後請回。

調查局本周執行陸資違法來台設立據點專案，動員全省各外勤處站搜索有中資背景的企業，清查是否有直接或間接輸入大陸產品的行為，以及有無利用高薪為誘餌，挖角高科技人才，專案行動持續到本周末。

依現行兩岸關係條例規定，大陸地區之營利事業未經主管機關許可來台從事業務活動者，行為人將處1年以下徒刑、拘役或科或併科罰金。

耀迅電子負責人鄭惠月涉違反兩岸人民關係條例，被檢方諭令50萬交保。記者胡經周／攝影

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者張宏業／台北即時報導

title: 又見中資違法來台設據點 時間長達16年 耀迅電子董娘50萬交保


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全球速食品牌麥當勞再掀跨界話題，宣布攜手Netflix人氣動畫KPop Demon Hunters推出期間限定聯名餐點。該片不僅在全球串流平台創下高人氣，更一舉奪下2026年奧斯卡金像獎「最佳動畫長片」，話題持續延燒，也讓此次合作備受矚目。

圖／取自美國麥當勞官網

本次聯名將於3月31日率先在美國登場，主打「選邊站」概念，讓粉絲在劇中兩大陣營HUNTR/X與Saja Boys之間做出選擇。從餐點內容、外包裝設計到隨附的角色收藏卡，皆緊扣角色設定與世界觀，打造沉浸式的追星與用餐體驗。

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此次麥當勞與《KPop Demon Hunters》的聯名系列包含兩大主題餐點，分別以正反兩派為靈感設計，帶來截然不同的風味與視覺風格。餐點融合韓式元素，像是韓風調味薯條、甜辣與芥末風味沾醬等，呈現濃厚K-pop文化特色；同步推出的創意甜點「Derpy McFlurry」，則以香草冰淇淋搭配莓果爆珠，增添層次口感。

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《KPop Demon Hunters》以K-pop女團化身獵魔人的設定廣受歡迎，結合音樂、動作與奇幻題材，成功吸引全球粉絲關注。此次跨界合作不僅延續電影熱度，也將影視IP融入日常飲食，創造全新體驗。隨著奧斯卡光環加持與韓流文化持續席捲國際，從影視到速食品牌的跨界聯名，也再度展現娛樂與餐飲結合的強大吸引力，預料將掀起新一波搶購與收藏熱潮。

title: 麥當勞聯名奧斯卡動畫《KPop Demon Hunters》推主題餐！3/31美國開跑掀「選邊站」熱潮


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京華城案百分之二十容積獎勵爭議，鼎越去年向北市府申請都審變更，暫緩實施百分之二十爭議容積，暫時降至百分之七二八。該案昨一審宣判，京華城因土地被扣押，北市府仍不予施工勘驗，都發局指出，會函請鼎越陳述意見，並開調查小組會議處理。

京華城案昨一審宣判，北市議員應曉薇遭判十五年、褫奪公權六個月，確定無法參選二○二六市議員，影響到中正萬華藍營選情。

藍營地方人士說，在地對於應的判刑心理有數，即便女兒應佳妤參選，也只能以無黨籍身分，民眾黨參選人吳怡萱恐衝擊最大。應佳妤昨說，目前不談選舉，她會陪著媽媽堅持下去，「相信公義和正義終究會被看見」。

京華城案因土地被扣押，北市不予施工勘驗，形同停工，但目前基於公共安全考量，市府同意完成地下層含地上一樓板構造，避免地下連續壁變形，並控制地下水位在地面下四公尺，以免對附近造成公安危害。

容積率部分，鼎越去年四月九日主動向北市府掛件申請都審變更，變更項目敘明總容積率由百分之八四○調整為百分之七二八。

不過，都發局去年十月二十二日、十二月五日再次函請申請單位補正圖說，提供都發局據以辦理後續變更設計程序，但是目前鼎越尚未再送件。

都發局表示，北市府已組成府級調查小組，後續將儘速取得判決書，並依「行政程序法」相關規定，函請鼎越公司限期提出陳述意見後，依調查小組結果續處。

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者林佳彣、邱書昱／台北報導

events: 參選 選舉

taiwan-subdivisions: 萬華 中正

title: 鼎越申請京華城暫緩實施爭議容積 北市要求補件


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花蓮去年九月發生警車撞死婦人事故，肇責判決雙方各半，家屬稱無法接受。圖／警方提供

花蓮警分局翟姓警員去年九月駕巡邏車執勤時撞死七十七歲鍾姓婦人，鑑定結果近日出爐，雙方肇責各占一半，死者家屬痛批，警車時速達九十七公里，嚴重超速，才是肇事主因；警方回應，體諒家屬失親悲痛，仍可再向民間學術機構申請事故判定。

卅六歲翟姓警員去年九月十七日清晨五時四十二分，駕駛警車載一名女警共同執行巡邏勤務，沿中央路由北往南行駛，行經果菜市場前撞上騎機車由東往西方向的七十七歲鍾姓婦人，鍾婦連人帶車噴飛，卡在路旁計程車底全身多處骨折，送醫不治。

行車事故鑑定委員會覆議結果近日出爐，警車當時車速達九十七公里，而該路段限速五十公里，警車嚴重超速，且通過閃黃燈路口未減速並注意車前狀況；鍾姓婦人行經閃紅燈路口，未禮讓幹道車先行，雙方肇責各占一半。

家屬指出，監視器畫面顯示鍾姓婦人當時在路中間的分隔島停等近十秒，確認兩輛車通過後才起步，若非警車嚴重超速，鍾婦絕對有足夠時間通過；判定肇事各半，保險公司賠償金減半，扣除強制險後，警方僅需負擔二十五萬元，「人命顯得微不足道，難以接受」。

花蓮警分局回應，家屬對肇責鑑定有異議，聲請覆議，近日覆議結果仍維持肇責各半，若家屬仍有疑義，可再循民間學術機構申請事故判定；已對涉案員警行政處分，過失致死部分也移請檢方偵辦，體諒家屬心情，也會尊重司法判決。

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者王燕華／花蓮報導

title: 花蓮巡邏車撞死婦人 肇責各半 家屬不滿


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台中區監理所攜手中彰投三縣市加碼推動機車駕訓補助，加上地方補助，最高可領兩千八百元，南投更首創限額免費；從各縣市成果來看，這項措施吸引年輕族群接受正規訓練，從源頭降低交通事故風險，頗具成果。

台中區監理所長楊聰賢昨宣布，二○二六年機車駕訓補助及疊加方案，即日起報名機車駕訓並考取駕照者，可獲交通部補助每人一千三百元，全國名額五萬九千五百人；若再參加「機車駕訓二．○」安全駕駛訓練或「三．○」道路訓練，最高可補助兩千五百元。

地方政府同步疊加補助，南投縣政府今年編列一百廿萬元，分兩階段辦理，第一階段六百人每人補助一千五百元；第二階段三百人每名補助一千元。台中區監理所指出，南投縣汽車駕駛人訓練班聯誼會另加碼八百元，搭配中央及縣府補助，有六百名學員可享全額免訓練費，為全國首見的好康。

台中市政府交通局指出，將延續補助，每人一千五百元，總經費提高到五百廿五萬元，預計三千五百人受惠，金額與名額都是六都最多。彰化縣方面，除中央補助一千三百元外，縣府另加碼一千元，合計約二千三百元，並搭配企業與駕訓班加碼優惠，幾乎可以完全負擔考照費用。彰化監理站統計，縣府補助限額一千名，目前約還有三百名，因是考取駕照後才會補助，所以通過者優先。

在成效方面，交通部公路局統計，接受機車駕訓者較未受訓者違規風險降低五成九，肇事風險降低三成六。中彰投地區去年參與駕訓人數達一萬五千兩百廿三人，較前年八千零四十三人，大幅成長逾八成九。同期機車事故死亡人數減少卅七人、下降近一成，受傷人數少兩千九百九十三人、下降百分之二點八。

台中統計，若再進一步接受安全駕駛訓練，違規率最高可降近七成、肇事率降幅可達四成，顯示駕訓對降低事故風險具體有效。

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者江良誠、林敬家／連線報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 中區 南投縣 彰化縣 南投

title: 考照免費 中彰投加碼機車駕訓補助


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春節放縱，大魚大肉、年糕、糖果零食，不忌口，運動也放假，享受過年熱鬧氣氛。半個月下來，攬鏡自照，臉變圓潤、腰長了一圈肥肉，連走路都覺得遲鈍緩慢了！磅秤一秤，足足多了2公斤，警告自己，絕不任由體態往橫的發展。

為恢復原來模樣，我照著原有的飲食模式及運動雙管齊下。首先打包餐桌上的零嘴，眼不見為淨；三餐飲食清淡，多吃原型食物，主食以雜糧、糙米為主，多食蔬果，烹調以蒸、煮、燙為原則，避免煎炸，少油、少鹽、少糖，攝取足量的蛋白質（蛋、魚、肉、豆類、奶類）。喝足水分，提供身體所需的營養，達到減脂增肌及保健的功效。

運動方面，我每天清晨在家附近外環快走3千步，沿途欣賞綠植花卉，春天櫻花賞心悅目、心曠神怡。午餐前，在電腦螢幕前跟著做養生拍手操，全程踮腳尖，半小時下來全身汗流浹背。每天做，能通經絡、活氣血、降三高、排毒素，拍出健康好身體。

有太陽時，會在外環道上曬太陽15分鐘，促進人體合成維生素D，幫助鈣質吸收，強健骨骼，並提升免疫力。晚餐後半小時，在電視前做超慢跑半小時，也排出一身汗。一星期上兩小時的肌力運動課。

如此持之以恆飲食及運動，相信原有體態及健康體魄，指日可待。

journalist: 聯合報／ 文／悠然（桃園市）

title: 健康你我他／飲食運動照表操課 減兩公斤指日可待


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馬英九基金會前執行長蕭旭岑。 圖／聯合報系資料照片馬英九基金會的茶壺風暴，意外演成火爆內訌。其間是非曲直有待最後釐清，但拙劣的處理，毫無疑問使馬英九和基金會在國內與兩岸間的影響力受到衝擊。吃瓜看戲的綠營，毫不費力成為收割者。

事件中的各造，都是追隨馬英九多年的舊部，甚至是目前藍營領導人。他們的言行，出發點應都是「愛馬」而非「害馬」，結果卻走到難以收拾的地步。所羅門王復生，恐怕也難以定奪。

跳脫事件本身來看，這次的馬辦紛爭，和以往藍營多次內訌、乃至世間大部分齟齬，都有著共同點。各方都自認受到了很大委屈，都積累了一肚子怨氣，只要星星之火，就能點燃。

一旦積怨發作，各方私下放話或公開發言，便忍不住夾槍帶棍，持續塞入自己心底的不平。或者新聞稿措辭埋暗樁，刻意讓外界充滿遐想，甚至公開指責「賊人」從中作祟。在這些言詞出口的瞬間，或許有恨意發洩的快感，卻也埋下對手反彈的機關。彼此的對陣，最後成為吞噬所有人的漩渦，難以「翻頁」解脫。

正如管理學上的「乳酪理論」，重大危機往往是多層破洞疊加的結果。如果彼此「洞孔」不重疊，災難或許就不會發生；但人們總是一再重蹈覆轍，競相把洞挖得更大。若無法跳出人性的盲區，對前人哀之而不能鑑之，結果就是悲劇不斷重演。

journalist: 聯合報／ 黑白集

title: 聯合報黑白集／只能說這是場人性悲劇


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懲戒法院前院長李伯道性騷擾女部屬。圖／聯合報系資料照片

懲戒法院前院長李伯道被控性騷擾、霸凌女部屬，遭監察院彈劾。懲戒法院認定他六度性騷女部屬，另不准女工友、女科長請假，要求處理院長宿舍噪音問題、不能漏接電話及ＬＩＮＥ訊息，成立職場霸凌，有懲戒必要，昨判李撤職，停止任用一年。

李伯道昨說，對於本案所引發的社會關注，他始終秉持專業與尊重，期待司法能發揮定紛止爭的功能，而非淪為打壓異己的工具。他的律師表示，司法不應受制於少數有心人士的刻意操作，更不應被非理性的輿論風聲所左右。

職務法庭調查，懲戒法院二○二三年三月十六日在雲林某飯店舉辦法律座談會，當天晚間九時許晚宴結束後，李伯道要求女部屬到房間，握住她的手、環抱她身體說「妳知道妳很漂亮嗎？」「我很喜歡妳」。

隔月十七日晚間六時許，李伯道要求女部屬到辦公室並交代公事，交付信函要求回去再看，信函內容提及總是規律收到該女傳來製作精美的業務活動表，「直到上星期五下班後一直收不到，突然感到很茫然，很失落，怎會如此？我怎麼那樣不珍惜，不知感謝」、「還是要講出來跟妳說聲抱歉，都應該怪我沒有好好珍惜，以後會更加珍惜，同時不再提喝茶就是了」。

案發後李伯道提前退休，傳出是因性騷女部屬，被害人提出申訴，司法院請法官評鑑委員會對李個案評鑑，監察院彈劾李，後來法評會公布評鑑決議，認為李違反法官倫理規範，情節重大，建議撤職。

此外，李被控霸凌女工友、女科長，也被監院彈劾。職務法庭併案審理，認定李性騷、霸凌女部屬，有懲戒必要，昨判撤職，停止任用一年。

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者王宏舜／台北報導

title: 懲戒法院前院長李伯道 涉性騷遭懲戒撤職


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「在我那個年代，大家對於愛滋病認識相當少」，今年69歲的牙醫師馬魁，2005年被台北市立聯合醫院派至昆明院區負責為愛滋病患者看牙，「一開始說不憂心害怕是騙人的，但接到任務還是要做」，逐漸駕輕就熟，至今已逾20年。雖然已退休4年，但沒有醫師來接門診，因此他持續為愛滋患者看診，沒想過何時要結束，就是一直做下去。

台灣首例愛滋病於1984年出現，起初大家對於愛滋病的了解不多，患者多是同性戀及藥癮者。馬魁表示，愛滋病一開始致死率高，過去讀書學校也沒教，因此大家聽到愛滋病幾乎聞之色變，相當害怕。北市聯醫2001年成立性病防治所並開設「牙科愛滋門診」，他則是在2005年被指定替愛滋病患者看診。

一開始其實害怕 任務來了做就對了

「一開始其實是害怕的。」馬魁坦言，初期看診會戴上頭帽、面罩、雙層手套與防護衣，尤其愛滋病是經由血液、性行為及母體直接傳播，在牙科治療時，恐有被針扎到的風險，因此特別小心。不過，「任務來了做就對了」，他也開始到處查詢、學習相關愛滋病的知識，「雞尾酒療法」問世後，愛滋病已從致命疾病轉變為可長期控制的慢性病，「U=U」即病毒量測不到者，幾乎不具傳染力。

馬魁說，愛滋病患者來看診並不會主動告知，但當健保署建立雲端藥歷後，可以透過藥歷看到患者服藥情形，以及定期檢測病毒量來了解患者的狀況。不過，愛滋病患者跟一般民眾不同，傷口比較容易感染，因此若發現患者CD4淋巴球數值低於200以下，要拔牙或侵入性治療前，需先給予抗生素，降低引發蜂窩性組織炎的風險。

