Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024. It's one of the major steps the self-governed island is taking to address military,
By Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan will extend the period of mandatory military service for all eligible men from four months to a year amid rising threats from China, President Tsai Ing-wen said at a news conference in Taipei on Tuesday.
Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four-months to one year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen announced, citing rising threats from China over the self-ruled island. The longer military service applies to men born after 2005 and will start on January 1, 2024.
China has stepped up its military harassment of Taiwan, sending fighter planes and navy vessels toward the island on a near-daily basis in recent years.
Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and trade…
Beijing has been ramping up pressure on the island it claims as its own, prompting Taiwan officials to increase compulsory service from four months starting in 2024.
TAIPEI -- Taiwan will extend compulsory military service to one year from four months from 2024 due to the rising threat the democratically governed island faces from its giant neighbor
Taiwan will extend the period of mandatory military service for all eligible men from four months to a year amid rising threats from China, President Tsai Ing-wen said at a news conference in Taipei o...
Taiwan has tripled the length of its military conscription program to one year amid growing unrest between the island territory and the People's Republic of China.
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