UNHEALTHY: Studies have shown device usage is linked to increased risks of depression and suicide in young people, Asia University vice president Ko Hui-chen said
Police data showed that 70 percent of last year’s reported child sexual exploitation cases featured online activities, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday, urging better parental oversight.Citing National Police Agency data, Department of Protective Services Director-General Chang Hsiu
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅) and upheld the 28-year, eight-month prison sentence he was given earlier this year by the Taiwan High Court for multiple offenses involving the sexual assault of minors.That means the verdict is final.In a particularly sord
The Agriculture and Food Agency yesterday called on agricultural workers to take preventive measures to reduce potential crop and financial losses during the flooding period starting this month.Agricultural workers are advised to monitor weather forecasts and take disaster preventive measures, as he
Taiwanese entry-level workers last year earned an average monthly salary of NT$37,000, a 6.4 percent increase year-on-year, Ministry of Labor data showed.Last year, 147,000 people entered the workforce, down 9,000 from the previous year, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.The ministry sai
HISTORIC FIRST: The president is to frame Taiwan’s first commemoration of WWII’s end in Europe as a reminder of the importance of unity, and aggression must be defeated
President William Lai (賴清德) next week is to mark for the first time in Taiwan the end of World War II in Europe and underscore that aggression must be defeated, sources said.Since the start of this year, Taiwan has sought to cast the war as a lesson to China in why aggression would end in failure, a
A delegation of Taiwanese lawmakers on Thursday met with US officials in Washington to discuss several issues, including the flow of chips made in Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) said.The delegation met with officials of the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau
A Siraya representative yesterday rejected as “unconstitutional” a proposal by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), saying the draft legislation would not restore the Siraya people’s rightful indigenous status.KMT legislators, headed by Sra Kacaw (鄭天財), an Amis, have introduced a draft act that woul
An essay competition jointly organized by a local writing society and a publisher affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) might have contravened the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) sai
ESPIONAGE: The DPP accused top Legislative Yuan staff of flouting the law by skipping a committee hearing on Chinese infiltration, and pledged to take them to court
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawyers on Thursday accused Legislative Yuan officials of a dereliction of duty and holding the legislature in contempt after they failed to attend a hearing on Chinese espionage.DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) vowed to take the officials to court over alleged
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Taiwanese armed forces are to hold a joint natural disaster response drill in Hualien later this month, in the first collaboration of its kind, the ministry said.Officials from the Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation made the announcement o
The Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage set out from Gongtian Temple in Baishatun in Miaoli County’s Tongsiao Township early yesterday. Nearly 330,000 people have signed up to take part in the 10-day journey to Chaotian Temple in Yunlin County’s Beigang Township, which spans more than 300km and is notable fo
Jinhu Township Mayor Chen Wen-ku stands on a 3D hopscotch mural in Kinmen County yesterday.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco Director-General Scott Lai, back row, third right, and other officials from the office attend the second Taiwanese Heritage Night at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in San Francisco on Thursday.
TV host and entertainer Mickey Huang (黃子佼), who was indicted for possessing sexually explicit videos involving minors, has settled with five more victims through mediation at the High Court today.Huang was found to have 2,259 sexually explicit videos involving at least 35 minors aged between 10 and
The Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office today searched the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taichung city chapter office and other locations and took away at least eight KMT staffers on suspicion of forged documents being used in recall campaigns.Recall campaigns targeting Democratic Progressive Pa
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal of a former kindergarten teacher found guilty of sexual abuse against six child victims, upholding the 28 years and 8 months jail sentence handed down by a lower court.Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅), the son of the owner of the Taipei Piramide School, was sentenc
The annual Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage, widely recognized as Taiwan's longest religious procession on foot, began in Miaoli County early today, drawing a record-breaking 329,118 registered participants.The pilgrimage honors the sea goddess Matsu, who is enshrined at Gongtian Temple in Baishatun, a co
Keelung prosecutors released two household registration office directors on bail yesterday after questioning them regarding alleged illegal accessing of personal data to support a recall campaign. Late last month, the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office launched an investigation into multiple cases
Taiwan ranked 24th in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today, climbing three places from the previous year at a time when press freedom declined in most countries.The latest rankings saw Taiwan moving up three spots to 24th out of the 180 countries and r
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