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TAINAN, Taiwan -- Over 1,500 people gathered in Taiwan's southern city of Tainan on Thursday to test the ability of civil society -- as opposed to the military -- to respond to disasters amid ...

Taiwan conducted extensive civil defense drills Thursday in its southwestern coastal city of Tainan to bolster readiness against large-scale disasters and potential attacks on critical ...

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About 900 civilians would practice using military field hospital equipment without the assistance of military personnel during civil defense drills in Tainan on Thursday, a source said yesterday.