A Taichung man was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison on Tuesday for stabbing two people during a dispute over noise from a neighbor's television.The ruling can be appealed.The Taichung District Court found the 24-year-old man, surnamed Lin (林), guilty of two counts of attempted murd
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is suspending retaliation measures against South Korea that were set to take effect tomorrow, after Seoul said it is updating its e-arrival system, MOFA said today.The measures were to be a new round of retaliation after Taiwan on March 1 changed South Korea's
China’s sanctions on Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya over his visits to Taiwan are “truly regrettable,” and Beijing’s diplomatic reliance on intimidation and coercion is likely to backfire, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) said today. Furuya, a conservative lawmaker and ally of
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) today named Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) as its candidate in November’s Taichung mayoral race.Chiang beat another KMT lawmaker, Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔), in an average of multiple polls to win the nomination, KMT Secretary-General Lee Chien-lung (李
The annual ChangeNOW Summit in Paris this year features a Taiwan pavilion for the first time, highlighting Taiwan's efforts in marine conservation and sustainable innovation.Organized by Impact Hub Taipei, central government agencies, Taipei and non-governmental organizations, the "Taiwan House" sho
Partly cloudy to sunny skies are forecast for most of Taiwan today, with daytime temperatures reaching as high as 36°C in the south, but the heat should ease tomorrow, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.The CWA this morning issued a "yellow" heat advisory for Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtu
QUESTIONS OF TIMING: Beijing arranging for Cheng’s visit amid stalled defense budget talks raised concerns the KMT was trading favors with China, the DPP said
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday urged Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) to take the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) pressure and coercion against Taiwan seriously, avoid endorsing its political agenda and steer clear of its “united front” tactics aimed at sow
HOLDUP: While the legislature authorized the Cabinet to sign LOAs with the US, opposition parties continue to block a special defense budget, delaying payments
The US has agreed to Taiwan’s request to defer the deadline for an initial payment on a key US-made weapons system amid a budget impasse, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) yesterday told lawmakers at the Legislative Yuan.Koo confirmed that the first payment for High Mobility Artiller
An alternative to the Executive Yuan’s special defense budget should prioritize drones over submarines and range from NT$800 billion to NT$1 trillion (US$25 billion to US$31.25 billion), Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said yesterday.Speaking to reporters ahe
Taiwan has on three occasions missed out on joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an official said yesterday, calling for decoupling Taiwan’s accession from China’s.In her resignation, citing chronic health issues, late deputy trade representative
OB-GYN CRISIS: Higher public payments for child deliveries and guaranteed access to maternity health services in remote areas could be implemented later this year
The government is planning to significantly increase public payments to maternity health services to stabilize frontline medical capacity, with the new regulations expected to take effect as early as the second half of this year, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday.S
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of a new COVID-19 subvariant — BA.3.2 — in a 10-year-old Singaporean girl who had a fever upon arrival in Taiwan and tested positive for the disease.The girl left Taiwan on March 20 and the case did not have a direct impact on t
The average hotel occupancy rate during the first three days of the upcoming Tomb Sweeping and Children’s Day holiday is estimated to reach 52.52 percent, the Tourism Administration said yesterday. The holiday this year begins on Friday and ends on Monday next week. Taipei surpassed other cities and
Starlux Airlines is expanding its operations in central Taiwan, starting with the launch yesterday of its Taichung-Tokyo route and Taichung-Kumamoto service today.The carrier held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Taichung International Airport yesterday, ahead of the inaugural flight to Tokyo.Starlux is
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday vowed to speed up the construction projects at Taichung International Airport in light of significant growth of air passengers in central Taiwan.Taichung airport handled 1.71 million passengers last year, surpassing the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level by
The Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s Pingtung Branch has initiated a public-private collaboration on Taipei frog conservation, with the goal of restoring the species by 2030. The branch on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding for the collaboration with seven organizations across in
CONSEQUENCES: The man has been banned from attending CPBL games, fired by his company and might face charges for assault
A man surnamed Chiang (蔣) yesterday apologized for slapping a part-time worker with the CPBL at the end of a game in Tainan on Sunday.The incident occurred during a post-match performance following a baseball game between the Uni-President Lions and TSG Hawks, the first regular-season game at the ne
National Chiayi Senior High School students hold the national flag and gold medals at a scientific fair in Italy in an undated photograph. The team won gold for their research on the interstellar medium at the scientific fair held by the Italian Federation of the Scientific and Technical Association
Shoufeng Township Farmers’ Association officials hold placards at a news conference in Hualien yesterday promoting a specialty banquet to be held on April 18. Fire onions — a distinctive Amis crop in the township, which are in season — would be featured in the banquet.
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