International news media yesterday warned about security in the Taiwan Strait after China unilaterally announced it has opened a third extension of the M503 flight route, just west of the Strait’s median line.China’s Civil Aviation Administration said that opening the W121 route was to “further opti
DEATH THREAT? The two suspects allegedly posted pictures of prosecutors in the Core Pacific case online, with blood-like streaks and messages such as ‘A life for a life’
A Taipei man and a Taichung woman have been denied bail and detained for alleged online threats to 11 Taipei prosecutors who are involved in the Core Pacific City corruption case.They were held incommunicado on Saturday after their bail hearing, after the court ruled they were likely to tamper with
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to invite more online influencers to visit and promote Taiwan as part of its digital diplomacy, an official said yesterday.Social media are becoming increasingly popular and have become important channels through which government agencies could communicate
A Lithuanian group of Taiwan-friendly lawmakers is visiting the nation for six days, and would meet with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) and other senior officials to boost bilateral relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.The eight-member Seimas delegation is led by Lithuania-T
COMPETITION: As the nation’s top students are not as focused on pursuing medicine as in previous generations, medical colleges must do more to attract talent, an expert said
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it would meet with representatives of medical colleges to understand the cause of declining pass rates of the National Physician Licensing Exam, after it fell to a 19-year-low in January.Medical students must pass two stages of national examinations before obt
WEATHER WOES: Live hog prices rose to NT$107.33 per kilogram amid concerns about Danas and as fewer pigs are reaching market-ready weight due to the heat, an official said
Wholesale prices of vegetables and pork rose over the weekend in Taipei, which Ministry of Agriculture officials attributed to the approach of Typhoon Danas and market expectations.The average wholesale price of vegetables rose NT$4.5 per kilogram in Taipei yesterday to NT$37.2 from a day earlier, w
Screening people in their 40s for colorectal cancer significantly lowers incidence and mortality rates compared with starting screenings at 50, a National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) study has shown.Taiwan has a high colorectal cancer incidence rate, with the rate among people aged 40 to 49 ra
The Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating two women in connection with a family of five who were found dead in their home on Wednesday after apparently being defrauded in an investment scheme.Suicide notes left at the scene described deep regret over trusting a former classmate and
Six Taiwanese dance and theater groups are vying for the attention of tens of thousands of visitors at France’s Festival Off Avignon, being held through July 26.This year marks Taiwan’s 19th official appearance at the festival, Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris Director Hu Ching-fang (胡晴舫) said.Last y
The Agriculture and Food Agency has collaborated with grocery and convenience store chains to market guavas and processed guava products following a decline in production due to natural disasters, agency Chief Secretary Chen Li-yi (陳立儀) said on Saturday.The four chains are PX Mart, Carrefour Taiwan,
Panda Yuan Zai chomps on a carrot from her camping-themed birthday cake for her 12th birthday at Taipei Zoo yesterday. The cake was made by zookeepers using bamboo, bamboo shoots, carrots, sugar cane, pineapples and kiwis to create a tent, a campfire, an ax on a log and a hammock, with grapes arrang
People cut a seven-layer cake during festivities marking the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in Taipei yesterday.
‘CROSSROADS’: The CNAS said that down one path was stronger military, intelligence and economic ties, while compromised cybersecurity lay down the other
The US should cooperate with Taiwan to bolster defenses against cyberattacks amid a growing threat from China, the Washington-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank said in a report published on June 24.China has significantly ramped up its cyberoffensives in the past few years,
PORK AND BEEF: The tariffs would enhance trade with the South American nation, particularly as Paraguay specializes in agricultural exports, the economics ministry said
Taiwan yesterday began offering preferential tariffs on 19 products imported from Paraguay in line with a resolution signed in August last year as part of the Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) between the two countries, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said.Resolution No. 8 of the ECA allows for
Japanese nationals living in Taiwan were able to cast early votes in Japan’s House of Councilors election at a polling station in Taipei yesterday, the first time they have ever been able to cast a vote in a Japanese election in person in Taiwan.The Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association is hosting early
A coalition of civic groups yesterday held a motorbike parade in Taipei and New Taipei City to support a campaign to recall opposition lawmakers before a nighttime rally near the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.Twenty-four Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安
Academics have expressed mixed views on President William Lai’s (賴清德) nomination of High Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor Tsai Chiu-ming (蔡秋明) as a Constitutional Court justice and the head of the nation’s top judicial body.While prosecutors have served as justices at the Constitutional Court ov
‘COVER-UP’: Incidents where physicians have committed sexual offenses have damaged people’s trust, but the OB-GYN medical association remains silent, a foundation said
The Taiwan Healthcare Reform Foundation (THRF) yesterday said that the Ministry of Health and Welfare failed to follow through on a “physician sex offenders search platform” that it promised in May would be up within a month.News about National Taiwan University Hospital obstetrician and gynecologis
DANGEROUS GAS: A study found that nitrogen dioxide exposure raised the risk of uterine cancer by 23 percent and ovarian cancer by 21 percent
The Ministry of Environment on Friday pledged to review its air quality monitoring network within a month, after medical professionals urged improvements in tracking nitrogen dioxide levels, especially in high-traffic urban areas.Department of Monitoring and Information head Chang Shun-chin (張順欽) sa
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