Two cleaners on Sunday died from suspected hydrogen sulfide poisoning at a hot spring hotel in Taipei’s Beitou District (北投), authorities said.The Taipei City Fire Department said it received a call at 10:49am about two workers who lost consciousness while cleaning a water storage tank at a hot spri
Fifty cancer survivors and members of their families on Sunday set off from Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on a 10-day, 1,100km cycling journey around Taiwan.The annual round-island ride, now in its 13th year, brought together participants aged 40 to 84, representing three generations of cancer
DISPARITY: The gap between the richest 20% of households and the poorest 20% has widened fourfold since 1991, an issue the DPP cannot ignore, the expert said
The success of the semiconductor industry would widen Taiwan’s wealth gap, increasing populism and negative sentiment toward the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an Academia Sinica academic said on Saturday.Wu Jieh-min (吳介民), a distinguished research fellow at the academy’s Institute of So
Police yesterday named a 64-year-old former tenant as a suspect in a house fire in Taichung’s Wurih District (烏日) that left a 17-year-old and her 50-year-old mother dead.Wurih Precinct Deputy Chief Hung Ming-chiang (洪明強) told a news conference that a van without license plates belonging to the suspe
STALEMATE: Nikkei Asia cited two sources saying that after China’s sanctions on Lithuania they are worried Estonia would find little support in such a situation
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday said it is willing to have practical discussions with Estonia on improving bilateral relations and mutual understanding, after a news report said that Taiwan’s plan to open a de facto embassy in Estonia has been blocked for two years due to a disagree
The source of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak at a hog farm in Taichung was likely incompletely steamed kitchen waste, the ASF central response unit said yesterday.Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane (杜文珍) said the inference was based on the significantly higher 39.3 percent death rate
Members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a civic group yesterday expressed objections to a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) push to allow absentee and mail-in voting in elections. “The bill to allow absentee voting should first apply to national referendums so that the Central Election C
The number of workers on unpaid leave in Taiwan decreased for the first time in the second half of this year, by 212 people, data released yesterday by the Ministry of Labor showed. A total of 8,331 workers were placed on formal furlough programs, compared with 8,543 announced on Oct. 16. Meanwhile,
PARTNERS: The establishment of a cooperative network among Indo-Pacific nations would help them stand up to China’s coercion, the National Security Bureau said
Taiwan’s “visibility” at the APEC summit improved this year, with many member economies seeking cooperation with the nation in several advanced technology fields, said presidential adviser Lin Hsin-yi (林信義), Taiwan’s envoy to this year’s APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.“Compared with the past, when T
The military’s plan to create an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) group for each of the country’s five theaters of operations would help counter China’s “gray zone coercion” and surprise attacks disguised as exercises, a military expert said in an essay. Army Chief of Staff Chen Chun-yi (陳俊義) on Oct.
Peach Girls, cheerleaders for Taiwanese professional volleyball team the Taoyuan Leopards, pose for a photograph at the team’s home court in Taoyuan in an undated photograph. The squad is scheduled to perform at the home court at the weekend.
People visit the Flower Vase rock on Pingtung County’s Siaoliouciou Island yesterday.
Police have named a 64-year-old former tenant as a suspect in a house fire in Taichung today that left a 17-year-old and her 50-year-old mother dead.At a news conference, Wuri Precinct deputy chief Hung Ming-chiang (洪明強) said that a van without license plates belonging to the suspect, surnamed Hsu (
Draft legislation that would classify high temperatures as hazardous weather, allowing local governments to suspend school and work on extremely hot days, is expected to be announced later this month, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said today.The agency attended a meeting of the Legislativ
The African swine fever case identified at a hog farm in Taichung’s Wuci District (梧棲) last month was likely caused by improperly sanitized kitchen waste used as pig feed, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane (杜文珍) said today. The virus was successfully contained with no additional infected pi
An entertainment company, its head and two other people were indicted today on manslaughter charges in the case of a worker who fell to his death on a construction site in Taipei in December last year.The worker fell to his death from a scaffold about 18m above ground on Dec. 25 last year during the
The Executive Yuan is still reviewing a proposal to expand eligibility for families to hire foreign domestic helpers and is expected to announce details of the policy and related support measures as soon as the end of the year, an official said today.In September, President William Lai (賴清德) pledged
US President Donald Trump yesterday said that China would not take military action against Taiwan while he is president, as the Chinese leaders "know the consequences."Trump made the statement during an interview on the CBS program 60 Minutes that aired yesterday, a few days after his meeting with C
Taiwan and the US are working to expedite key arms deals, including F-16V Block 70 jets, AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapons and Mark 48 heavy torpedoes, while delivery of Stinger and Harpoon missiles are on schedule, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said today.The Legislative Yuan’s Fo
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