讓馬魁印象最深刻的是，有位女性患者分享，50多歲時才被發現遭配偶傳染愛滋病，加上先生病毒量較高，讓她一時之間不能接受，也飽受疾病所苦，不過，「她每次看診都將我當作朋友一般閒聊，大吐苦水」，他除了解決患者牙齒不適，也充當她的心靈導師。

馬魁醫師除了解決患者牙齒不適，也聽求診者的心情故事，充當心靈導師。記者蘇健忠／攝影

當患者心靈導師 外地病人也來求助

馬魁常聽到台中、新竹等病患前來求診，感到這些患者相當辛苦，曾經問過他們：「為什麼看牙要長途跋涉？明明當地也有協助愛滋友善的門診。」但患者都回說：「來馬醫師這邊看診比較舒適，不會受到異樣眼光對待，可以安心放鬆的看診。」

幫愛滋病患者看診，前後的工序比較多，馬魁解釋，不僅所有的設備、座椅等都要經過一次性保鮮膜，或是其他防護工具包覆，患者看完診後，也要把所有包覆用具都丟棄並且消毒，相較一般患者只需要透過酒精簡單消毒就好。

馬魁說，雖然現在很多年輕醫師也都願意幫這些患者看診，有些患者仍覺得有「被貼標籤」的狀況，有患者反映到一般診所看診，例如被延後看診、單獨隔離處置，甚至被轉診，「這些行為都讓他們感受到歧視。」

馬魁也替精神病患、身心障礙者看牙。示意圖。記者蘇健忠／攝影

友善門診不歧視 也幫精神病友看診

「愛滋友善門診的重要性不僅在醫療，更在於提供一個無壓力的就醫環境。」馬魁表示，在北市聯醫所有患者是一視同仁，減少不必要的標記與差異化流程。

20年來，馬魁接觸過各類患者，包括因伴侶感染的女性、藥癮者及男同志族群，多數患者態度友善，也高度重視自身健康，反而是社會對疾病的誤解，造成更多困擾。

他也替精神病患、身心障礙者看牙，馬魁表示，精神病患是相對看診有難度的，他們會因為認知的不同，在溝通上比較困難，但患者服藥後都可以控制，因此還是能夠達成任務。

馬魁為愛滋患者看牙20年來，看過的患者不計其數，但他已經退休4年了，現在卻因為沒有醫師願意來接門診，因此他還是持續幫愛滋病患者看牙，目前沒想過會做到什麼時候，半退休生活就是一直做下去。

馬魁

●年齡：69歲

●現職：

台北市立聯合醫院林森中醫院區牙科兼任醫師、國立陽明交通大學醫學系兼任副教授

●學歷：

高雄醫學院牙醫學系

●經歷：

台北市立忠孝醫院住院醫師、住院總醫師、主治醫師

●專長：

一般牙醫學、老人牙醫學、家庭牙科專科醫師、特殊需求者專科醫師、一般牙科、贗復補綴、口腔外科、老人牙科、植牙、固定假牙、活動假牙

●擅長特殊檢查：

側顱X光攝影、齒顎全景X光片

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者翁唯真／專訪

taiwan-subdivisions: 新竹 高雄

title: 「齒間有愛・醫者仁心」系列四／馬魁 幫愛滋患者看牙逾20年 沒想過何時結束


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民眾黨前主席柯文哲被控在京華城容積率收賄、侵占政治獻金等案，昨一審遭重判有期徒刑十七年，褫奪公權六年。柯文哲昨表示，自己沒有圖利也不會貪汙，京華城案早已變成寫好的政治劇本在善後，這是政治操作下的一場司法表演，「這場審判還不是結束，賴清德，我絕對不會投降；賴清德，我不會屈服的。」

民眾黨主席黃國昌表示，民眾黨不會畏懼與退縮，會團結站在一起陪伴柯文哲，不只爭取柯文哲個人的清白，也要救回被民進黨操控的司法，民眾黨今天上午將召集中央委員、中評委擴大聯合會議，正式發出全國動員令，號召支持者三月廿九日「上凱道、討公道」。

針對台北地方法院一審宣判京華城、政治獻金等案，民眾黨昨晚舉行記者會，柯文哲委任律師團表示，對於判決結果感到遺憾，律師團會提出上訴。

柯文哲在會中激動表示，司法是國家最後一道防線，要被人民信任，唯一目的就是維持社會公平正義，絕對不可以變成有權執政者打壓在野黨的政治工具，司法應該遵守程序正義，要以證據為基礎辦案，而不是以編故事的方法定罪。如果法官不再堅守獨立審判，崩壞的不是個案，而是整個國家的司法信任。

柯文哲說，京華城案從頭到尾都在構陷，檢察官故意曲解法令、隱匿有利證據，透過不實內容向法院聲請搜索票，「我不會圖利也不會貪汙，他說，所謂一五○○萬元無法將柯文哲定罪，就改用捐給民眾黨的二一○萬元判刑貪汙罪，「我根本不知道有這筆政治獻金，判我十三年貪汙重刑」，這案子從頭到尾都是構陷，檢察官更用不實內容向法院騙取搜索票。「執政當局的司法單位必須說明，當時搜索我家理由是什麼？」

至於政治獻金案，柯文哲說，檢方沒查到任何錢流於私用，這是政治清算，「他們只需要創造一個政治上罪名」。

「你們以為毀掉一個柯文哲、想為執政黨掃除將來選舉的障礙，但毀了一個柯文哲，還有千千萬萬的小草。」柯文哲說，民眾黨要阻止司法繼續沉淪變政治工具，這場審判還沒有結束，自己絕對不會妥協，永遠不會向賴總統屈服。

黃國昌則說，希望賴總統勇敢出來面對；為了挽救台灣被民進黨糟蹋、蹂躪的司法，民眾黨絕對會站在第一線，向賴總統領導的綠色威權對抗到底。

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journalist: 聯合報／ 記者林銘翰、劉懿萱、王小萌／台北報導

events: 選舉 參選

people: 柯文哲 應曉薇 黃國昌 賴清德

title: 柯文哲怒轟司法「政治劇本早寫好」 民眾黨329上凱道


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為感謝與肯定新竹市社會工作專業人員的辛勞，新竹市政府今晚舉辦「星耀Hsinchu．同心同行」-115年度績優社會工作專業人員表揚活動，共計26名績優社工人員獲獎。市長高虹安出席頒獎，肯定社工在各領域發揮專業、照亮生命，為社會注入溫暖力量。

社會處表示，今年績優社工表揚分為五大類，包括「明日之星獎」、「直接服務卓越貢獻獎」、「間接服務卓越貢獻獎」、「傑出領導獎」及「資深敬業獎」。

社會處表示，獲「傑出領導獎」的新竹市少年輔導委員會督導張瑋容長期陪伴第一線少輔員服務個案，在關鍵時刻提供支持、釐清處遇方向，在制度、專業與人性間取得平衡，並透過團隊合作減輕社工壓力，讓經驗得以傳承，擴大服務效益。

張瑋容說，社工不僅是資源提供者，更透過專業陪伴與傾聽，讓服務對象獲得理解與支持。

社會處指出，今年獲獎者中有兩名同時榮獲全國績優社工人員表揚。包括獲得「資深敬業獎」的老五老基金會主任曾奕函，投入社工服務逾20年，從醫療安置到長者關懷，跨足多元領域，並以真誠陪伴協助無數人走過生命轉折；另一位為獲「間接服務卓越貢獻獎」的玄奘大學社工師簡三程，長期致力於社區培力，推動惜食行動與長照據點，帶動居民由被動轉為主動參與，為社區永續發展注入動能。

社會處補充，去年獲全國績優社工人員「資深敬業獎」的國立台灣大學醫學院附設醫院新竹臺大分院社工師余珍妮，此次亦為竹市表揚對象。她秉持「以專業助人」的初衷，深耕醫務社會工作，並透過導入音樂、舞蹈、氣球及才藝志工等多元方式，舒緩醫療場域氛圍，協助病患獲得心靈支持，並勉勵自己與社工夥伴持續保持熱忱、正向思考，成為服務對象的重要依靠。

高虹安表示，4月2日為全國社工日，市府提前辦理表揚活動，肯定並激勵社工長期以來的付出與堅持。為減輕社工負擔，市府持續擴充專業社工人力，至今年已達129人，10年來增加71人，成長率逾5成。

另外，市府同時優化執業環境與待遇，針對第一線執行高風險任務的社工，每月提供風險工作費；持有社工師證照者每月加給4000元，具碩士學歷者再加給2000元，使專業價值充分反映於薪資結構。在職場環境方面，市府配合中央推動「社工智慧決策平台系統」，運用科技提升人身安全防護，並更新訪視防護設備、建立跨局處安全支援機制，確保社工在守護市民的同時，自身安全也獲得完善保障。

新竹市政府今晚舉辦115年度績優社會工作專業人員表揚活動，共計26名績優社工人員獲獎，市長高虹安出席頒獎。圖／民眾提供

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者王駿杰／新竹即時報導

title: 26人獲獎 竹市表揚115年度績優社工人員


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國際奧林匹克委員會（IOC）今天宣布，將重新以基因性別檢測來判定女子項目的參賽資格，並自2028年洛杉磯奧運開始實施。

法新社報導，國際奧會在聲明中說：「奧運或任何其他國際奧會賽事，包括個人與團體賽項目的女子項目參賽資格，現在僅限於生理女性，其認定將以一次性SRY基因篩檢為基準。」

SRY基因篩檢將透過唾液測試、口腔黏膜拭子或血液樣本進行，且在絕大多數情況下，這將是「終身一次性檢測」。

國際奧會在現任主席柯芬特里（Kirsty Coventry）領導下推行這項新政策。2024年巴黎奧運女子拳擊賽事曾深陷阿爾及利亞選手克莉芙（Imane Khelif）與台灣好手林郁婷相關的性別爭議。

國際拳擊總會（IBA）曾以未通過資格檢測為由，取消克莉芙與林郁婷參加2023年世界錦標賽的資格。

然而，國際奧會當時允許兩人參加巴黎奧運，並稱她們是「國際拳擊總會突然且專斷決定」下的受害者。兩人最後都在巴黎奧運賽事中奪下金牌。

奧運上一次進行性別檢測是在1996年的亞特蘭大奧運。

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countries: 阿爾及利亞 台灣

title: 上一次是1996年…國際奧會恢復基因性別檢測 2028奧運女子項目實施


people: 端木正 柯文哲 應曉薇

title: Former Taipei Mayor Ko sentenced to 17 years in prison

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FIRST TRIAL: Ko’s lawyers sought reduced bail and other concessions, as did other defendants, but the bail judge denied their requests, citing the severity of the sentences

Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison and had his civil rights suspended for six years over corruption, embezzlement and other charges.

Taipei prosecutors in December last year asked the Taipei District Court for a combined 28-year, six-month sentence for the four cases against Ko, who founded the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP).

The cases were linked to the Core Pacific City (京華城購物中心) redevelopment project and the mismanagement of political donations.

Former Taipei city Mayor Ko Wen-je, center, leaves the Taipei District Court yesterday, after he was sentenced to 17 years in prison on bribery and corruption charges. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA

Other defendants convicted on separate charges included Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇), who was handed a 15-year, six-month sentence; Core Pacific Group (威京集團) chairman Sheen Ching-jing (沈慶京), who was given 10 years.

Also receiving jail terms were Huang Ching-mao (黃景茂), former head of the Taipei Department of Urban Development (six years, six months); Lee Wen-tsung (李文宗), office manager in charge of Ko’s presidential campaign finances (four years, six months); Shao Hsiu-pei (邵琇珮), former Taipei Urban Planning Commission executive secretary (one year, three months, suspended); and Tuanmu Cheng (端木正), an accountant (one year).

Pong Cheng-sheng (彭振聲), who was Taipei deputy mayor while Ko was in office, was convicted on charges of illegal profiteering for his role in the Core Pacific case and handed a two-year suspended sentence.

The district court ruling can be appealed, with Ko’s lawyers saying that they planned to do so.

The trial also covered charges related to Ko’s dealings when he was Taipei mayor from 2018 to 2022, and during his presidential campaign in January 2024.

The other charges included breaches of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例): embezzlement of political donations, illicit funds transfers to pay campaign expenses, false declarations of assets relating to political donations and taking bribes.

The court said that it found sufficient evidence from seized records, office documents, and testimony from defendants and witnesses to convict Ko on the corruption charges, which carried a 13-year sentence; two years for illegal profiteering; three-and-a-half years for embezzlement; and two-and-a-half years for breach of trust.

The evidence showed that Ko had received bribes originating from Sheen and his executives that had a direct bearing on the decision to increase the floor area ratio of the Core Pacific City project to up to 840 percent, the court said.

The change gave permission for more floor space in the project, boosting potential returns, with the decisions approved by the Taipei City Government during Ko’s tenure, it said.

Ko has been ruled out of contesting the 2028 presidential election in accordance with the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法), which stipulates that people convicted and sentenced to 10 years or more are ineligible to run for office.

Ying was convicted of accepting bribes in breach of public office duty and money laundering. In addition to her jail sentence, she was deprived of her civil rights for six years and fined NT$10 million (US$313,430).

Sheen was found guilty of illegal profiteering and bribing public officials. He was deprived of his civil rights for five years and fined NT$20 million.

Ko’s lawyers asked the court to reduce the NT$70 million bail he posted last year and lift the requirement that he wear an electronic monitor, but the bail judge denied the requests.

The bail court also denied requests from Sheen and Ying to have additional bail amounts of NT$30 million lifted.

It said that as they had received heavy sentences, the reasons for their high bonds — including the likelihood of flight and tampering with evidence — remained in effect.

A crowd of about 200 TPP supporters gathered outside the Taipei District Court on Boai Road, as party executives told reporters they had mobilized people from across Taiwan, to give support to Ko, who was mandated to attend in person to hear the court’s ruling.

“Ko Wen-je is innocent,” they shouted after the ruling was announced.

Others outside the court shouted that Ko is a “major offender” and must serve prison time.

Police put up metal barricades to separate the two sides.


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ON TRACK:  The defense minister said the next US arms sales package was proceeding as expected, with the government receiving a letter of guarantee from Washington   By Huang Ching-hsuan, Fion Khan and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writers and Reuters

Legislative committee members yesterday failed to reach a consensus on most articles of the three versions of the special defense budget bill.

Over the past two days, a joint session of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee and Finance Committee conducted article-by-article deliberations on the three versions.

They were the Cabinet’s NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.18 billion) version, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) NT$380 billion proposal and the Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) NT$400 billion bill.

Legislators attend a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense and Finance committees to discuss versions of the special defense budget at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Huang Ching-hsuan, Taipei Times

Only two provisions were passed, while the rest were set aside for cross-party negotiations.

The two articles passed were Article 2, which stipulates that the Ministry of National Defense is the competent authority, and Article 3 of the KMT’s version requiring procurement to follow the Government Procurement Act (政府採購法).

Before adjourning, the joint committee passed a supplementary resolution proposed by KMT lawmakers requiring the government to discuss individual procurement cases with the US and to report to the legislature.

