ILLEGAL FROM THE START?: The declaration of martial law 60 years ago violated the Constitution, activists say, because Taiwan had not been declared a war zone
By Rich Chang
A human rights group said yesterday that it would seek a ruling from the Council of Grand Justices on the constitutionality of the decades-long period of martial law declared in 1949, a case activists hope could lead to compensation for thousands of former political prisoners and the families of those who were executed.

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DOUBLE TROUBLE: The second test by the hardline communist country in two months was part of a drill involving Russian-designed Styx ship-to-ship missiles
Nuclear-armed North Korea has fired three short-range missiles off its west coast, Yonhap news agency reported yesterday, threatening new military tensions with its neighbors.

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By Lee Hsin-hung and Chang Hsun-teng
The Miaoli County Government has come under fire after allocating NT$50 million (US$1.6 million) to build a museum dedicated to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) in Tongsiao Township (通宵) in a bid to attract tourists, its second project to capitalize on Ma’s popularity.

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Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated and more than 1 million others warned to be ready to leave quickly as Chinese authorities prepare to drain a lake formed by a devastating earthquake.

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Myanmar's junta yesterday came under renewed international pressure from rights groups and the US defense chief, who said its slow response to the cyclone disaster had cost "tens of thousands of lives."

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