Taichung police are looking into whether illegal fishing practices caused the death of a Vietnamese man who appeared to have been electrocuted yesterday while fishing near Xinguang Bridge in the city's Houli District (后里), authorities said.The Taichung Fire Bureau received a report of an incident ne
A French man yesterday drowned while he and his Taiwanese girlfriend were swimming at Shalun Beach in New Taipei City, police said.The 37-year old French national and his 19-year old girlfriend, surnamed Chung (鍾), went swimming at Shalun Beach at about 4pm, police said.Chung saw her boyfriend being
NATIONAL DEFENSE: The accuracy of HIMARS would be optimized if it is combined with the army’s domestically made Thunderbolt-2000 system, military observers said
The military is next month to officially establish a unit to oversee the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to enhance its cross-regional mobility and long-range strike capabilities, the Ministry of National Defense said. The confirmation came after the army conducted its first live
Taiwan must take steps to avoid being blamed for escalation if it responds with force to Chinese naval incursions into its territorial waters, a former US Navy intelligence head said. The best way to handle violent tactical encounters is to shape the information space early — exposing Chinese action
CASE: Prosecutors have requested heavy sentences, citing a lack of remorse and the defendants’ role in ‘undermining the country’s democratic foundations’
Five people affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), including senior staff from the party’s Taipei branch, were indicted yesterday for allegedly forging thousands of signatures to recall two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers.Those indicted include KMT Taipei chapter director
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday urged President William Lai (賴清德) to include issues such as energy security, economic development and artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in tomorrow’s national security briefing. Lai proposed the briefing in his inauguration anniversary addre
Citizen groups recently held meetings with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials regarding their strategies for the third stage of the recall campaigns targeting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers, sources said. As 31 of the signature drives have passed the second-stage threshold, the
INVESTMENT: Cancer prevention and treatment remain a top healthcare priority for the government, as Taiwan seeks to raise life expectancy and improve outcomes, Lai said
As the government continues to advance cancer prevention and treatment policies, President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday expressed hope that National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) would continue to be a key partner in achieving the goal of a “healthy Taiwan,” while attending NTUH’s 130th anniversa
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday charged six people with fraud and money laundering over an investment scam that allegedly defrauded late Taiya Group chairman Shen Yu-hsiung (沈裕雄) of nearly NT$5 billion (US$169.4 million).Lo Pei-wen (羅佩雯) is suspected of leading the scheme, alongsid
EMPLOYMENT: The number of furloughed workers rose to 1,189 as of Sunday, primarily in the export-oriented manufacturing sector, up from 827 on May 31
The number of workers placed on formal furlough due to tariff policies enacted by US President Donald Trump’s administration has risen sharply, approaching 1,200 as of Sunday, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said yesterday.Data compiled by the ministry showed that 1,189 workers — primarily from the expo
Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng (李康生), a Golden Horse and Asian Film Awards winner, issued a public apology on Sunday after becoming the subject of a police investigation for allegedly stealing sea urchins from an aquaculture farm in New Taipei City.The incident occurred at about 7pm on May 22 at a c
A bounty of NT$300 (US$10.16) for each hunted crown-of-thorns starfish is being considered to address the proliferation of coral-reef killers in waters off Penghu County’s Cimei Township (七美), the Penghu County Water Recreation Activities Association said on Sunday.A marine conservation volunteer te
The Taichung City Government will assist a young man without an ID in registering his household before taking further action, said Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow- yen (盧秀燕) yesterday.The case of the 21-year-old man, who was recently discovered by a local ward chief at a junkyard in the city’s Beitun Di
James Jeng (鄭光遠), former chairman of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC), has assumed his new role at the state-owned Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) as the rail company tries to get its finances under control with the help of a sizable fare hike.A special board meeting of TRC was held yesterday to a
SAFETY Go Ocean app use advisedThe Coast Guard Administration (CGA) is urging beachgoers to check real-time ocean conditions using the Go Ocean mobile app, following a series of drowning incidents as summer draws more people to the coast. The advisory comes after a high-school student drowned off Fa
Cadets at the Republic of China Military Academy, formerly known as the Whampoa Military Academy, march at an event in Kaohsiung’s Fongshan District yesterday celebrating the 101st anniversary of the academy’s founding.
People use virtual reality headsets to learn how to operate a fire extinguisher at a news conference in New Taipei City yesterday. The Ministry of the Interior’s Disaster Relief Volunteer Training Course has trained 48,540 people to prepare for typhoon-related disasters, and the program is set to ex
A sea turtle is released back to the ocean while people take photographs in Penghu County’s Magong City yesterday. A total of 10 endangered sea turtles rescued from the sea or beaches and sent to the Penghu Fisheries Biology Research Center for treatment from 2023 to last year were released at Shihl
The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office today indicted six people on suspicion of defrauding late Taiya Group chairman Shen Yu-hsiung (沈裕雄) of nearly NT$5 billion (US$169.38 million).The suspected leader of the scheme was Lo Pei-wen (羅佩雯), who was charged with fraud and money laundering along with C
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