“We will continue to make efforts,” Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) told reporters after the session.

As the delay has raised fears Taiwan might miss deadlines to purchase US equipment, Koo said the government is talking to Washington about possibly deferring payment or reducing the initial payment, given that he could not predict when the legislature would approve the funds.

Regarding proposed auditing mechanisms, Koo agreed to the KMT caucus’ proposal that the Ministry of National Defense submit a special report to the Legislative Yuan each session detailing the execution progress and performance of the special budget.

Koo also agreed to a TPP proposal that the competent authority compile a report on the implementation results by the end of May in the year following the act’s expiration, which would then be submitted to the legislature.

However, Koo said that he does not want lower-level personnel to bear undeserved pressure, adding that blame should not be placed on officials who are merely executing their duties.

Meanwhile, the defense minister said the next arms sale package from the US is on track, after the government received a letter of guarantee from Washington.

A major US arms package for Taiwan worth about US$14 billion that includes advanced interceptor missiles is ready for US President Donald Trump’s approval and could be signed after his upcoming trip to China, Reuters reported earlier this month.

Asked by reporters whether the upcoming meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) would affect US arms sales, Koo said the government had already received a letter of guarantee indicating the US is willing to authorize the next deal.

“We have also been in close communication with the US Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency regarding its willingness to provide and sell the arms to us, including guidance concerning the items, the amount and the transaction,” he added, without offering details.

The package is still undergoing review in the US and Taiwan has not received any notification about delays, Koo said.

Additional reporting by CNA

title: Debates on special defense bills falter again

people: 顧立雄 習近平


title: Water rationing imposed after extremely dry winter

taiwan-subdivisions: 石門 石岡 二水 寶山

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The Water Resources Agency (WRA) has imposed rationing and authorized unallocated water reserves for household use until July, after the driest winter in 75 years in Taiwan’s western region.

Reservoirs south of the Hsinchu-Yilan line this winter reported between 7 and 37 percent of rainfall compared with the same period last year, sparking a water shortage, the agency said in a news release after the weekly Cabinet meeting.

Rainfall at Hsinchu County’s Baoshan Reservoir 1 (寶山第一水庫) and Baoshan Reservoir 2 (寶山第二水庫), and Miaoli County’s Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭水庫) were at 60 to 80 percent of the level recorded during a severe drought in 2021, it said.

The Zengwen Reservoir spanning Chiayi County and Tainan is pictured at 28.5 percent capacity on Tuesday. Photo: Wu Chun-feng, Taipei Times

The shortages affect water supplies for chipmaking hub Hsinchu County and industrial center Taichung, the agency said.

The WRA has activated emergency measures to facilitate the diversion of water resources from unaffected regions and reduce wastage, policies that are to remain in force until July, it said.

Private industries are voluntarily reducing their water usage by up to 7 percent, the maximum amount that could be spared without adverse effects on production, the agency said.

State-owned enterprises and government offices have ceased unnecessary water use and farmers are enacting irrigation methods that save water, it said.

The pressure in water mains designated for household use is being reduced between 10pm and 5am, it said.

Measures to distribute water resources across regional lines, dam outflow controls, increased utilization of river runoffs and recycling, and regulations aimed at reducing irrigation wastage have been in place since June last year, the agency said.

The measures enabled Taiwan to tap into 810 million tonnes of water, equivalent to four times the capacity of Shihmen Reservoir (石門水庫), it said, adding that 232,000 tonnes are daily diverted to Hsinchu.

Pipelines that were built under the Forward-Looking Infrastructure Development Plan have transported 390 million tonnes of water between the nation’s catchment systems in response to the shortage, the agency said.

The government response to the crisis has bought time for the nation’s reservoirs to meet current levels of demand for water, it said.

The agency outlined long-term plans for Taiwan’s water supply resilience, laying pipelines linking the Liyutan Reservoir to Taichung’s Shihkang Dam (石岡壩), and desalination plants Hsinchu County and Tainan.

The pipeline project is expected to completed on schedule in late June, while the agency aims to accelerate the construction of the desalination plants, it said.

The government is striving to prevent zoned water rationing for domestic use before the end of June, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday.

Drought prevention requires a united effort from the entire nation, encompassing industrial, agricultural and domestic water use, he said.

The National Science and Technology Council and the Ministry of Economic Affairs should continue urging science and industrial parks to improve their water conservation efforts, while the ministry should step up public awareness campaigns on water conservation, Cho added.

Additional reporting by Chung Li-hua


title: Iran and US harden their war positions

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Iran and the US yesterday appeared at an impasse, with each side hardening its position over talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East war.

US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Tehran on social media to “get serious soon” on negotiating a deal to end the war, a day after he said a deal to end the war is near, despite Tehran’s dismissal of his 15-point ceasefire plan.

Thousands more US troops neared the region, while Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

A woman holds a mobile phone displaying a digital copy of the Javan newspaper in Tehran on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

With its stranglehold on traffic through the strait, which leads from the Persian Gulf toward the open ocean, Iran has been blocking ships it perceives as linked to the US and Israeli war effort, but letting through a trickle of others.

Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a bloc of six Gulf Arab nations, said Iran was charging for safe passage through the strait.

The Fars and Tasnim news agencies quoted Iranian lawmaker Mohammadreza Rezaei Kouchi as saying that parliament was working to formalize that process.

“We provide its security, and it is natural that ships and oil tankers should pay such fees,” he was quoted as saying.

Lloyd’s List Intelligence called it a “de facto ‘toll booth’ regime.”

“While not all ships are paying a direct toll, at least two vessels have and the payment is settled in yuan,” Lloyd’s List said.

Meanwhile, sirens over Israel warned of barrages of incoming Iranian missiles and Gulf nations worked to intercept fire. Heavy strikes were reported in Iran’s capital and other cities.

The US and Iran have both produced a list of demands, and now appear at an impasse. Short of a negotiated solution, the US would need a dramatic escalation to end Iran’s attacks and restore the free flow of oil through the strait.

Trump vowed to strike Iran’s power plants if it does not fully reopen the strait — and his new deadline for that looms this weekend, when the war would also mark a month.

Iran’s grip on the strait and relentless attacks on Gulf regional energy infrastructure have sent oil prices skyrocketing and concerns of a global energy crisis surging. Brent crude, the international standard, yesterday traded at US$104, up more than 40 percent from Feb. 28, when the war started.

“To make it crystal clear, this war is a catastrophe for world’s economies,” German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius told reporters during a visit to Australia.


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‘DEMAND JUSTICE’:  TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang said that a ‘national mobilization order’ would be issued calling on TPP supporters to gather on Sunday   By Chang Wen-chuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA

Former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday denied any wrongdoing and accused the ruling party of political reprisal at a news conference following a ruling sentencing the former Taipei mayor to 17 years in prison for corruption and misusing political donations.

“I will not surrender. [President] William Lai (賴清德), I will not yield,” he said while flanked by TPP officials.

Ko said that the case was political suppression rather than impartial law enforcement, adding that prosecutors cited NT$2.1 million (US$65,820) in alleged bribes that he said he was unaware of.

Former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chairman Ko Wen-je, center, TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, third right, and other party officials hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times

“You can remove one Ko Wen-je, but there are millions of ‘little grasses’ (小草),” he said, referring to his young supporters.

Online commentators said that the case was first raised by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Chung Hsiao-ping (鍾小平), questioning Ko’s claims of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) “oppression.”

TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said that a “national mobilization order” would be issued this morning, calling on TPP supporters to gather on Ketagalan Boulevard on Sunday afternoon to demand justice.

Huang said he believed the court was determined to achieve the goal of handing down a prison sentence of more than 10 years, which restricts Ko from holding office.

The TPP is fighting not only for Ko’s innocence, but also to save a judicial system that has been reduced to a tool for the DPP’s “green authoritarianism,” he said.

The KMT in a statement said that the public has reason to question whether judicial rulings could influence the political fate of opposition leaders, and expressed support for Ko’s right to pursue legal remedy.

Judicial decisions must uphold the principle of separation of powers and protect political rights, the party said, adding that inconsistent case handling risks undermining public trust.

The KMT said investigations involving opposition figures often appear to proceed more swiftly than other controversial cases and warned against the judiciary being used to settle political disputes or weaken opposition parties.

The DPP in a statement said that it respects judicial independence and would not comment on individual cases.

Separately, DPP Legislator Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) said that if the TPP wishes to survive, it should respect the judiciary and admit its mistakes.

Huang dragging the entire party along in a campaign to smear the judicial system would only accelerate the party’s demise, she said.

This is also a moment of decision for the KMT — if the party continues to stand with a corrupt politician merely to preserve its alliance with the TPP and oppose the DPP, it would likely end up going down with the ship, she added.

DPP Legislator Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) said that Ko’s disqualification from running for president could have a significant impact on Taiwan’s political landscape.

He said the ruling could affect cooperation between the TPP and the KMT, particularly in the buildup to November’s local elections, as support for a joint effort might become uncertain.

Differences between the two parties are more likely to emerge at the local level, although legislative cooperation would continue, as the KMT needs the TPP’s eight seats to form a majority, Lin said.

Additional reporting by Lin Che-yuan, Chen Cheng-yu and Lee Wen-hsin

people: 柯文哲 鍾小平 林俊憲 賴清德 黃國昌 吳思瑤

title: Ko Wen-je proclaims his innocence


title: Minister defends National Security Act amendments

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By Lee Wen-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Perceived restrictions on free speech under proposed amendments to the National Security Act (國家安全法) are “an unrealistic and impractical fantasy,” Deputy Minister of the Interior Ma Shih-yuan (馬士元) said yesterday.

Article 4 of the Executive Yuan’s draft amendment would prohibit individuals from using speech, images, audio, video or digital means to publicly advocate or support the “Mainland area,” Hong Kong, Macau and other hostile foreign forces in waging war against Taiwan or employing non-peaceful means to undermine its sovereignty.

Violators would face fines ranging from NT$100,000 to NT$1 million (US$3,134 to US$31,343), with enforcement handled by the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, the Mainland Affairs Council and other agencies.

Deputy Minister of the Interior Ma Shih-yuan addresses a public hearing at the legislature in Taipei on proposed amendments to the National Security Act yesterday. Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times

CRIMINAL CONDUCT

Indiscriminate threats already constitute criminal conduct and speech advocating attacks on the nation or the overthrow of the democratic system should likewise be subject to legal penalties, Ma told a public hearing at the legislature in Taipei.

Lawyer Liao Kuo-hsiang (廖國翔) linked the amendments to concerns over China-born Taiwan People’s Party Legislator-at-large Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀).

Li’s eligibility to serve as a lawmaker has been under scrutiny since before she was sworn in on Feb. 3 amid questions over whether she had formally renounced her Chinese citizenship, a legal requirement for holding office in Taiwan.

Liao said the number of people indicted for allegedly spying for, or assisting, the Chinese Communist Party in 2024 was three times higher than in 2021, which he said reflected intensifying Chinese infiltration.

WRONGFUL ACCUSATIONS

Handling such cases as administrative violations, rather than criminal offenses, would better protect defendants’ rights and allow legal remedies for wrongful accusations, he said.

Lawyer Fu Hsin-yi (傅欣儀) said existing treason provisions in the Criminal Code apply only when individuals collude with foreign forces to wage war, warning that waiting until that stage would be too late.

The proposed amendments would allow for earlier intervention in a more proportionate way, she said.

However, New Party spokeswoman Chen Li-ling (陳麗玲) said that previous amendments had resulted in prolonged travel restrictions imposed on party members who were later acquitted, raising concerns about due process.

National Yunlin University of Science and Technology professor Yang Chih-chieh (楊智傑) said provisions on “openly inciting support for war” should be limited to speech that demonstrably increases the risk of conflict, and called for clearer procedural safeguards.


title: Mideast war fuels disinformation about Taiwan’s gas supply

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Taiwan has been targeted by a wave of online disinformation claiming the self-ruled island’s gas supplies will soon be completely depleted due to disruptions from the Middle East war -- a narrative officials say could cause panic and undermine confidence in the government.

The false social media posts, which have amassed thousands of views on Chinese-language platforms, include a persistent claim that Taiwan will run out of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within 11 days and face electricity blackouts due to Iran’s restrictions on tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

AFP fact-checkers found around two dozen Douyin posts from China-based accounts pushing the narrative, many of them rehashing the same video script. Some also criticised Taiwan’s decision to shut down its nuclear reactor last year, while others promoted Beijing’s offer for “peaceful reunification” as a path to energy security.

The oil products tanker Chang Hang Feng Cai, which is operated by a Chinese shipping company, is docked beside the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supply and distribution service center area at Shen’ao Port in New Taipei City on March 18, 2026. Photo: AFP

Taiwanese authorities have refuted the rumours, saying there are sufficient LNG reserves for March and April.

“They claimed that we would run out of gas -- that is simply impossible,” Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin said in a Facebook video published March 9.

“LNG supplies from Qatar account for roughly one-third of our total supply. Therefore, roughly 60 to 70 percent is basically not a problem.”

Security officials told reporters last week they were monitoring fuel-related disinformation spread by Taiwanese “collaborators”, in addition to Chinese media.

They found AI-generated content on YouTube and TikTok pushing “a consistent narrative” that Taiwan could be in a “very dire situation” and asking what would happen “if Taiwan is encircled”.

“It works by creating scenarios to make people in Taiwan... feel concerned about the government, or keep imagining that if a blockade were to happen one day, we would lose confidence in energy,” the security officials said.

FALSE IMPRESSION

Taiwan is the latest target of disinformation about an impending energy crisis due to the US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

Iran’s Tasnim news agency published earlier this month an altered graphic falsely claiming Australia had just 18 days of petrol supplies left. AFP fact-checkers found the actual figure was twice that.

Such claims are particularly sensitive in Taiwan, where China’s growing military activity and the risk of a potential blockade around the island have ignited fears about energy security.

LNG accounted for 47.8 percent of Taiwan’s power generation last year, according to the Energy Administration.

Yeh Tsung-kuang, a professor in the Department of Engineering and System Science at National Tsing Hua University, said Taiwan’s maximum LNG inventory is only 11 days but that does not mean the island will run out of fuel or face outages within that time period.

“One-third of our LNG comes from Qatar. We also have other sources such as Russia, Australia and the United States,” he told AFP.

“These netizens are interpreting the situation as if LNG from the Middle East cannot get through, Taiwan will be left without a natural gas supply. They are attempting to create this false impression.”

The Ministry of Economic Affairs previously said on Facebook that while 22 LNG vessels would pass through the now-blocked Strait of Hormuz in March and April, supply would remain unaffected because the entire shortfall could be covered with “emergency procurement or expedited delivery”.

If the blockade continues, it added, there are three contingency plans: utilising non-Middle Eastern gas sources, discussing mutual assistance with similar buyers such as Japan and South Korea and purchasing “existing fuel”.

LARGER CAMPAIGN

Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office said last week that “peaceful reunification could provide better protection” for Taiwan’s energy security with a “strong motherland” as its backing.

But Taiwan’s Deputy Economy Minister Ho Chin-tsang refuted that notion, saying in parliament that it was “impossible” and part of “cognitive warfare”.

Joseph Webster, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, said Beijing’s offer could be “a political drive” to undermine Taiwan’s faith in its own energy security.

