Taiwan Google Trends for 2026-08-03

The yen exchange rate rebounded strongly today (3rd), with Bank of Taiwan's cash selling price returning to the 0.21 range, reaching the highest price in nearly 10 months. Compared to the low point in June this year, when people exchanged NT$100,000 in foreign currency, they would have spent over 26,000 yen less—enough to buy about three Tokyo Disneyland tickets. The main reason for this exchange rate fluctuation is the joint intervention between the US and Japan in the foreign exchange market after 15 years, with the US side confirming that this move aims to help stabilize the yen. HSBC analysts say that although short-term joint intervention supports the exchange rate, volatility may continue to increase due to U.S. and Japanese interest rate policies and market risks. Experts suggest that those who are currently looking to exchange currency should adopt a phased allocation strategy to avoid betting on a single price at once, thereby reducing the cost risk caused by exchange rate fluctuations.

The 2026 Urban Resilience (Air Defense) Exercise will be held from 14:30 to 15:00 this afternoon, including a mobile network speed-down exercise. The Transportation Bureau reminds that it will affect the rental and return functions of YouBike and shared cars and motorcycles in Beishi City. It also reminds that when the exercise begins, it is necessary to cooperate with the police and civil defense personnel to direct roadside parking or return.

In July, global capital markets experienced turbulence, and leverage adjustments in the South Korean stock market caused the market to plunge more than 34% in July, also dragging down the Taiwan stock market. In response, Caixin Media Chairman Hsieh Chin-ho pointed out that market trends are always born in despair. On July 31, the stock market surged, "This is the extreme of panic, a rebound of a double-eyed, extreme rebound." He revealed that entering August, global stock markets will continue to watch Hynix and Samsung keep bouncing!

Taiwan stocks experienced a dramatic and volatile market in June, with the labor fund's liquidity level continuing to rise. The Labor Finance Bureau announced today (3rd) that the Labor Fund earned NT$77.17 billion in June, with the new labor pension revenue increasing by NT$73.69 billion to NT$1.52786 trillion. Based on the 13.1 million active accounts currently participating in profit distribution, each worker can receive an average dividend of up to 116,000 NTD, setting a new record.

Hsu Li-ling, wife of the president of Taiwan Glass Group and founder of Xuexue Cultural & Creative, lost her beloved son Hsu Tzu-hsiang earlier this year. The sudden blow not only caused her to endure the pain of losing a child with white hair but also plunged her entire family into a low point. It is understood that after her son's death, she once hoped to leave the property to her daughter-in-law, Tan Yixin, so that she could have someone to rely on in her future. However, Tan Yixin was unable to recover from the pain of losing her husband and ultimately decided to give up the inheritance, and the two no longer had any contact.

[Newtalk News] As the year-end nine-in-one elections draw closer, the Taipei mayoral race is heating up. The Kuomintang has confirmed that incumbent Mayor Chiang Wan-an will seek re-election; On the DPP side, they are nominating at-large legislator Shen Boyang to run. According to the latest poll results released today (3rd), "this candidate" surprisingly leads the other candidates by nearly 35 percentage points. According to a survey conducted by Apple Daily News, the question was titled, "Both Chiang Wan-an and Shen Boyang are actively seeking attention. Who do you support as Taipei mayor?" The online voting will close on August 6. As of 11:30 a.m. today, about 16,000 people have participated. Among them, Shen Boyang leads with 66.0% support, far ahead of Chiang Wan-an's 32.4%, with a gap of 33.6 percentage points. However, online voting involves non-...

Indonesia- The great battle in the fourth leg of Group A today will greatly affect the chances of the two candidates to win the 2026 ASEAN Cup, in which greater pressure belongs to Vietnam.

As the global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure continues to expand, the semiconductor memory industry is undergoing a structural transformation. Asian stock markets rebounded strongly on Wednesday (5th) after experiencing volatility. South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 3.76%. Among them, global memory manufacturer SK Hynix performed particularly well, with its stock price rising sharply.

