Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/03
By: Elaine Hou and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Saturday that Taiwan will

Lai Ching-te (賴清德)

increase its national defense budget in order to join neighboring countries in preserving regional peace.

Speaking at the first East Asia Peace Forum in Taipei, Lai said the major threats to stability in the Asia Pacific region are North Korea’s nuclear missile tests and China’s increasingly frequent military drills in the East and South China Seas.

In the face of such challenges, Lai said, Taiwan will increase its national defense budget to help with the efforts of other Asian countries to protect regional peace and will fully support the United Nations’ sanctions against North Korea.    [FULL  STORY]