“So this disinformation is either explicitly or implicitly a part of that larger campaign,” he said.

Liang Chi-yuan, a professor and research fellow at National Central University’s Center for Taiwan Economic Development, said such narratives might gain traction because Taiwan has relatively low LNG capacity compared to other Asian countries.

Both experts acknowledged that Taiwan would face stronger competition and higher prices if the Middle East war drags on and long-term global LNG supplies are affected.

“This is a significant vulnerability in terms of Taiwan’s energy weakness,” Liang said.


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U.S. envoy calls on Taiwan legislators to pass special defense budget

The United States’ de facto ambassador to Taiwan on Thursday urged lawmakers across party lines to pass a special defense budget to fund planned purchases of U.S. weapon systems for self-defense.

Speaking at an annual event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene said Washington’s decades-long commitment to Taiwan’s self- defense remains “rock-solid.”

The AIT represents U.S. interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.

American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene, left, President Lai Ching-te ,center, and American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan Chairperson Anita Chen raise a toast at an AmCham event in Taipei on Thursday. Photo: CNA

“Our goal continues to be to create an environment in which the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can resolve their differences peacefully and free from coercion,” Greene said.

“To achieve this, we see dialogue and deterrence as two sides of the same stable coin” and “we continue to support Taiwan’s efforts to acquire critical defense capabilities,” he said.

Greene noted that U.S. President Donald Trump is urging allies and partners to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, and said Taiwan is no exception.

“We encourage all parties in Taiwan’s legislature to work through political differences and quickly pass a special defense budget that demonstrates Taiwan’s commitment to its self-defense by funding the acquisition of critical defense capabilities,” he added.

Greene’s remarks came after lawmakers wrapped up a three-day joint session earlier Thursday to review three competing special defense budget proposals, without reaching a conclusion.

One proposal, put forward by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), totals NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.6 billion) and includes funding for U.S.-made systems, as well as domestically produced weapons, such as 200,000 drones and more than 1,000 unmanned surface vehicles.

The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have proposed smaller plans of NT$380 billion and NT$400 billion, respectively.

With no consensus reached, the proposals have been referred to cross-party negotiations.

Greene delivered the address at the annual AmCham Hsieh Nien Fan banquet, which was also attended by President Lai Ching-te (賴清德).

In his remarks, Lai said Taiwan and the U.S. are continuing to deepen their “comprehensive strategic partnership,” adding that economic ties are “closer than ever.”


title: US lawmakers pan China for interfering in WTO conference

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Two US lawmakers on Wednesday criticized China for allegedly interfering in the WTO ministerial conference in Cameroon, which they said led to Taiwan’s exclusion from the event.

“Cameroon’s decision to effectively exclude Taiwan from the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference in Yaounde is another troubling example of China’s continued efforts to manipulate multilateral institutions,” a joint statement issued by US Representative John Moolenaar, chairman of the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and US Representative Ro Khanna, a ranking member of the committee, said.

“This is not an isolated incident. It is part of a sustained campaign by Beijing to marginalize Taiwan and exert undue influence over international bodies,” the statement said. “The United States will continue to stand with Taiwan, which deserves a seat at the table as a model democracy, one of the world’s largest economies and a technological powerhouse. We urge the WTO to stand up to China’s bullying and facilitate Taiwan’s participation in this Ministerial Conference.”

A red pedestrian traffic light next to the headquarters of the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland, is pictured on Thursday last week. Photo: AFP

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week lodged a formal protest with the WTO Secretariat after Cameroon listed Taiwan as “Taiwan, Province of China” on visa documents for the ministerial conference, scheduled for yesterday until Sunday.

The designation “seriously undermined” Taiwan’s status and rights as a WTO member, the ministry said.

In a statement issued on Friday last week, the ministry said that Cameroon had not only violated long-standing conventions regarding entry and visa procedures for delegation members from Taiwan, “it also neglected to provide Taiwan with the fair, impartial and reasonable treatment that Taiwan is entitled to as a WTO member.”

As a result, Taiwan has been forced to withdraw from the ministerial conference, it said.

Cameroon maintained that the designation of Taiwan reflected its “foreign policy,” and it declined to make any adjustments.

In their statement, the two US lawmakers said that as a full WTO member, Taiwan has long been recognized by the host countries of WTO conferences a “separate customs territory.”

“Taiwan is a key global trading partner, not only for the United States but for countries around the world,” the statement said. “Its compelled absence from the WTO’s premier decisionmaking forum for the first time since its accession in 2001 lessens the WTO’s collective ability to address challenges that chart the future of global trade.”


title: MOTC unveils hotline for public transport disasters

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EASY TO USE:  People could report accidents without having to wonder which agency to call, and the ministry would relay the information to the appropriate agency

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday launched a dedicated hotline (0800-365-917), which people could call to report public transport accidents.

The hotline, which is open all day, every day, was created at the suggestion of the Taroko Express train crash survivors.

On April 2, 2021, a Taroko Express train in Hualien County was derailed, killing 49 passengers.

An operator receives a call on the Ministry of Transportation and Communication’s new hotline for reporting public transportation accidents in an undated photograph. Photo courtesy of the Highway Bureau

A survivor, Chen Peng-nien (陳鵬年) — who lost his family — said that information was chaotic after the crash.

While they were helped by members of the Tzu Chi Culture and Communication Foundation, Red Cross and local governments, there was little assistance from the ministry, he said.

“We learned from a trip in Japan that Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism established the Public Transportation Disaster Victims Assistance Office following the Japan Railway Fukuchiyama Line’s derailment in April 25, 2005, which has become a single point of contact between the government and the victims’ families,” he said.

The office also distributed cards containing the hotline number, allowing people to report major public transport accidents, Chen said.

“We sincerely hope that there never comes a time when people must dial this number,” he added.

The ministry said the hotline was created to handle mainly “Class-A” transportation disasters, such as land accidents with 15 or more casualties, air transport accidents with at least one death and maritime accidents with 10 or more casualties.

Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) said two people would be in charge of answering calls on normal days, and 22 additional personnel would take calls when major accidents occur.

“People can call the hotline whenever they encounter major transportation accidents, regardless of whether the accident is a Class-A disaster,” the minister said.

Aside from the 110 and 119 hotlines, which people could call regarding public safety, and fire and medical emergencies respectively, people can also call Taiwan Railway Corp’s emergency 1933 hotline and the Freeway Bureau’s 1968 hotline.

Asked about the usefulness of the new hotline, which has a relatively longer number, the ministry said that it allows people to report transportation accidents without having to think of which agency to call, adding that the ministry would handle relaying the information to the appropriate agencies.

Department of Planning and Coordination Director-General Chang Chuei-lung (張垂龍) said that the cost of operating the hotline would be about NT$4.89 million (US$153,268) per year.

Personnel taking the calls must decide within 20 minutes how to relay the information to the agency in charge, Chang said, adding that cards containing the hotline number would be available at major transport hubs.


title: Sustainable birthrate policy needed

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The number of newborns is falling each year and the population structure is being flipped on its head, yet we are still mired in debate over what to do and how much money to spend.

The problem is simple. It is not that young people do not want children, but that they are struggling with life, as it is too much to dare think of the future.

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) raised a proposal for the state to cover National Health Insurance premiums for children aged six and younger.

Supporters said it would ease the financial burden on families while critics worry about fiscal pressure. Both have a point. Encouraging people to have children is a major issue for public policy, but even the best measures must be fiscally sustainable, and there is no single subsidy that could serve as a silver bullet.

Covering health insurance premiums might reduce pressure for middle to high-income families who are not already covered, but if general conditions remain unchanged, willingness to have children would still be unlikely to increase.

Declining birthrates are not just about a subsidy or a lack thereof; what shapes decisionmaking for would-be families is far more structural.

Sky-high housing prices are perhaps the biggest barrier. Many young people are struggling just to secure a stable life, let alone plan for children.

Wage growth also remains limited while the cost of living keeps rising; workplace cultures demand long hours and offer low flexibility; and childcare responsibilities still largely fall on women.

The pressures of insufficient childcare resources, education costs and a limited social safety net all add up. It is not necessarily that young people do not want to be parents, but that they fear that having children would mean they would no longer be able to support themselves.

Therefore, any policy that might reduce the burden of raising children is worth careful consideration. Subsidizing health insurance, expanding childcare support, offering tax relief and giving back time to parents are ways to reduce pressure on families.

In this light, the Taipei City Government’s pilot program to reduce working hours for parents is an example of offering hours instead of money. For many families, their scarcest resource is not subsidies, but time for children. Without changing the pace of life and overall caregiving burdens, subsidizing expenses alone would not ease the pressure parents are under.

If this measure remains a pilot program in a single city, its impact would remain limited. Low birthrates are a nationwide issue that cannot be solved by competing for local government finances.

The solution is for the central government to coordinate and integrate systems so that support for families and childrearing becomes a uniform national policy, not something determined by household registration, city of residence or the state of the local government’s finances. Otherwise, the accessibility of having children ends up being dependent on where one lives — a clear systematic inequity.

Deeper change requires institutional reform and a shift in thinking. Education, family values and ideas around childcare responsibilities should be reimagined. In the workplace, reasonable incomes and stable career progression opportunities must be on offer. As for housing policy, first-time buyers must be given a reason to be hopeful, not saddled with a lifetime of mortgage debt and sent on their way.

Only when life feels secure could couples look forward to marriage and the prospect of having children seem possible. No single subsidy could influence people’s decisions to start a family. Making life predictable, affordable and sustainable could.

If the government wants to reverse the demographic trajectory, it must put forward long-term and stable institutional policies, not just piecemeal subsidies and short-lived slogans. Providing extra support for families with children is an entirely reasonable form of differential treatment, and a necessary investment in our nation’s population structure.

The key to good policy is not just in the price tag, but whether it is sustainable, universal and capable of changing material living conditions. The likely outcome of a fragmented policy in response to the nation’s crisis is clear: continued population decline, accelerated societal aging, labor shortages and diminished national competitiveness. The impact then would not just be on families, but on society and the economy as a whole.

The birthrate problem is not a single policy issue. It is a question of whether people feel hope and have the capacity to think about a future. If we want to encourage young people to have children, they must be able to live first. If we want to achieve population growth, they must be able to do so with hope. Subsidies could relieve some of the pressure, but only systemic change could shape our future.

Chen Ching-yun is a former director of the Legislative Yuan’s Bureau of Legal Affairs.

Translated by Gilda Knox Streader


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PLAYOFF CONSIDERATIONS:  After a dunk by Alperen Sengun put the Rockets up 108-95, capping a 26-2 run, the Timberwolves refused to lie down in the pivotal game

With a game-closing 15-0 run, the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday came back from 13 points down for a 110-108 victory over the Houston Rockets.

No other NBA teams have overcome an overtime deficit that big since the league began logging play-by-play details in the 1997-1998 season.

The Timberwolves were missing five of their top seven players for most of their record-setting overtime rally.

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Bones Hyland, left, attempts a layup as Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets defends during their NBA game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

“They fought through a ton of adversity. We should’ve won that game in regulation. We deserved to win that game. We were the better team all night, and we gave them a chance to steal it from us, but we stole it right back,” coach Chris Finch said.

After frittering away an 11-point lead with three-and-a-half minutes left in regulation and fighting an imbalance in the foul calls all night, the Timberwolves found themselves trailing by 13 points with less than two minutes elapsed in the extra period.

Superstar Anthony Edwards was sidelined for a fifth straight game with knee trouble. Key backup Ayo Dosunmu was out, too, with a sore calf. Jaden McDaniels, who had 25 points and valiant defense on Rockets star Kevin Durant all night, started hobbling down the stretch of the fourth quarter and had to be pulled. Rudy Gobert, who had a steely 14 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks, fouled out.

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Julius Randle, center, drives toward the hoop as Jabari Smith Jr, left, of the Houston Rockets defends during their NBA game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Then early in overtime, Naz Reid was ejected after voicing his displeasure with official Scott Foster for an offensive foul call.

The fans at Target Center were steadily filing out.

However, after Alperen Sengun’s dunk put the Rockets up 108-95, capping a stunning 26-2 run, the Timberwolves refused to punt on this pivotal game for Western Conference playoff positioning.

“You just got to take it a possession at a time. Biggest thing is be in the moment,” said Julius Randle, who shared the duty of defending Durant with Kyle Anderson after McDaniels departed.

Mike Conley, who got a rare start with Edwards and Dosunmu unavailable, swished a three-pointer with 2 minutes, 45 seconds left. Anderson tipped in Randle’s missed layup, drew a foul on Sengun and converted a three-point play.

Then the Timberwolves forced an eight-second violation by keeping the Rockets from advancing past halfcourt.

Donte DiVincenzo cut in for a layup off a feed from Anderson to cut the deficit to five points. Randle grabbed Sengun’s miss at the rim before blowing by him for a layup on the other end to bring the Timberwolves within 108-105 with 1 minute, 34 seconds left.

DiVincenzo tied it with a three-pointer. Sengun missed a jumper. Then Randle sank a pullup shot with 8.8 seconds remaining for the lead.

“We’ve got real competitors in here, guys who want the challenge. It’s not the first time we’ve done something like that,” said Randle, who had 24 points, all after halftime. “When it gets tough, we come together as a group. It brings the best out of us.”

The Timberwolves (45-28) with the win stayed 0.5 games behind the Denver Nuggets (46-28) for fourth place in the Western Conference. They moved 1.5 games ahead of Houston (43-29) and, most importantly, evened the season series at one apiece. The Wolves face the Rockets on the road on April 10.

Despite taking 63 shots in the paint and only getting 10 free throws out of it, the Timberwolves found a way to pull out a win. Even after Randle was called for a foul on Durant on his drive with 3.3 seconds left, sending him to the line with the Rockets 23 for 23 in the game at that point. He missed, then bricked the second one intentionally to try to keep possession.

“I’m so proud that we didn’t quit. We had a lot of opportunities to get very frustrated tonight,” Gobert said. “For the most part, we were able to overcome that. That’s the blueprint for us. We want to win a championship, so we know there’s going to be adversity. We know it’s going to come in a lot of ways.”

In Denver, Colorado, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic had historic games for the Nuggets, with Murray scoring a season-high 53 points and Jokic completing his 30th triple-double of the season with 23 points, 21 points and 19 assists in their 142-135 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Denver are the first team in NBA history to have one player with 50 points, and another with at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists in the same game.

“Fifty-three from your point guard and 23, 21, 19 from your center. Just outrageous numbers from the best tandem in the NBA,” coach David Adelman said. “They really are the history book of this franchise when it comes to the longevity together, and also the playoffs and all these wars they’ve been through in a basketball sense, it’s just super special.”

Elsewhere on Wednesday, it was:

‧ 76ers 157, Bulls 137

‧ Cavaliers 103, Heat 120

‧ Celtics 119, Thunder 109

‧ Clippers 119, Raptors 94

‧ Grizzlies 98, Spurs 123

‧ Jazz 110, Wizards 133

‧ Pacers 130, Lakers 137

‧ Pistons 129, Hawks 130 (OT)

‧ Trail Blazers 130, Bucks 99

‧ Warriors 109, Nets 106


title: Judge goes hitless; Taiwan’s Teng named

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Two-time reigning American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge on Wednesday went hitless on opening day for the first time in his big-league career and had four strikeouts in a game for the first time since September 2024 in the New York Yankees’ 7-0 win over the San Francisco Giants, while the Houston Astros named Taiwanese pitcher Teng Kai-wei on their opening-day roster.

