Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) today announced that train services on the Pingxi Line would be suspended until midnight on Sunday due to track bed erosion and slope movement caused by recent downpours.Constant rainfall since early this week has led to frequent rockfalls and landslides along the seven-sto
An Academia Sinica study of the gaming platform Steam found that video games translated into the local language saw up to a 12.1 percent increase in sales revenue in the local market, marking the first study to provide concrete data on how translation benefits international trade.Translating product
The Taipei MRT system is to boost profits this year through commercial leasing, adding 11 retail spaces to nine stations by the end of this year and transforming the Ximen Metro Mall at Ximen Station into a K-pop and anime-themed commercial area, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) said. Despite carryi
A Taiwanese baby received a papal blessing from Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, when His Holiness made a public appearance around Vatican City.The apostolic blessing was made public over Threads by a Taiwanese Catholic identified only by her account name, Ya Shieng Lin.In the post, the Bishop of Rome hap
UPGRADE: Of the 108 tanks purchased, which have better fire control systems, 80 have been delivered and 38 have undergone a gunnery exercise, the defense minister said
The military is to oversee the establishment of the first tank battalion to be fully outfitted with M1A2T Abrams main battle tanks, the creation of drone units within the army, and address issues such as draft dodging and how to better protect the anonymity of military personnel online, Minister of
The army is set to establish an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) group for each of the nation's five theaters of operations by July next year, the army’s chief of staff said yesterday.During a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, Minister of National Defense
‘EXTRA VULNERABLE’: Officials worry that China’s in-construction bridge to Kinmen and a nearby airport could chip away at the nation’s sovereignty and pose a safety risk
Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.The Chinese Communist Party, at its closed-door meeting ending yesterday k
One likely reason for an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak at a hog farm in Taichung is Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) slashing the budget for border inspections of food items, green camp politicians said.Taiwan was able to keep out ASF for many years thanks to strict bo
The main reason for military service exemptions in Taiwan over the past decade has been obesity, the Ministry of the Interior said on Wednesday, amid recent scandals over conscription evasion.About 16 percent of eligible men, or about 17,000, were exempted from compulsory service last year, the Depa
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) yesterday emphasized Taiwan’s commitment to help democracies confront global challenges, despite China’s efforts to interfere with the nation’s participation in international affairs.She made the remarks at the Global Cooperation and Training Framework’s committee
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday urged the public not to comply with Beijing’s “bounty notices” or provide information via a newly created Facebook page run by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), warning that doing so could contravene the National Security Act (國家安全法).“If anyone complie
More than 10,000 Taiwanese participated in religious activities in China last year with support from the Chinese government, a study showed, which Taipei views as part of a campaign by Beijing to win hearts and minds.China has long taken a carrot-and-stick approach to Taiwan, subjecting it to almost
Multiple eateries in Changhua County said they might have to temporarily close in the wake of disease control measures announced by the Ministry of Agriculture to curb a suspected African swine fever (ASF) outbreak.Pigs on a farm in Taichung tested positive for ASF on Tuesday, ministry officials sai
The High Court yesterday upheld a lower court ruling that former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) cannot be prosecuted for money laundering in a case linked to the appointment of former Taipei 101 chairperson Diana Chen (陳敏薰), citing the expiration of the statute of limitations.The court found that th
HARMFUL GAS: The firm was found to have emitted toluene 24 times more than the maximum acceptable standard, contravening the Air Pollution Control Act
The first case of illegally excessive toluene emissions has been identified via smart law enforcement and could be fined up to NT$15 million (US$486,776), the Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday.The Environmental Management Administration’s Central Center of Environmental Management spotted inap
NONSTOP DELUGE: People in mountainous areas should watch out for landslides, mudslides, and swollen rivers and streams, the weather agency said
Heavy rain and cool temperatures are expected to continue in northern Taiwan into the three-day weekend, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.The CWA issued heavy to extremely heavy rain advisories for Yilan County, New Taipei City and mountainous areas of Taipei, citing the conve
Seven measures aimed at addressing parity in information, power and economics between workers and employers are to come into effect on Jan. 1 next year in the hope of increasing out-of-court settlements for occupational hazard cases, the Ministry of Labor said yesterday.The ministry said it would en
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday said that approving over-the-counter sales of emergency contraceptive pills “needs consensus” from the public due to its wide social impact.The agency made the comments in response to a query from the Central News Agency following the decision to a
Children pose for a photograph in front of a large Halloween pumpkin balloon in Kaohsiung’s Weiwuying Metropolitan Park yesterday.
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