Taiwan's stock market has been experiencing violent fluctuations recently. The current resolution system has restricted trading liquidity, triggering successive criticisms from legislator Wang Shijian, well-known trader Jujie and others. In the face of doubts from the outside world, the stock exchange held an emergency press conference at 5:30 pm today (3rd) on the "Explanation of Measures Related to Adjustment of the Disposal Mechanism". Vice President Du Huijuan officially explained to the outside world, announcing the adjustment of the three new systems, including the adjustment of the disposal period, the matching operation time, and the announcement of attention to trading information standards, and will be officially implemented from August 10.

The Kyoto Local Meteorological Observatory announced early warning information on the morning of the 3rd, stating that there are areas in southern Kyoto Prefecture where localized severe thunderstorms will occur from the afternoon to evening of the 3rd, with the possibility of warning-level heavy rain...

A man in his 50s was accused of taking away a neighbor's domestic cat "Little Orange". It was suspected that the cat was angry because his mother was infected with enterococci. The man denied poisoning and claimed he was just taking the cat out to play, but the cat appeared after being fed...

The former "Jade Girl Head" is about to be promoted to the most beautiful mother-in-law! Yu Qiyou, the 29-year-old eldest daughter of Fang Wenlin and her ex-husband Yu Guanhua, is about to enter a new stage of life. The groom is the nephew of Zhang Huimei's agent Chen Zhenchuan. The second daughter Yu Qiwei recently shared a video of her sister's wedding, accidentally exposing the wedding news.

The New York Times reported on the 1st that water supply systems in at least seven U.S. states have been targeted by cyberattacks, with increasing evidence that Iran is behind the attacks and that the actual affected areas may be even wider. So far, no tampering with water quality or affecting drinking safety has been found, but officials across the U.S. remain highly alert. These hacked systems are typically used to monitor and adjust water quality, including chemical treatment concentrations and water pressure, forcing some units to operate manually.

As the leader in the domestic rental management industry, Zhao Kee Estate Management (Shau Kee for short) started a business with one million yuan. In the past 17 years, the number of tenants under its management has reached 28,000. In 2024, Acer Group became a shareholder. Li Jiancheng, the chairman of Zhao Kee, only revealed in an exclusive interview with this publication at the beginning of this year. It is planning to go public this year, and confidently declared that "the next 10 years will be the golden period for chartering and hosting." Unexpectedly, it was recently revealed that the corporate bonds of related companies Zhao Ji Investment and Hermit Crab Management Consulting could not be paid normally. Li Jiancheng proposed to pay off the debt with 16,000 unlisted shares of Zhaoji.

Lite-On Technology (2301) posted a gross margin of 27.2% in the second quarter, up more than 5 percentage points from both the previous quarter and the same period last year; The cumulative gross profit margin for the first half was 24.7%. General Manager Chiu Sen-bin stated that the product mix is expected to continue optimizing in the second half of the year, with further room for gross margin improvement. The full-year gross margin is expected to remain stable at 25%, with the long-term gross margin target reaching 3...

Xu Liling's eldest son, Xu Zixiang, was shocked to hear today (3rd) that he had passed away earlier this year. The news was exposed and shocked everyone, and also caused the outside world to rediscover the happy scenes of his glorious wedding last year. At that time, Xu Liling personally organized the wedding for her son and welcomed her new daughter-in-law with joy. She even wrote her best wishes to her son and daughter-in-law on the social platform, looking forward to the two of them spending their lives together and welcoming a new life as soon as possible.

According to the "ETtoday News Cloud" report, the prosecutor's investigation pointed out that Li Zhenhao originally ran a hotel in Zhongshan District, Taipei City, but due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the hotel business fell into a downturn. During this period, he discovered that his younger brother was brokering Taiwanese people to go to Cambodia to work, and charging commissions on a per-capita basis, making considerable profits, so he decided to get involved in the human trafficking business. At the beginning of 2022, another group was looking for "...

Uni-President Group (1216) announced its withdrawal from the fitness market. Uni-President Jiajia's BEING sport and BEING fit notified members on the 3rd that in response to operational strategy adjustments, all BEING sport and BEING fit stores in Taiwan will cease all services at 11:00 pm on September 2, and start membership conversion and refund operations from now on. They will also cooperate with fitness factories to provide membership transfer plans, hoping to reduce the impact on members' exercise habits.