The Astros, who were to play early this morning Taiwan time, named Teng as a multi-inning reliever in their bullpen.

Judge struck out swinging in the first inning against Logan Webb, took a called third strike in the second, struck out on a foul tip in the fourth, then took another called third strike in the sixth.

Houston Astros pitcher Teng Kai-wei of Taiwan winds up during their spring training game against the New York Mets at Clover Park in Port St Lucie, Florida, on March 1. Photo: Jim Rassol / Imagn Images

He grounded out starting the night on a zero-for-five night.

He had not struck out four times since a five-strikeout game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sept. 28, 2024.

Manager Aaron Boone liked how the rest of the order contributed on what was an off night for Judge.

The New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge prepares to bat during their MLB game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wednesday. Photo: AP

“It was kind of a little bit of everyone tonight being able to have a hand in it,” Boone said. “A night we didn’t hit the ball out of the ballpark, but just a lot of good pressurized at-bats I thought. Good night for us. I think we can beat you a lot of different ways.”

Judge was booed before the game and during each at-bat as he began his 11th big league season — someone the home fans at Oracle Park had so hoped would be wearing orange and black rather than pinstripes and playing in the Bronx. The California native had been pursued by the Giants during free agency in 2022, but he ultimately chose the Yankees’ US$360 million, nine-year contract offer.

The 33-year-old slugger grew up in the Central Valley town of Linden and starred at Fresno State. He batted a career-best and major league-high .331 last season with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs.

During the game, New York’s Jose Caballero lost the first challenge taken to MLB’s so-called robot umpire, unsuccessfully appealing a strike by Webb.

Caballero said that he thought the pitch had missed the strike zone, so he challenged — making MLB history in the process.

Webb started the fourth inning with a sinker on the upper, inner corner that was called a strike by Bill Miller, a major league umpire since 1997.

Caballero tapped his helmet and the 12 Hawk-Eye cameras of the Automated Ball-Strike System upheld Miller’s decision in a graphic shown on the Oracle Park scoreboard.

“I thought it was a little higher that what it showed,” Caballero said. “I think it’s really good, keep everyone accountable. It gives us a chance to really see how good [we are] with the zone or not. I wish it was the other way around, I’m trying to get the overturn call, but this time I didn’t.”

Meanwhile, Teng was the only Taiwanese to make an opening-day roster, making the Taichung native the first Taiwanese pitcher to do so in seven years.

The Miami Marlins were the previous team to field a Taiwanese pitcher on the first day of the season in 2019, putting Chen Wei-yin on the mound.

The most recent Taiwanese position player to make an MLB opening-day roster was utility infielder Yu Chang, who achieved that feat in 2023 with the Boston Red Sox.

During spring training, Teng recorded seven strikeouts over 10-2/3 innings across six appearances, while issuing six walks and hitting one batter.

He allowed three runs on three hits — including two home runs — posting a 1-0 record and a 2.53 ERA.

Houston acquired Teng in a January trade with the Giants following last season, in which he posted a 2-4 record, a 6.37 ERA, and 39 strikeouts in 29-2/3 innings.

More than 20 Taiwanese are active within the US professional baseball system affiliated with the MLB, most of them at the Triple-A level or below.


title: N Korea, Belarus sign ‘friendship’ treaty

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PETALS FROM PUTIN:  Lukashenko, who has supported Moscow since it invaded Ukraine in 2022, laid a bouquet on behalf of the Russian president at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

North Korea and Belarus yesterday signed a “friendship and cooperation” treaty after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave a lavish welcome to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on his maiden visit.

Besides supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine — about 2,000 North Korean soldiers are thought to have died — both nations are under Western sanctions and are accused of gross human rights violations. The two men met last year in China.

“In the modern realities of global transformation — at a time when the world’s major powers openly ignore and violate the norms of international law — independent countries must cooperate more closely and consolidate their efforts aimed at protecting their sovereignty and improving the well-being of their citizens,” Belarusian state news agency Belta quoted Lukashenko as saying.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greet each other during a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang on Wednesday. Photo:Belarusian presidential press service via AFP

“We oppose the illegitimate pressure on Belarus from the West and express our support and understanding for the measures taken by the leadership of Belarus aimed at ensuring social and political stability and economic development,” Belta quoted Kim as saying.

Earlier Belta showed Kim and Lukashenko hugging at a lavish welcome program on Wednesday at the start of the two-day visit involving an artillery salute and goose-stepping soldiers before a large flag-waving crowd.

Lukashenko visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun — where Kim’s embalmed father and grandfather lie in state — to pay his respects, flanked by top North Korean officials, the Korean Central News Agency reported.

Lukashenko, 71, who has ruled Belarus since 1994 and has swung firmly behind Moscow since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, also laid a bouquet on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Belarus and North Korea are part of a push driven by Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Putin to create what they call a “multipolar world” to challenge Western hegemony.

They have provided Moscow assistance in its Ukraine war, with Minsk serving as a launchpad for the invasion and Moscow stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have estimated that the North has sent thousands of soldiers to Russia, primarily to the Kursk region, along with artillery shells, missiles and rocket systems.

Russia and North Korea in 2024 signed a strategic partnership agreement that obliges either side to provide “military and other assistance” should the other be attacked.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov said that in addition to the treaty of friendship and cooperation, the two sides would agree to cooperate in an array of fields from agriculture to information.

“Our greatest interest ... is strengthening truly friendly, partnership relations. We have friends here, and they are waiting for us. Just as we await them in Belarus,” he told Belta.

Trade between the two countries is “modest,” but areas for growth include Belarus exporting pharmaceutical products and food to North Korea, Ryzhenkov said.

“Meanwhile, various cosmetic products, which are renowned for their quality and affordable prices, can be imported from the DPRK,” he added, using the initials of the North’s official name.

The visit is intended to “show solidarity” among nations opposed to the Western order, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses researcher Lee Ho-ryung said.

“Kim will try to use the occasion to raise its diplomatic profile and strengthen solidarity among the so-called anti-Western bloc,” she said.


title: US jury finds Meta liable in addiction trial

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A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman because of an addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay US$6 million in damages, including US$3 million in punitive damages.

The verdict hands plaintiffs in more than a thousand similar pending cases significant leverage — and signals to the broader tech industry that juries are prepared to hold social media companies accountable for the mental health toll of their design choices.

The jury answered yes to all seven questions on verdict forms for both companies, finding that Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms and that their negligence was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff.

People hold pictures of loved ones lost from suicide due to social media addiction outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, after a jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction trial. Photo: EPA

Jurors also found that both companies knew or should have known their services posed a danger to minors, that they failed to adequately warn users of that danger, and that a reasonable platform operator would have done so.

The panel awarded US$3 million in compensatory damages, assigning Meta 70 percent of the responsibility for the plaintiff’s harm — a US$2.1 million share — and YouTube the remaining 30 percent, or US$900,000.

In a second phase, jurors added a further US$3 million in total punitive damages after finding both companies had acted with malice, oppression or fraud.

The companies said they would appeal the verdict.

“This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site,” Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said.

A Meta spokesperson said they “respectfully disagree with the verdict,” adding that “teen mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app.”

Nine of the 12 jurors further found that both companies had acted with malice, oppression or fraud, a finding that set the stage for the separate punitive damages.

The plaintiff, known in court documents by her initials K.G.M. and called “Kaley” at trial, began using YouTube when she was six, downloading the app on her iPod Touch to watch videos about lip gloss and an online kids game. She joined Instagram at nine, circumventing a block her mother had put in place to keep her off the platform.

She told jurors that her near-constant social media use “really affected my self-worth,” saying the apps led her to abandon hobbies, struggle to make friends and constantly measure herself against others.

In closing arguments, plaintiff attorney Mark Lanier cast the case as a story of corporate greed, saying that features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay videos, notifications and like counts were engineered to drive compulsive use among young people.

TikTok and Snap were originally named as defendants, but settled on undisclosed terms before the trial got under way.

Two further bellwether trials are expected to follow in the same Los Angeles courthouse, with their outcomes likely to determine whether social media companies fight on or move toward a broader settlement, potentially including redesigning how their platforms work.

The penalty amounts are “a slap on the wrist for companies like Meta and YouTube, which are two of the biggest ad sellers in the world,” said Jasmine Enberg of Scalable, who tracks the social media industry.”But if these companies are forced to redesign their products, that poses an existential threat to their business models.”

A separate New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators on its platforms and other dangers, awarding US$375 million in damages


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The mostly-Korean language film offers an intimate look at BTS’ journey to their latest album

All seven members log onto a livestream, broadcast from a beach. A few years ago, it was a common image. But after the K-pop boy band BTS pressed pause on their full-band duties for nearly four years, it was revelatory.

That’s the scene that begins BTS: The Return, a new Netflix documentary from director Bao Nguyen (The Stringer, The Greatest Night in Pop), produced by This Machine (Martha, Karol G) and HYBE, the South Korean entertainment company behind BTS and countless other international acts.

The mostly-Korean language film offers an intimate look at BTS’ journey to their latest album, ARIRANG, released Friday last week. It also follows the seven member group — RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and j-hope — as they learned to reacclimate to their life in the fast lane, together again.

Here are key takeaways from the documentary film, which premieres today on Netflix.

MILITARY SERVICE

As BTS fans are well aware, ARIRANG is the band’s first full-length release since all seven members completed South Korea’s mandatory military service. In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18-28 are required by law to perform 18-21 months of military service under a conscription system meant to deter aggression from North Korea.

In their documentary, mention of BTS’ service emerges right away. In the first minute, while the band films their live video on the beach, RM mentions that he “learned to hustle” in the military. Then it cuts to footage of the guys getting their heads shaved and wearing their uniforms — and quickly thereafter, rejoining the band. In reality, they were separated for a number of years. Before announcing their comeback in June, all seven members hadn’t been seen broadcasting live together since September 2022.

THE ROAD TO ‘ARIRANG’

Shortly after returning from their mandatory service, the band decamped to Los Angeles during the summer of last year to begin work on ARIRANG, their 14-track, fifth studio album and first in nearly four years.

They lived in the same house together. It was tight quarters, and a tight turnaround: In the film, Jin says he joined the band in Los Angeles the day after completing his 2025 solo tour. For that reason, he missed some of the early writing and recording.

The journey was also bumpy. As RM mentions in the movie, a long lifespan for a K-pop group is not guaranteed.

Fans of the genre might be familiar with what is referred to as the “seven-year curse,” where a group disbands, or loses members, or contracts expires, and they fall apart. That has not been the case for BTS, still widely regarded as one of the most popular bands on the planet. The question then, for them, became: Where does their sound go from here?

“We’re doing a lot of experiments, trying to find out, like, what makes us special,” RM said. “What makes us BTS?”

They also felt the pressure to deliver a good album, and fast. “We’ve been out for too long,” said Jimin in one dinner scene. “Now that we’re finally out of the military, we don’t want to extend this break.”

CREATIVE HUB

Working in and around Hollywood was a source of creativity for the band. The documentary shows clips of the guys in the studio working with some recognizable producers like Diplo and the South Korean songwriter Pdogg.

It also shows the band struggling to land a lead single and their in-studio dynamics: Suga playing guitar, serious and studious, V comforting an anxious Jin, so on and so forth.

Then they returned to South Korea to finish and mix the album.

STORY IS KEY

Boyoung Lee, executive creative director at Big Hit Music, told the band that in 1896, a group of Koreans arrived in the US for an education, where they met music producer and ethnologist Alice C. Fletcher. Together, they recorded the first-ever Korean-language song in the US: Arirang, the traditional Korean folk song that dates back to the 1400s and that inspired BTS’ album title.

It also meant that the album was a true celebration of South Korea and BTS’ efforts to bring their country and culture to the world. In one scene, Suga mentions changes needed to the song Normal, which he felt originally featured too much English and not enough Korean. “For this album, authenticity matters,” RM agreed.

PREPARING FOR A COMEBACK

Some members expressed reservations about how they may be received — what did their fans want from them, after so much time apart? And in an industry that demands reinvention? So, they worked as hard as they could, and in surprising ways: In one scene, V throws a baseball in a parking lot — seemingly to blow off steam. Days later he’s throwing a pitch at Los Angeles’ Dodgers Stadium. It’s clear he was practicing as to not disappoint their fans.

Even when the band is relaxing at night together at their shared home in Los Angeles — enjoying pork belly, soju and beer — they are still shown talking about their music, what could’ve been done differently in the studio, what they might want to try in the future. It’s a 24/7 process.

“I wonder if we’ve done a good job here,” Jung Kook asks aloud.

UNSURE ABOUT ‘SWIM’

Some members of the band thought the song Swim might be too low in energy to serve as their lead single. But they also weren’t sure about Dynamite back in 2020, which became a huge international smash. It was their first all-English-language single and it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a first for an all-South Korean musical act.

Suga appeared to be an early believer in Swim.

“‘Oh, they can come back with a song like this?’ I think it’ll be cool,” he told his band mates, fantasizing about fan reaction.

“It’s a cool, mature song for us,” RM agreed. “It’s time we give off a grown-up vibe.”

Appearing more adult — and writing songs that mirror where they are in their lives — was a priority.

“We’ve all gotten older in general,” said Suga. “We tried to express more about being an adult.”

title: Everything you need to know about the new BTS doc


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SPEAK UP: Hit Japan comics Chibi Maruko, Crayon Shin to collab (2/2) 《櫻桃小丸子》、《蠟筆小新》 相見歡（下）

A: Apart from collaborating on crossover comics, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Crayon Shin-chan” will launch co-branded merchandise and pop-up stores this time.

B: Actually, you don’t need to fly to Japan. Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park is hosting multiple anime-themed pop-up stores — including one for Shin-chan.

A: Really? What other pop-up shops are there?

The cast of “One Piece” throw the first pitch at a WBC game. 《航海王》主角們為WBC經典賽開球。 Photo: Liberty Times 照片： 自由時報

B: They include stores themed around “Dragon Ball,” “Snoopy,” “Rilakkuma,” “One Piece,” “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Frieren” and “Chiikawa X Sanrio.”

A: Wow, I was just watching the second season of the live-action “One Piece.” We can visit the park during the Tomb-sweeping Day long weekend from April 3 to 6.

