A study by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) found that Fulong Beach in Taipei County has the best water quality of all the beaches in the nation. The study, conducted on July 16 and 17, ranked Fulong as "excellent." The water quality of the beach in Jinsan (金山), Taipei County, and Kenting (墾丁), Pingtung County, was "good," while Chiding (崎頂) in Hsinchu County and Chichin (旗津) in Kaohsiung City, were ranked "average." Five beaches failed the test: Tunghsiau (通宵) in Miaoli County, Daan (大安) in Taichung County, Mashango (馬山溝) in Tainan County, Shiziwan (西子灣) in Kaohsiung County and Shanyuan (杉原) in Taitung County. Beaches were rated based on the amount of escherichia coli, a bacteria that leads to intestinal diseases, found in the water. The latest water quality report is available online (epa.gov.tw/beach). The agency reminded the public to avoid going to a beach within three days of a typhoon because debris washed from the land might contaminate the waters.
South Korean K-pop girl group Blackpink are to make Kaohsiung the first stop on their Asia tour when they perform at Kaohsiung National Stadium on Oct. 18 and 19, the event organizer said yesterday. The upcoming performances will also make Blackpink the first girl group ever to perform twice at the stadium. It will be the group’s third visit to Taiwan to stage a concert. The last time Blackpink held a concert in the city was in March 2023. Their first concert in Taiwan was on March 3, 2019, at NTSU Arena (Linkou Arena). The group’s 2022-2023 “Born Pink” tour set a
CPBL players, cheerleaders and officials pose at a news conference in Taipei yesterday announcing the upcoming All-Star Game. This year’s CPBL All-Star Weekend is to be held at the Taipei Dome on July 19 and 20.
The Taiwan High Court yesterday upheld a lower court’s decision that ruled in favor of former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) regarding the legitimacy of her doctoral degree. The issue surrounding Tsai’s academic credentials was raised by former political talk show host Dennis Peng (彭文正) in a Facebook post in June 2019, when Tsai was seeking re-election. Peng has repeatedly accused Tsai of never completing her doctoral dissertation to get a doctoral degree in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1984. He subsequently filed a declaratory action charging that
The Hualien Branch of the High Court today sentenced the main suspect in the 2021 fatal derailment of the Taroko Express to 12 years and six months in jail in the second trial of the suspect for his role in Taiwan’s deadliest train crash. Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of a crane truck that fell onto the tracks and which the the Taiwan Railways Administration's (TRA) train crashed into in an accident that killed 49 people and injured 200, was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in the first trial by the Hualien District Court in 2022. Hoa Van Hao, a
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