Iranian authorities executed 20-year-old protester Arvin Kheirkhah in Shahroud prison on August 1. Tina Ghazimorad, the communications director of #Iran’s exiled Crown Prince #Reza Pahlavi, announced the news on social media X on Twitter.

Picture/Diagram Shang Media | Editor/Comprehensive foreign news reports Tensions in West Asia have risen sharply recently. A facility in Iran connected to the world's largest natural gas field was attacked by a joint air strike by the United States and Israel. This operation was not only Israel's first direct attack on Iran's upstream energy infrastructure since the conflict broke out on February 28 this year, but also triggered a strong warning from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, stating that several energy facilities in the Persian Gulf had become "direct and legal" targets. According to Iranian state-run media reports, natural gas processing plants and petrochemical facilities located in the Asaluyeh Special Economic Energy Zone were targeted by the attack, leading to the closure of the North Pars natural gas field (South Pars), the world's largest natural gas field...

[Reporter Li Jinghui/Taipei Report] The Labor Fund made a huge profit of 2.2024 billion yuan in the first six months of this year. The top 10 largest holdings are mostly in electronic stocks. For some industrial and financial stocks, the Labor Fund ruthlessly "liquidated", taking the new system of labor retirement and labor insurance funds as an example. By the end of June, they jointly liquidated Zhengxin and Acer.

The subject test results for the 115th academic year were released today. According to the analysis of tutoring industry, the overall test questions this year are more difficult than last year. Therefore, the admission scores of most departments are expected to be lower than last year. The popular school Department of Medicine at National Taiwan University will not adopt English this year. The admission threshold is 231 points and 28 points for Dentistry at National Taiwan University. 1 level, those with a score of 260 or above have the opportunity to go to public-funded dentistry. National Taiwan University Electrical Engineering estimates 227 levels, and Yang Jiaotong University Electrical Engineering has an estimated score of 283. Most of the second-category departments can be revised down by 5 to 7 points. The first-category departments with a B number will drop about 2 to 3 points, and the B-level departments will be roughly the same as last year.

#张灵河说丁成信有狠##张令浩让张若南Look for Dingchengxin#This conversation at Pushing the Door Supply Station is too awkward. Zhang Linghe recommended his teammates online and told Zhang Ruonan to find someone for the mission to identify Ding Chengxin, because his courage was far ahead among the others.

Reporter Peng Xinru/Hsinchu reported that Xu Xinying, the candidate for Hsinchu County Mayor of the Kuomintang, attended the "Xinhe Friendship Association and Friendship and Solidarity Conference" on the 3rd, on the eve of the regular meeting of the Kuomintang moving to Hsinchu County on Wednesday, demonstrating the successful integration of local...

[FTNN News Network] Intern reporter Sheng Lin/Comprehensive report The U.S. Congress is entering the countdown to the summer recess. The cryptocurrency industry is highly concerned about whether the "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act" (Clarity Act) can successfully pass before the recess. Now due to...

After the incident involving DPP Taipei City Councilor Jian Shupei's solicitation of information was exposed by the media, it revealed malicious operations and administrative bullying at the grassroots level. However, after the news became hot, the person involved did not calm down. He still roared at the city government at the meeting. The vicious behavior angered a large number of citizens. For this reason, city council candidate You Zhibin launched a recall, which received widespread response.

MediaTek (2454) finally confirmed at last Friday's earnings call that the company uses Intel's EMIB-T advanced packaging in its ASIC project.

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] After the epic rebound last Friday, Asian stocks plunged again on Monday (3rd). Among them, Korean stocks suffered the biggest decline. They opened lower, fell more than 5%, and then melted. The Nikkei also fell simultaneously. It once fell by more than 1,600 points during the session, and the index broke through 63,000 to defend the battle.