A: 《櫻桃小丸子》、《蠟筆小新》除了合作推出漫畫外，這次還推出聯名商品、快閃店！

B: 其實你不用飛去日本，台北華山1914文創園區正推出多家動漫主題快閃店，其中也包括《蠟筆小新》唷。

A: 真的嗎？那還有哪些快閃店啊？

B: 其他的還包括︰《七龍珠》、《史努比》、《拉拉熊》、《航海王》、《咒術迴戰》、《葬送的芙莉蓮》、《吉伊卡哇 X 三麗鷗》……等主題。

A: 哇我剛好正在看《航海王》真人版影集第2季，趁著4月3日至6日清明連假期間，來去華山園區逛逛吧。

（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）

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英國政府加強打擊網路詐騙洗錢，以東南亞為根據地的犯罪網絡被納入打擊重點，今天宣布制裁4個實體和6名個人，大多與首腦陳志有關，負責在台灣為陳志洗錢的李添也遭制裁。

1987年生於北京的李添是檯面上由陳志主導的犯罪集團「太子集團」的高層。英國政府在制裁通告稱李添為陳志心腹，負責管理太子集團的國際金融網絡，「包括在台灣」。

李添同時擁有中國、柬埔寨、賽普勒斯、聖克里斯多福及尼維斯、聖露西亞、萬那杜等國籍。

今天遭制裁的還有出身澳門的前三合會頭目、打造緬甸大型詐騙園區「KK園區」的尹國駒。

此外，曾被內部人士指為太子集團幕後大老、據稱被陳志視為「大哥」的胡小偉（Xiaowei Hu）也入列制裁名單。

儘管「胡小偉」這個姓名可見於不少媒體報導，英國政府資料庫顯示，胡小偉是化名之一，這名犯罪分子的正式姓名為An Ming Wu（Wu為姓氏），1982年生。

除了「胡小偉」，其他化名還包括「陳小二」（Xiao'er Chen）、胡師（音譯，Shi Hu）。「胡小偉」同樣擁有數個不同國籍。

制裁名單另可見1987年出生的「王曉燕」（Xiaoyan Wang），是陳志犯罪網絡高層祝忠標的妻子。祝忠標去年已遭英、美政府制裁。王曉燕在英國持有一家公司，並以公司名義在倫敦購置豪宅。

今天遭英國政府制裁的還有一名柬埔寨籍男子Soklim Eang，以及1978年生於浙江、具柬埔寨籍的男子彭偉志（音譯，Weizhi Pang；另一個拼法為Wei Zei Pang，別名Visal Pang）。

根據英國政府資訊，這名出身浙江的男子與太子集團有關，且是柬埔寨Tian Xu International Technology公司董事。

Tian Xu今天也遭制裁。另一家同步被制裁的柬埔寨公司是Bsquare Technology。

Tian Xu、Bsquare Technology，以及已於去年遭英國制裁的加密貨幣交易平台BYEX，都屬於太子集團犯罪網絡。洗錢活動猖獗的BYEX去年遭制裁後，如今已「歇業」。

其餘2家入列今天制裁名單的實體則是同樣位於柬埔寨的Legend Innovation、以及網路黑市Xinbi。

Xinbi的子公司Xinbi Guarantee去年曾遭總部位於倫敦的區塊鏈分析公司Elliptic調查揭露，為東南亞犯罪網絡提供大量詐騙工具以及洗錢等非法服務。

Xinbi是以中文為主要語言、以加密貨幣為交易媒介的網路黑市，犯罪分子可從Xinbi取得各項與詐騙、洗錢有關的服務和工具，包括遭竊取的個人資料、偽造的身分文件，以及「星鏈」（Starlink）等衛星網路設備。

Xinbi是亞洲規模最大的網路黑市之一，曾遭揭露為盜取他人虛擬資產的北韓駭客洗錢，英國政府今天也證實這一點。

英國政府表示，英國是第一個對Xinbi實施制裁的國家。

Xinbi的眾多用戶之中，包括詐騙基地#8 Park（8號園區）。

英國政府表示，「8號園區」最近才被指認出來，可能是目前已知柬埔寨規模最大的詐騙園區。

「8號園區」與太子集團有關，營運商包含Legend Innovation。Legend Innovation的董事之一即是今天遭制裁的柬埔寨男子Soklim Eang。

英國政府表示，英國民眾也是這些犯罪分子詐騙活動的被害人。政府將持續致力保護民眾、打擊遍布世界各地的犯罪網絡。

在英國主導下，國際刑警組織（INTERPOL）本月成立任務代號「暗影風暴」（Shadow Storm）的「全球打詐工作小組」，將整合INTERPOL總計196個會員國的情報能力並聯合執法，直搗詐欺犯罪源頭。

英國6月另將在倫敦召開為期2天、由外交部主責的非法金融峰會（Illicit Finance Summit），主要目標包括在打擊洗錢和各式跨境非法金融活動方面，強化國際合作。（編輯：楊昭彥）1150327

title: 英國打擊陳志犯罪網絡　李添負責在台洗錢列制裁名單

countries: 英國 賽普勒斯 澳門 柬埔寨 緬甸 萬那杜 北韓 中國 台灣 聖露西亞


title: 林志玲51歲體態好成這樣！蔡康永炫耀「史上唯一」珍貴合照

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林志玲保有讓人羨慕的體態。（翻攝自IG）

〔娛樂頻道／綜合報導〕林志玲雖已51歲，但體態保持得非常好，身高174公分，相當高挑。過去蔡康永和她站在一起永遠的差一大截，不過最近卻難得有機會「比林志玲高」。

蔡康永打趣說終於看起來比林志玲高。（翻攝自IG）

蔡康永分享一張林志玲站在他海報前的照片幽默說：「史上唯一一張，我比志玲高的合照。」林志玲也在自己的社群轉發蔡康永的「炫耀文」，其實是因為香港藝術博覽會上有蔡康永的巨幅海報，林志玲站在海報前用手指著蔡康永「合照」，讓蔡康永首次有「終於比林志玲高」的一刻。

最近周杰倫推出新專輯《太陽之子》，同名歌曲的MV耗資一億元打造，蔡康永也看了這支MV，並在社群大讚周董：「周董，你一直勇敢的跟自己競賽，一再建立新的競賽標準，佩服。」並誇讚周董的《太陽之子》MV說：「恭喜精彩澎湃的新作。」


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日本自衛隊員持刀闖入中國駐日本大使館遭逮，警方調查發現，23歲現役自衛官村田晃大案發前一天自宮崎出發，搭乘高速巴士前往福岡博多，再轉乘新幹線抵達東京，並在銀座購買刀具、在網咖過夜，隔天翻牆侵入大使館。

日本電視台報導，24日上午，位於東京港區的中國大使館館方人員發現村田出現在館區內，並在館內植栽中發現一把刀刃長約18公分的刀具。

根據警視廳調查，村田隸屬於宮崎縣蝦野市的陸上自衛隊蝦野駐屯地。調查顯示，村田23日請假離隊，24日當天未依規定出勤，屬於無故缺勤狀態。

調查人員還原村田的行動軌跡，他23日從宮崎搭乘高速巴士前往福岡博多，隨後轉乘新幹線北上，於深夜抵達東京車站。抵達後，他前往人潮眾多的銀座，在當地量販店購買刀具，並於網咖過夜，隔天前往中國大使館。

警方研判，他可能在周邊徘徊，選擇從使館隔壁建築物翻越圍牆，進入使館內。

村田供稱，他「想見中國大使，向他表達意見；若未被接受，打算用刀自殺來引發關注。」至於想要傳達何種意見，他表示「希望中國不要對日本採取強硬態度。」

防衛省表示，村田於2024年度通過「一般幹部候補生」考試，被錄取為陸上自衛隊員，不過徵選過程中沒有實施性格評估的適性測驗。

防衛省也表示，沒有接獲關於村田勤務態度或言行有問題的報告，此案屬於村田的「個人行為」，後續將依調查結果嚴正處理。

title: 自衛官闖中國使館路徑曝光  請假北上東京、銀座買刀

countries: 中國 日本


title: 林志玲51歲體態好成這樣！蔡康永炫耀「史上唯一」珍貴合照


title: 館長情緒炸裂 柯文哲判17年怒嗆一句話全網熱議

people: 柯文哲 黃國昌

references: 網友 臉書

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「館長」陳之漢與黃國昌、柯文哲交好。（翻攝自臉書）

〔記者馮亦寧／台北報導〕前台北市長、前民眾黨主席柯文哲涉嫌京華城收賄等弊案，台北地方法院今（26）下午一審宣判，柯文哲遭判17年有期徒刑，褫奪公權6年。與柯文哲、黃國昌交情甚深的網紅「館長」陳之漢聽見判決結果時，強烈質疑判決正當性，更憤怒表示：哪個沒拿政治獻金？

館長表示，北院以210萬政治獻金作為判決依據，他認為非常誇張，大喊：「我們將會團結，現在沒有分裂理由」。館長也進一步指出這個判決會把藍白和正式推上高峰。

館長（左）對今天台北地院對柯文哲的一審判決不滿。（翻攝自臉書）

館長認為案件核心僅為「210萬政治獻金」，他問：「錢在哪裡？」更質疑：誰沒拿過政治獻金。

有網友問館長為何還沒有Po文聲援柯文哲？遭酸：「下一個就是他自己了，不用聲援」、「阿不是說要衝北院？」、「清清白白乳清蛋白」。


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徐若瑄分享王思涵的喜事。（翻攝自IG）

〔記者張釔泠／綜合報導〕徐若瑄日前出席老東家「開麗娛樂經紀公司」四十週年聚會，「綜藝教母」張小燕、吳奇隆、姜育恆等眾星也出席，她今天曬出許多合照，包含她和張小燕圍著王思涵孕肚的照片，激動透露：「我的少女隊『王思涵』同學51歲懷雙胞胎，真的太勵志了，本月順產！！！」不忘送上愛心貼圖，王思涵則笑回自己還沒過生日、才50歲，彼此互動逗趣。

徐若瑄謝謝貴人與恩人張小燕、苗秀麗。（翻攝自IG）

徐若瑄分享與前輩姜育恆的同框照，直呼好久不見，「我又聽回了他那無人取代的歌聲」，也與好姐妹王思涵與貴人張小燕、苗秀麗合影，她感性回憶：「15歲從少女隊一起起步到現在。謝謝我們的貴人和恩人小燕姐與苗姐。」除恭喜開麗迎接四十週年，更感謝大家都平安健康在一起。

title: 50歲少女隊成員喜懷雙胞胎本月順產 徐若瑄發聲：太勵志了


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許皓程請辭由外籍助教米蘭接任。（戰神提供）

〔記者林岳甫／台北報導〕TPBL台新戰神今天宣布總教練許皓程為戰績不佳請辭負責，改由外籍助理教練米蘭（Milan Stevanovic）暫代主帥位置，如此一來TPBL剩3位本土總教練，且兩人還只是代打性質，代表本土教練仍要多努力。

進入2026年，戰神打15場比賽竟僅贏3場，戰績9勝18敗已經瀕臨提前放假的邊緣。43歲的許皓程主動向球團表達願為戰績不佳承擔責任，目前確定卸下主帥職務，續留教練團透過不同身份協助球隊。

戰神決定由米蘭接下代理主帥，關鍵原因是他在首季即加入戰神教練團，至今邁入第3個賽季，對團隊文化與球員特性相當熟悉。

許皓程下台後，TPBL本土總教練為夢想家簡浩，至於新北國王洪志善、高雄海神朱永弘都是代理職務，尚未獲得球團真除。

TPBL外籍總教練有桃園雲豹羅德爾（Henrik Rödl）、新竹攻城獅威森（Wesam Al-Sous）、中信特攻莫米爾 （Momir Ratković），如今加上米蘭成為戰神的代理主帥，洋教練的人數又再次超越本土教練。

title: TPBL》許皓程震撼下台！聯盟洋教頭人數又勝過本土教練

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 桃園 新竹 新北


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2026年19歲組青少年桌球排名賽登場，屏東縣體發中心主任黃柏翰（左）進行開球儀式。（圖由屏東縣政府提供）

〔記者羅欣貞／屏東報導〕今（2026）年19歲組青少年桌球排名賽今（3月26日）起至4月1日，在屏東縣立體育館舉行，由屏東縣政府與中華民國桌球協會共同主辦，為國內19歲組最高層級賽事之一，全國頂尖青少年選手同場競技，備受關注。

屏東縣體育發展中心表示，本次賽事旨在提升青少年桌球實力、培育國際賽選手，參賽資格須具全國錦標賽、全中運優異成績或曾入選國手，門檻嚴謹、菁英齊聚。屏東縣共有男子8名、女子3名選手取得參賽資格，將於地主場迎戰全國好手，展現訓練成果力拚佳績。

賽事設男子、女子單打兩項，分別於3月26日至29日及3月30日至4月1日舉行，各取前12名頒發排名證書；前4名將代表我國參加2026年亞洲及世界青少年桌球錦標賽。另本賽事成績也可能作為2027年國際賽事參賽依據，攸關國手資格。

19歲組青少年桌球排名賽今日起在屏東縣舉行。（圖由屏東縣政府提供）

屏東縣持續推動桌球運動扎根與銜續發展，於國小階段以社團方式廣泛培養基層選手興趣與基礎能力；國中階段則以至正國中為重點發展學校，強化專項訓練與競技實力，逐步建立競技體系；本次賽事中，屏縣11名參賽選手就有8名來自至正國中。未來於高中階段，將以大同高中作為銜續發展學校，完善選手升學與訓練銜接機制，持續培育優秀桌球人才。

屏東縣政府表示，近10年持續深耕運動發展，先後承辦2020年全國中等學校運動會、2024年全民運動會，並將於2027年承辦全國運動會，展現推動體育的決心。盼透過舉辦多項全國賽事，提升競技舞台與賽事能見度，也帶動在地運動風氣，未來將持續強化培訓體系，打造完善環境，培育更多優秀國手，在國際舞台發光發熱。

taiwan-subdivisions: 屏東 屏東縣 大同

title: 桌球》19歲組青少年排名賽屏東登場 爭取國際賽代表權


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佛里德。（法新社）

〔體育中心／綜合報導〕洋基王牌左投佛里德（Max Fried）今在開幕戰繳出6.1局無失分優質好投，豪寫隊史相隔30年罕見壯舉。

佛里德在投手丘上一夫當關，用86球完成6.1局投球，只被敲2支零星安打，沒有掉分，投出4三振、1保送，完全宰制巨人打線，率隊7：0開紅盤，本季初登板就摘下首勝。

根據大聯盟數據專家藍斯（Sarah Langs）指出，佛里德成為洋基隊史第4位，在開幕戰投6局以上無失分且最多只被敲2安的先發投手，上一人要追溯至1996年的孔恩（David Cone）。

此外，自1900年以來，洋基第14次在開幕戰完封對手，並列史上第二多，僅次勇士隊的15次。

title: MLB》完全主宰！洋基王牌開幕戰鬼神表現 締造隊史暌違30年紀錄


countries: 英國 聖露西亞 台灣 中國 北韓 緬甸 萬那杜 澳門 柬埔寨 賽普勒斯

title: 英國打擊陳志犯罪網絡　李添負責在台洗錢列制裁名單


title: 自衛官闖中國使館路徑曝光  請假北上東京、銀座買刀


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（中央社記者陳韻聿倫敦26日專電）英國政府加強打擊網路詐騙洗錢，以東南亞為根據地的犯罪網絡被納入打擊重點，今天宣布制裁4個實體和6名個人，大多與首腦陳志有關，負責在台灣為陳志洗錢的李添也遭制裁。

