A Chinese-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable off Taiwan has stopped transmitting its location on the high seas, Taiwan’s coast guard said Tuesday. The Cameroon-flagged vessel was supposed to sail to South Korea after it was briefly detained by Taiwan’s coast guard on Friday on suspicion of dragging its anchor over an international subsea cable northeast of the island.

In 2023, the outlying Matsu Islands, within view of the Chinese coast, endured patchy internet for months after two undersea internet cables broke. These fiber optic cables that connect Taiwan to the internet suffered about 30 such breaks between 2017 and 2023.

A Chinese-owned vessel is suspected of severing an undersea cable off the Taiwanese coast recently, according to authorities on the island. Taiwan’s coast guard requested that the cargo ship return to shore for an investigation,

A Chinese-owned freighter registered in Cameroon has drawn scrutiny for severing an undersea cable off the coast of northern Taiwan near Keelung Harbor. This latest disruption underscores the growing vulnerabilities in Taiwan's critical infrastructure as tensions with China continue to escalate.

A Chinese-linked ship has allegedly damaged an undersea telecommunications cable off Taiwan's coast, in the latest incident of suspected infrastructure sabotage. The damage occurred near Yehliu, New Taipei City on Friday,

Taiwan seeks South Korea's help to investigate a Chinese ship accused of damaging undersea communication cables amid rising tensions.