IC substrate maker Kinsus (3189) posted profits in Q2 that exceeded market expectations. Foreign investors have once again raised Kinsus's target price, with most foreign institutions now agreeing that prices above 1,000 NTD are common. After two consecutive days of limit-ups, Kinsus's stock price gapped up again today, hitting the daily limit less than two minutes after the market opened, marking its third limit-up and making it the strongest carrier stock. As of around 9:25 AM, Kinsus's stock price was locked at the daily limit, with a limit-up price of 767 NTD, trading volume exceeding 5,000 lots, and more than 5,900 limit-up buy orders

[FTNN News Network] Reporter Wang Kaixuan / Comprehensive Report According to the announcement on Cathay Securities Investment Trust's official website on the 31st, its ETF product, Cathay Taiwan Technology Leader (00881), is expected to pay a dividend of 4.6 NTD per share, far exceeding the 2.65 NTD distributed in the first half of the year,...

Taishin Bank announced today that starting from August 4 (included), it will launch the Taishin Richart Business Imperial Seal Card limited edition "Purple Power Edition" luminous card surface. When cardholders touch the card, Richart's classic dog head pattern and the surroundings of the card will glow simultaneously, symbolizing the brand connotation of "serious and bright". Cardholders are invited to apply for a limited edition of 20,000 cards in Taiwan to experience the shining moment of contactless payment together.

[Now Sports] Japanese player Kaoru Mitoma recently injured a female pedestrian while driving, and prosecutors decided not to prosecute him. The incident occurred on the 8th of last month. According to investigators, Kaoru Mitoma ran a red light while driving in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, and collided with a 48-year-old female pedestrian riding a bicycle. The woman was injured and received treatment for two weeks. The incident temporarily led Mitoma Kaoru to face charges of negligent causing injury to others. After investigation on Friday, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office stated that, considering both were running red lights at the time and other evidence, they decided not to prosecute Kaoru Mitoma. Kaoru Mitoma was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and currently plays for Premier League club Brighton. He is a key player for the Japan national team. In May this year, he was unable to make the squad for the 2026 World Cup due to a left foot injury.

On Cao Qitai's podcast "Busy Tens of Millions," Cao asked Hou Bingying if he left the entertainment industry for emotional reasons. Hou Bingying denied it, saying she filmed 274 episodes of "The Strange Case of Shi Gong," working long hours and nights, which gradually took her physical toll. Hou Bingying revealed that she had cervical cancer, and four years ago, doctors discovered a cyst in her gallbladder and subsequently removed the tumor. Hou Bingying...

In the case of collective bribery by employees at Sanxia Crematorium in New Taipei City, the New Taipei City Funeral Department, a 'case outside the case,' the son of Ji Teng-han, member of the Tiandao Alliance Indomitable Association and former Banqiao branch president Jin Rong-guang, his son Jin Zhi-wei, nephew Jin Shiwei, and his subordinate Chen Ting-chun secretly filmed footage of employees accepting bribes at the crematorium, and after secretly filming the crematorium, they 'black-on-black' demand a share of the profits. The New Taipei District Court sentenced Ji Tenghan to 10 months in prison for co-offenders of intimidation and financial gain, while the other three sentenced each to 6 months with a 3-year suspended sentence.

The 41-year-old "Taiwan Jisoo" Zhou Xiaohan has been in the industry for 21 years. She has produced well-known works such as the longevity school drama "Wits Campus Life" and the period drama "Shang Soul". She is active on the big and small screens, but she is blank in terms of relationships. She once posted on a fan page 4 years ago that she had an affair with a half-naked male...

Have a cup of coffee to wake up at work on Monday! Major supermarkets and handheld drinks are offering discounts! Starbucks offers buy 1 get 1 free on large drinks with the uniopen co-branded card, CoCo offers buy 1 get 1 free on the American/Fruit American/Coconut Latte series at the same price, Meilianshe offers a limited-time one-day large espresso/large latte buy 2 get 3 free, 7-ELEVEN large American style/latte buy 7 get 7 free on the same item, and FamilyMart offers 2 large American/latte options for NT$95.

[Jakarta Kyodo] On the 2nd, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency announced that a fire broke out on a ferry sailing off Madura Island in East Java. Of the approximately 270 passengers and crew, 5 died and 41 went missing. Almost all of the ship