1987年生於北京的李添是檯面上由陳志主導的犯罪集團「太子集團」的高層。英國政府在制裁通告稱李添為陳志心腹，負責管理太子集團的國際金融網絡，「包括在台灣」。

李添同時擁有中國、柬埔寨、賽普勒斯、聖克里斯多福及尼維斯、聖露西亞、萬那杜等國籍。

今天遭制裁的還有出身澳門的前三合會頭目、打造緬甸大型詐騙園區「KK園區」的尹國駒。

此外，曾被內部人士指為太子集團幕後大老、據稱被陳志視為「大哥」的胡小偉（Xiaowei Hu）也入列制裁名單。

儘管「胡小偉」這個姓名可見於不少媒體報導，英國政府資料庫顯示，胡小偉是化名之一，這名犯罪分子的正式姓名為An Ming Wu（Wu為姓氏），1982年生。

除了「胡小偉」，其他化名還包括「陳小二」（Xiao'er Chen）、胡師（音譯，Shi Hu）。「胡小偉」同樣擁有數個不同國籍。

制裁名單另可見1987年出生的「王曉燕」（Xiaoyan Wang），是陳志犯罪網絡高層祝忠標的妻子。祝忠標去年已遭英、美政府制裁。王曉燕在英國持有一家公司，並以公司名義在倫敦購置豪宅。

今天遭英國政府制裁的還有一名柬埔寨籍男子Soklim Eang，以及1978年生於浙江、具柬埔寨籍的男子彭偉志（音譯，Weizhi Pang；另一個拼法為Wei Zei Pang，別名Visal Pang）。

根據英國政府資訊，這名出身浙江的男子與太子集團有關，且是柬埔寨Tian Xu International Technology公司董事。

Tian Xu今天也遭制裁。另一家同步被制裁的柬埔寨公司是Bsquare Technology。

Tian Xu、Bsquare Technology，以及已於去年遭英國制裁的加密貨幣交易平台BYEX，都屬於太子集團犯罪網絡。洗錢活動猖獗的BYEX去年遭制裁後，如今已「歇業」。

其餘2家入列今天制裁名單的實體則是同樣位於柬埔寨的Legend Innovation、以及網路黑市Xinbi。

Xinbi的子公司Xinbi Guarantee去年曾遭總部位於倫敦的區塊鏈分析公司Elliptic調查揭露，為東南亞犯罪網絡提供大量詐騙工具以及洗錢等非法服務。

Xinbi是以中文為主要語言、以加密貨幣為交易媒介的網路黑市，犯罪分子可從Xinbi取得各項與詐騙、洗錢有關的服務和工具，包括遭竊取的個人資料、偽造的身分文件，以及「星鏈」（Starlink）等衛星網路設備。

Xinbi是亞洲規模最大的網路黑市之一，曾遭揭露為盜取他人虛擬資產的北韓駭客洗錢，英國政府今天也證實這一點。

英國政府表示，英國是第一個對Xinbi實施制裁的國家。

Xinbi的眾多用戶之中，包括詐騙基地#8 Park（8號園區）。

英國政府表示，「8號園區」最近才被指認出來，可能是目前已知柬埔寨規模最大的詐騙園區。

「8號園區」與太子集團有關，營運商包含Legend Innovation。Legend Innovation的董事之一即是今天遭制裁的柬埔寨男子Soklim Eang。

英國政府表示，英國民眾也是這些犯罪分子詐騙活動的被害人。政府將持續致力保護民眾、打擊遍布世界各地的犯罪網絡。

在英國主導下，國際刑警組織（INTERPOL）本月成立任務代號「暗影風暴」（Shadow Storm）的「全球打詐工作小組」，將整合INTERPOL總計196個會員國的情報能力並聯合執法，直搗詐欺犯罪源頭。

英國6月另將在倫敦召開為期2天、由外交部主責的非法金融峰會（Illicit Finance Summit），主要目標包括在打擊洗錢和各式跨境非法金融活動方面，強化國際合作。（編輯：楊昭彥）1150327

journalist: 中央社記者陳韻聿倫敦26日專電

countries: 英國 聖露西亞 賽普勒斯 北韓 萬那杜 台灣 澳門 中國 柬埔寨 緬甸

title: 英國打擊陳志犯罪網絡 李添負責在台洗錢列制裁名單 | 國際


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（中央社華盛頓26日綜合外電報導）美國總統川普今天表示，伊朗正放行10艘油輪通過荷莫茲海峽（Strait of Hormuz），此舉顯然是為了在談判中展現善意。

路透社報導，川普在白宮召開內閣會議時發表上述言論，並進一步說明他先前所說的伊朗「禮物」究竟是什麼。

川普說：「他們說，為了展現我們的誠意與實力，而且我們說到做到，我們會放行8艘油輪。8艘船，8艘大油輪。我猜他們說的是真的，他們沒在開玩笑。應該是掛巴基斯坦國旗…最後結果是10艘。」

白宮並未立即回應關於這些船隻細節的置評請求。

川普發表這番言論之際，他正施壓伊朗達成一項協議，以確保該海上交通要道的暢通，並終結伊朗的核計畫。

川普24日曾讓部分觀察人士感到困惑，當時他聲稱伊朗向美國做出一項昂貴且與能源相關的讓步。當時他對具體內容三緘其口，不願多做說明。

川普當時向記者表示：「他們給我們一份禮物，這份禮物今天送到，而且是價值極高的禮物。」（編譯：陳昱婷）1150327

countries: 伊朗 巴基斯坦 美國

title: 川普揭密伊朗「大禮」 放行10艘油輪過荷莫茲海峽 | 國際


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【大紀元2026年03月26日訊】港府週一（23日）刊憲修訂《港區國安法》下第43條「實施細則」（下稱《修訂》），包括授權警務人員可要求任何涉嫌危害國家安全的調查對象提供電子設備密碼或其它解密方法，不遵從要求即屬犯罪。香港人權中心質疑有關修訂是變相強迫被調查者自證其罪，嚴重侵犯私隱權與程序公正。

「香港的法治權力平衡已蕩然無存」香港人權資訊中心指出，是次修訂涉及新增刑事罪行、調整罰則，及修改涉及被告核心法律權利的程序。但所有修訂均由國安機構、即行政長官會同維護國家安全委員會直接制定，完全繞過立法會的程序，更無公眾諮詢。

該中心批評，在「國家安全」的框架下，民意被漠視、立法機關的角色淪為裝飾，香港的法治權力平衡已蕩然無存。

中心提到，是次《修訂》針對「法律專業保密權」（LPP）、「限制受調查人離開香港」及「要求外國代理人提交資料」等範疇作出的變動，顯然是當局從過去的執法經驗中「汲取教訓」。該中心認為，當局的做法並非平衡人權與安全，而是透過修改規則，使其行事能完全滿足執法便利，甚至將過去可能導致執法受阻的法律爭議點，透過程序修訂強行消除。

是次《修訂》明確賦權警務人員可要求「指明人士」提供電子設備密碼，指明人士不得以「免使自己入罪」為由拒絕配合，憑藉密碼取得的電子材料可被用於檢控。香港人權資訊中心認為，這種做法實際上是變相強迫被調查者自證其罪，嚴重侵犯私隱權與程序公正。

中心更強調，法例中的「指明人士」可涵蓋服務及硬體供應商，有關企業應主動交代如何遵守《聯合國工商企業與人權指導原則》，在威權擴張的環境下保護香港及全球用戶的權益。

任何正使用或曾使用該設備，或知悉有關密碼或解密方法，均屬「指明人士」，可被強制要求協助解鎖。涉案人士的同住家人、配偶很可能因此而被迫協助當局解鎖裝置或提供密碼。

「打壓表達自由與限制個人財產的空間」中心又指出，是次《修訂》為法律專業保密權聲請引入極其嚴苛的14天限期與「視為撤回」機制。法庭被允許在無須口頭聆訊的情況下作出裁定，且任何程序上的延誤都可能導致聲請被視為「撤回」。這種以「辦案效率」為名、剝奪實質權利為實的修訂，嚴重損害了市民獲得祕密法律諮詢的權利，也削弱了律師執行職務的專業保障。

是次《修訂》亦大幅擴張財產充公機制，中心對此深表擔憂。中心形容，當局是將舉證責任轉嫁予被定罪者，要求其證明充公財產「明顯不相稱」。此外，海關被賦權以簡易程序充公「具煽動意圖」的刊物，進一步擴大執法部門打壓表達自由與限制個人財產的空間。

在處理發還旅遊證件申請時，當局新加入「必須信納批准申請不會不利於國家安全」作為條件。這意味著「國家安全」成為法庭拒絕發還證件的絕對理由。此修訂更將違反限制令列為刑事罪行，進一步在未有檢控或定罪前，長期限制公民的行動和遷徙自由。

中心認為，今次《修訂》顯著擴闊了「外國代理人」的定義，並引入全新的覆核機制。中心認為，這項修訂的核心目的是將「通知書的合法性」與「刑事審訊」脫鉤，受通知者若要挑戰警方要求的合法性，必須另行於原訟法庭進行覆核程序，當中可能涉及高昂的法律費用。

此修訂更杜絕了被告人在刑事審訊中以「程序不合法」作為辯護的空間。同時，《修訂》限制警方資料在法律程序中披露，進一步加劇了權力不對等，令被告難以獲得公平審訊。

籲國際關注香港人權狀況急劇惡化聯合國人權事務委員會於2022年已明確要求廢除現行《港區國安法》。是次修訂不但沒有處理國際機制對人權受損的關注，反而變本加厲，將更多執法便利置於基本人權保障之上。

香港人權資訊中心促請香港當局停止以「國家安全」為名蠶食法治與人權，並呼籲國際社會持續關注香港人權狀況的急劇惡化，以及《港區國安法》效力不斷擴張對國際企業與公民社會的深遠影響。@

title: 港警被允許要密碼 人權組織：嚴重侵犯私隱權 | 國安案被


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在美國經典黑白喜劇電影《迪茲先生進城記》（Mr. Deeds Goes to Town，1936）中，迪茲先生的新管家沃爾特（Walter，左）在迪茲先生外出消遣一夜後，為他脫鞋。(MovieStillsDB)【大紀元2026年03月26日訊】（英文大紀元專欄作家Mollie Engelhart撰文／信宇編譯）前幾天在一家寵物店外，我看到一對夫婦牽著一條精心打理的狗，朝店門口走去。他們看起來並不拮据，也沒有那種飽經風霜的狼狽模樣。恰恰相反，他們的狗梳理得乾乾淨淨，裝備齊全，顯然是準備進寵物店消費的。

他們倆都穿著靴子。男士穿著低幫靴，女士穿著高筒靴，靴後有蝴蝶結裝飾，估計一雙要150美元以上。但是他們身上的其它服飾卻和靴子的風格截然不同。男士穿著綠色格子睡褲、黑色T恤和一件衛衣。女士則穿著全套的粉黑格子睡衣，外面套了一件衛衣。

他們有這樣的穿著打扮不是因為貧窮，這是他們的偏好。

這讓我停下來，問了自己一個始終無法釋懷的問題：從什麼時候開始，穿睡衣出門變得司空見慣了？

我在寵物店門口看到的這一幕並非個例。事實上，我在很多地方都能看到這種情況。專業的搬家工人穿著拖鞋和睡褲就來我家的農場。在一家大型超市里，我數了數，至少有30個人穿著拖鞋，數到一半我就懶得再數了。現在，超市、機場，甚至日常出行都能看到這一類的著裝，給人感覺這些人彷彿並沒有走出家門。睡衣已經悄然從私人場合走進了公共場合。

我越看越覺得，這跟服裝無關，似乎預示著其它方面已經發生了變化。

過去，穿衣打扮是一種社交契約。它並不拘泥於形式，也無關乎財富或時尚，而是標誌著一種轉變。你早上起床，精心打扮，以一種表明你已準備好參與其中的方式步入社會。私人生活與公共生活、休息與責任、居家與進入公共空間之間有著清晰的界限。

如今，睡衣抹去了那條界限。

當我們對這些過渡階段不再進行標記時，一些微妙的變化就會發生。我們無法真正抵達任何地方。即使身在另一個地方，我們仍然感覺自己只剩一半的身影，這會影響我們與周圍一切的互動方式。

這其中一部分很可能是新冠病毒（COVID-9，即中共病毒）全球疫情的後遺症。當時人們被迫待在家中，曾經構成日常生活節奏的一切都幾乎在一夜之間消失殆盡。穿衣打扮、整裝出門、準備見人，這些都變成了可有可無的事情。然而，與其它一些突發事件不同的是，我們再也沒有完全恢復到疫情前的生活狀態。

如果連穿衣打扮這樣簡單的事都讓人感到吃力，那麼生活中還會有哪些事情慢慢開始也力不從心了呢？

過去，舒適是我們通過努力爭取來的。它是在漫長的一天之後，在辛勤工作之後，在付出努力之後才能獲得的。而現在，它卻成了理所當然的。任何哪怕只是輕微地影響舒適感的事物，都會被視為不必要的累贅。

顯而易見，我們已經將追求舒適提升到近乎指導原則的高度。

但是當追求舒適成為最高價值時，其它方面就開始被忽視。自律性減弱，準備工作也隨之減少。

過去，衣著打扮是努力的體現。它告訴周圍的人，你置身其中，你很投入，你努力融入當下。當這種信號消失時，一切都變得索然無味了。

穿著睡衣出門，彷彿在無聲地傳遞著這樣的信息：別讓我做任何難事，我還沒準備好。

我理解那種感受。我人生中也曾有過這樣的時刻：產後或生病時，穿著睡褲和衛衣就匆匆出門去買吃的或拿藥。那時候，我根本沒做好準備去做任何費力的事，只是想勉強應付過去而已。

但是，那些時刻都是暫時的，只是權宜之計。

而更令人驚訝的是，這種轉變並非由於物質的匱乏。我看到的那些穿著睡衣的人並非生活貧困的人。在很多情況下，他們的生活相當不錯。

從歷史上看，隨著人們財富的積累，生活水平也隨之提高。人們傾向於注重儀容儀表，穿著講究而非隨意，並且普遍認為，富裕的生活能讓人以更體面的姿態展現於世人面前。

現在我們似乎正朝著相反的方向發展。財富不再與更高的標準掛鉤，反而常常與更低的標準掛鉤。

我並非成長在一個拘謹刻板的家庭。我的父母白手起家，利用自家的穀倉打造了一個成功的時尚品牌。即使在他們富裕的時候，他們也穿著舒適，但這並不意味著他們會穿睡衣。

在我父親真正負擔得起之前，他就已經擁有一套黑色的阿瑪尼（Armani）西裝。他常跟我說，只要有一套好的黑色西裝，就能派上各種用場。

我母親的生意是以設計休閒飄逸的女裝起家的。她重視舒適感，但也注重優雅。在她看來，衣服穿起來像睡衣般舒服也沒關係，只要適合體面地外出穿著即可。

追求舒適無可厚非。在許多工作中，舒適更是必不可少的元素。服裝應該讓我們活動自如、工作高效、生活充實。每種環境都有相應的服裝。

但是睡衣肯定不在此列。

睡衣屬於我們的家，屬於家人，屬於休息，屬於睡眠。我們穿什麼出門，應該表明我們已經準備好迎接這個世界可能對我們的要求。

在牧場，這種準備並非紙上談兵。一位朋友曾問我，我穿靴子和戴帽子是不是裝扮成牧場主的樣子，好像我是在假裝自己是牧場主似的。我笑著反問他，他是否曾在德克薩斯州的田野裡站過，那裡的淺色土壤反射陽光，刺得人睜不開眼。

