00:00Taiwan has dropped five places in the Global Peace Index.
00:03It's now 42nd in this year's ranking by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
00:09Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland took the top three spots.
00:13Taiwan ranked ninth in the Asia-Pacific region behind New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.
00:18Factors like conflicts, social safety and militarization levels are used to make the ranking.
00:24The report says increased regional tensions and higher defense spending in Taiwan raised the country's militarization score, dragging down its
00:32overall ranking.
00:33On that metric, Taiwan fell behind 12 other Asia-Pacific countries.
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