The CGA said that at 12:40 p.m. on Jan. 3, it received a report from Chunghwa Telecom that damage had occurred to an undersea international cable northeast of Yehliu. The Coast Guard dispatched the ...

The cable, located near Yehliu, New Taipei City, had four damaged cores. Despite the disruption, Chunghwa Telecom confirmed domestic communications were unaffected thanks to backup systems.

Following a series of suspected sabotage attacks by Chinese vessels on undersea cables in the Baltic Sea last year, which impacted Europe’s communications and energy infrastructure, an international ...