毫無疑問，我戴帽子是因為我需要它。

我穿靴子是因為我曾經在齊腰深的草叢裡離響尾蛇只有幾英寸遠，如果我運氣不好，至少我的靴子可以給我提供一些保護。

靴子不是戲服，而是我準備工作的信號。

有趣的是，這種準備能帶來更深層次的舒適感。這無關乎輕鬆，而關乎準備得當。

準備充分帶來的舒適感和逃避努力帶來的舒適感截然不同。前者能增強韌性，後者則會削弱韌性。

寫下這些文字，並非要評判人們的穿著，而是想要提醒留意，當一些細微的標準悄然消失的時候，一種文化中會發生什麼。這些細微的標準很少孤立存在。當它們以肉眼可見的方式發生變化時，便引發了這樣的疑問：它們在其它哪些方面也在發生變化？

我們常說自由是指能夠隨心所欲。這固然是自由的一部分，但自由還有同樣重要的另一面，那就是自我管理（self governance）。

作者簡介：

莫莉‧恩格爾哈特（Mollie Engelhart）是一名再生型農業從業者和牧場主，致力於糧食主權、土壤再生，並積極推廣自耕自足和自給自足的家庭農耕知識教育。她的最新著作是《揭穿自然真相》（Debunked by Nature, 2025）。該書分析了我們對食物、農業和自由的認知，真實、引人入勝地講述了她從純素廚師和洛杉磯餐館老闆到親自動手耕耘土地的農民的歷程，以及大自然如何改變了她的文化規劃。

原文：When Did Pajamas Become Public Attire?刊登於英文《大紀元時報》。

本文僅代表作者本人觀點，並不一定反映《大紀元時報》立場。

責任編輯：李琳#

journalist: 李琳

events: 疫情 新冠病毒

title: 【名家專欄】睡衣何時成為公共場合的著裝？


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【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者張婷綜合報導）以色列週四（3月26日）表示，已在斬首行動中擊斃了伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊（IRGC）海軍司令阿里雷扎‧坦格西里（Alireza Tangsiri）等人。美國中央司令部司令布拉德‧庫珀（Brad Cooper）隨即對坦格西里的死亡做出回應，並敦促伊朗海軍人員立即放棄崗位，以避免不必要的死傷。

2月28日起，以色列和美國對伊朗展開聯合作戰行動。美國中央司令部主要負責美軍對伊朗的軍事打擊，並在社交媒體平台X上發布有關此行動的更新消息。

庫珀週四在X平台上針對坦格西里被斬首的消息發表聲明。

「IRGC海軍司令阿里雷扎‧坦格西里上將死於以色列的空襲，這使該地區更加安全。」他說。

庫珀補充說，坦格西里對IRGC海軍長達八年的指揮中，大量無辜商船的海員受到IRGC的騷擾。IRGC還使用單向攻擊無人機和導彈襲擊船隻，並殺害了無數無辜平民。

庫珀說，2019年6月，坦格西里被美國財政部列為「特別指定的全球恐怖分子」，並於2024年因無人機研發相關問題被追加二級制裁。

在聲明中，庫珀還發布了美軍對伊朗軍事行動的進展。他說，「自（美軍的）『史詩之怒行動』開始以來，伊朗海軍92%的大型船艦已被摧毀。IRGC海軍已完全喪失在中東乃至全球投射力量的能力。如今，又喪失了長期領導人，IRGC海軍正走向不可逆轉的衰落。美國將繼續對IRGC海軍進行軍事打擊。」

「因此，我們呼籲所有在IRGC海軍服役的伊朗人立即放棄崗位返回家園，以避免遭受進一步不必要的傷亡風險。」他說。

五角大樓負責人、戰爭部長海格塞斯週四表示，伊朗現在喪失了海軍，也喪失了海軍領導人。他再次強調，美國對伊作戰行動「並非一場無休止的戰爭，而是一場目標明確的果斷行動，旨在摧毀伊朗的軍事能力，並確保其永遠無法獲得核武器」。

責任編輯：林姸#

journalist: 張婷

countries: 美國 伊朗 以色列

title: 以色列擊斃伊朗海軍司令 美國回應 | 伊朗戰爭 | Alireza Tangsiri


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最新報告發現，外國組織在社交媒體上偽裝成美國人發帖，試圖引導美國和以色列對伊朗軍事行動的輿論導向。(Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者林燕編譯報導）最新報告發現，外國組織在社交媒體上偽裝成美國人發帖，試圖引導美國和以色列對伊朗軍事行動的輿論導向。

美國私人情報和數據分析公司Argyle Consulting Group的研究顯示，在X上強烈反對伊朗戰爭和反以色列的內容，可能並非來自美國人自己。

部分外國帳戶反覆散布言論，例如聲稱這次行動「背叛了MAGA」（讓美國再次偉大），「極不受美國民眾歡迎」，並且當局是「為了以色列」才動手的。MAGA是美國總統川普（特朗普）提出的政綱，也是保守派美國人推崇的理念。

Argyle Consulting Group的首席執行官兼聯合創始人埃蘭‧瓦斯克（Eran Vasker）告訴福克斯新聞數字頻道：「這些並非隨意發表的觀點。」

「我們看到的是一些看似美式言論——用英語書寫，使用美國政治術語——但實際上卻來自國外……這讓普通用戶幾乎無法察覺。」瓦斯克說，這些帳號「看起來非常美國化」，並且全在討論美國國內的政治語言和辯論話題。

journalist: 林燕

countries: 伊朗 美國 以色列

title: 境外組織假冒美國人在X發帖 引導伊朗戰爭輿論 | 社交媒體 | 網絡發帖 | 輿論引導


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而如果我們長期不和土地接觸，這些電荷就無法釋放，只能滯留在體內，這可能會帶來以下問題：

慢性發炎與疼痛睡眠障礙與失眠壓力與焦慮感升高坐立不安、難以放鬆整體感覺「不對勁」或身體不適長期累積下來，身體就會處於一種難以真正恢復的狀態。

想想家裡的插座是怎麼運作的。它通常有三個插孔——兩個負責供電，另一個則是接地線，連接到埋在地下的金屬棒。如果電器出現過載，接地線就會提供一條安全通道，讓多餘的電荷導入大地、避免損壞設備。

如果沒有接地線，電器就容易運作異常、過熱，最終損壞。人體其實也是類似的原理——只是他不會「燒壞」，但是會以發炎、睡眠品質變差，以及長期壓力等形式表現出來。

解決方法：在睡眠中為身體接地

Heal Naturally 接地床單可連接到家中插座的接地孔——也就是保護電器安全的那條接地線。透過這個連結，可以使身體和大地形成直接導通，在整晚睡眠期間，自然的釋放累積電荷。

產品之所以有效，關鍵在於以下設計：

醫療級銀纖維材質床單採用 100% 有機棉製成，並織入細密的醫用級銀纖維。這些導電纖維能將接地線的電與人體的皮膚產生連接，從而實現接地效果。安全接地技術床單本身不會有電流通過，它只連接到插座中的接地孔——也就是保護家電安全的那套機制。整個連接過程屬於被動連接，也就是說這種連接只是導電連接，並不會產生電流，因此完全安全。通用尺寸設計床單適用於各種標準尺寸的床墊，整晚貼合不移位、不起皺。可機洗清潔，並在多次清洗後仍能維持其接地效果與導電性能。長時間持續接觸不同於只赤腳走幾分鐘，使用接地床單睡眠時，可連續 7 到 8 小時與大地的負電荷保持接觸，讓身體有充足時間釋放累積的電荷。研究顯示了什麼

Heal Naturally 接地床單一項針對接地床單的研究發現，多項健康指標出現明顯改善：

93% 的參與者表示睡眠品質提升84% 的人感受到疼痛程度下降87% 的人表示壓力減輕另一項關於接地技術的研究則指出，在持續使用後，100% 的參與者表示身體功能有所改善。

其背後的原理其實並不複雜：人體與地面的接觸有助於中和自由基——自由基是不穩定的分子，會引發發炎與細胞損傷。當發炎減少後，睡眠品質、疼痛感與整體身心狀態也隨之改善。

使用者的實際體驗

Heal Naturally 接地床單

睡眠立即改善許多使用者表示入睡時間明顯縮短——從原本輾轉反側一小時以上，變成 15 到 20 分鐘內就能入睡。睡眠更深層、更具恢復力，夜間醒來次數也減少。

發炎與疼痛減輕長期的關節、背部與肌肉痠痛明顯下降。那種讓身體活動不適的低度慢性發炎開始緩解。有人形容自己感覺「更年輕」、身體更靈活。

壓力與焦慮降低那種長期存在、揮之不去的緊繃與焦躁感逐漸淡化。思緒更清晰，情緒更穩定，過去那種「明明很累卻無法放鬆」的狀態也改善了。

白天精力更穩定不會在下午出現精神崩潰、需要多杯咖啡撐場的情況。能量水平一整天保持平穩，生理時鐘逐漸回歸正常——白天清醒有精神，夜晚自然想睡。

效果隨時間累積這些身體感受到的好處不會消失，反而會隨時間增強。隨著身體有更多時間重整與修復，睡眠品質、疼痛緩解與壓力降低的改善持續累積。

為什麼總是賣到缺貨

Heal Naturally 是一家位於德州奧斯汀的小型公司，產能有限。近期受到媒體報導與社群平台熱傳影響，市場需求經常超過供應量，因此時常出現缺貨情況。

此外，品牌提供的終身退款保證也讓產品更受歡迎——他們對產品有足夠信心，讓消費者可以終身無風險試用，而不僅僅是 30 天或 90 天。如果在任何時候感到不滿意，都可以申請全額退款。

同時還附有終身保固。若因正常使用磨損或產品瑕疵需要更換，品牌將免費提供新的床單。

重點總結睡不好、慢性疼痛與長期壓力，並不一定只是因為「年紀大了」或現代生活無法避免的結果。在有些情況下，這些可能與身體電荷累積有關，而這個問題其實有相對簡單的解決方式。

接地床單模擬了人類數千年來與大地直接接觸時自然產生的電荷釋放機制。這項技術為被動式設計、安全性高，並有研究顯示，在睡眠品質、疼痛緩解與壓力降低方面具有可測量的改善。

title: 上季售罄款接地床单-现五折 | 優質睡眠 | 健康生活 | 床單


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2025年11月23日，日本防衛大臣表示，在與那國島上部署導彈的計劃正穩步推進。圖為2022年8月18日，與那國島的景象。(Philp Fong/AFP via Getty Images)【大紀元2026年03月27日訊】（大紀元記者李平綜合報導）日本最西端的沖繩島距台灣僅110公里，面對中共可能對台灣發動攻擊的威脅，日本政府在過去十年間，逐年加強在沖繩島部署的自衛隊兵力，而該營地駐軍的功能早已超越了最初的監控任務。

據《日經亞洲新聞》3月26日（週四）報導，過去十年中，日本防衛省和自衛隊逐步將兵力向沖繩轉移，填補自衛隊沖繩的駐軍空白，加強監視以增強威懾力，上週六沖繩縣與那國島自衛隊駐地迎來成立十周年紀念日。

與沖繩首府那霸相比，與那國島離台北更近，相當於行動前線。與那國島自衛隊駐地2016年首次啟用時，只有一支陸上自衛隊海岸監視部隊（GSDF）。2022年，一支航空自衛隊雷達中隊進駐。2024年，陸上自衛隊電子戰人員進駐。

下個月，日本首支防空電子戰部隊將進駐這個小島，2030財年03式中程地對空導彈操作部隊計劃進駐，進一步加強日本邊境的防空網絡。

島上有七旬居民對《日經新聞》表示，小島又在經歷巨大變化。政府設立營地前，島上居民最初看法存在分歧，但最近幾年發生巨大變化。2015年，632名居民投票贊成，445人反對，如今支持率已高達90%。

營地設立前，小鎮人口一度降至1500人以下，如今已恢復到1700人左右。200多名自衛隊人員駐紮在與那國島，他們的家人在鎮上工作，子女在當地學校就讀。

共軍威脅頻繁 更多小島居民支持加強駐軍由於中共入侵台灣威脅日益嚴峻，小島基地功能已超出居民最初預期。日本防衛省最初表示，駐軍只負責海岸監視，本月防衛省表示，安全形勢日益嚴峻超預期，希望居民能理解導彈部隊部署計劃。

有居民表示，在特定條件下，例如獲得財政支持等，不反對基地擴建計劃，但不知道會擴大到多大規模。許多人擔心，增加反擊能力或建美軍基地，衝突中與那國島更容易成為攻擊目標。

隨著台海局勢日益緊張，中共軍隊在與那國島附近海域的活動日益頻繁。2022年8月，一枚共軍軍事演習發射導彈落入距離小島海岸80公里處。2024年9月，一艘中共軍艦首次穿越與那國島和西表島之間。去年11月，在防衛大臣小泉進次郎視察與那國島駐軍的次日，一架疑似中共無人機的無人飛行器飛越台灣和與那國島之間。

上週美日峰會上，日本首相高市早苗和美國總統川普（特朗普）都表示，要致力於維護台灣海峽的和平與穩定，台灣海峽和平穩定是地區安全和全球繁榮不可或缺的要素。

責任編輯：林姸#

journalist: 李平

countries: 台灣 日本 美國

taiwan-subdivisions: 和美 和平

title: 中共犯台野心加劇 日本加強沖繩駐軍 | 台灣 | 衝繩


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基隆西岸纜車規畫案引發熱議，有業者向基隆市政府提促參案。市長謝國樑表示，透過民間出資促成西岸纜車，能有效減輕市府負擔，纜車要當觀光或通勤使用，將由提出促參的業者評估。民進黨市長參選人議長童子瑋認為，市府應先說明興建目的是觀光或交通，未來再談預算分配，市民較能放心。

基隆市政府擬在基隆港西岸吸引民間投資興建纜車，初步規畫自台鐵基隆火車站北口連通到虎仔山的基隆地標，全長約三百公尺，但有民眾認為距離太短效益有限，希望將西岸纜車串聯到白米甕砲台。

謝國樑表示，纜車要賺錢不容易，不能完全當營運事業看待，要視為公共建設。第二階段基隆地標延伸到白米甕砲台，由業者興建不太可能，勢必要由基隆市府興建，需向中央爭取經費或合作，將與相關局處討論是否可行，若可行就會規畫。

謝國樑指曾考察台北市貓空纜車，但即使是熱門路線還是虧損，若政府興建營運又長期虧損，將造成市政沉重負擔，這次市府由業者提促參興建、經營，市府負擔減輕。

童子瑋說，纜車規畫要有整體的考量，目的、需求、方向都要先讓市民清楚了解，到底是交通需求還是觀光導向一定要先說明清楚，經費編列及規畫設計都不同，應有完整觀光及交通發展政策，再來規畫纜車興建。

journalist: 聯合報／ 記者游明煌／基隆報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 基隆市 基隆

title: 有業者向基隆市府提促參案 西岸纜車興建 熱議再起