Taiwan extends compulsory military service to one year

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen announces an extension of the island’s compulsory military service (Huizhong Wu/AP)

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen has said.

Taiwan, which split from mainland China in 1949 during a civil war, is claimed by its neighbour and faces military, diplomatic and trade pressure from it.