Former Taiwan People's Party (TPP) chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) today urged cross-party support for the party’s proposed amendments to the Artificial Reproduction Act (人工生殖法), which would legalize surrogacy as well as fertilization treatment for same-sex couples and single women.Ko today met with the Ch
The Legislative Yuan today passed two motions under the opposition’s majority condemning Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) and requesting that National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) step down.Both motions were proposed by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP).In its proposal regarding
A rescue helicopter airlifted five people from a tugboat off Hualien yesterday, after a crew member was injured while trying to assist a drifting bulk carrier with five Filipino and 12 Taiwanese crew members.The injured person, surnamed Yu (游), sustained a head laceration when the tugboat became ent
A special police task force investigating a deadly stabbing that occurred last month in Taipei has preliminarily ruled out bullying as a motive, saying that the suspect acted alone and intentionally committed suicide following the spree.The suspect, a 27-year-old unemployed man identified as Chang W
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued cold surge advisories for the cities and counties across Taiwan, warning that temperatures could fall below 10°C.An "orange" cold advisory took effect for Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu City and County, Miaoli County and Yilan
Washington yesterday urged Beijing to pull back on its campaign to pressure Taiwan militarily following its latest live-fire military drills around the nation held earlier this week."China's military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region increase tensions unnecessarily," US
THE ‘1992 CONSENSUS’: The KMT chair said she hoped for ‘reconciliation’ across the Strait, and that Taiwan and China belonging to ‘one China’ was beyond doubt
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday urged President William Lai (賴清德) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to show respect for legislative oversight, referring to the president’s call for cross-party cooperation in the new year.The president in his New Year address said that the poli
Disaster mitigation projects, social welfare benefits, public transport subsidies, and many programs affecting society and people’s livelihood are in jeopardy because opposition parties refuse to pass this year’s general budget, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday. It is the first time in Taiw
The military should abolish centralized deployment and instead adopt something like the US’ Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) to maximize survivability through dispersed deployment and mobile defenses, an Institute for National Defense and Security Research analyst said yesterday.The Chinese P
‘FRIENDLY SOCIETY’: The changes aim to help relieve the childcare burdens of new parents and is part of Taiwan’s efforts to embrace naturalized citizens, the ministry said
Parents of citizens naturalized through marriage can now extend their stay in Taiwan to one year to help look after grandchildren, according to new regulations that took effect yesterday.The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on Wednesday said the changes are in accordance with new provisions under the
ON TIME: The contractor, which also built New Taipei City’s Danjiang Bridge, also began work on a new permanent bridge on Wednesday according to schedule
A temporary steel bridge over the Mataian River (馬太鞍溪) in Hualien County opened for traffic yesterday after the original bridge was destroyed by flooding on Sept. 23 last year.The bridge is an important passage connecting Fonglin (鳳林) and Guangfu (光復) townships. Torrential rain brought by the outer
A group on Wednesday evening dumped an unidentified powder into pots at 10 restaurants, targeting a sesame oil chicken chain in Taipei and New Taipei City, police told a news conference yesterday.Chang Ming-che (張銘哲), head of the New Taipei City Police Department’s Sixth Criminal Investigation Corps
YOUNG FARMERS: A ministry loan program has benefited more than 26,000 young adults getting into agriculture as of November last year
Agriculture and the agri-food industrial chain in 2024 generated gross value added of more than NT$1.74 trillion (US$55.3 billion) with a workforce of about 2 million people, accounting for 6.8 percent of GDP, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Tuesday.The gross value added of agriculture and
A British national received a more than four-year sentence in a Keelung District Court ruling for cultivating cannabis and making related products.The English-language teacher, named Paul, bought cannabis seeds in Amsterdam while on a trip to Europe in 2023, hiding them in his luggage on his return
The Taiwan Banana Research Institute has developed a Panama disease-resistant banana variety, Tai-Chiao No. 9 (TC9), which is expected to change the global banana supply landscape.Bananas are an economically important fruit crop to the world, and Taiwan-developed disease-resistant bananas are recogn
Tour operators in Kenting (墾丁) have seen a glimmer of hope for bringing visitors back to the once-popular travel destination in southern Taiwan, following an unexpected rise in older travelers.Once credited by some as the nation’s tropical paradise, Kenting used to attract millions of tourists each
Pet owners bring their dogs to a New Year’s Day flag-raising event in Chiayi City yesterday.
Faithfuls of Yuhuang Temple begin a procession around the nation with a divine horse icon in celebration of this year’s zodiac sign in the streets of Pingtung City yesterday.
COUNTERWEIGHT: The US ambassador in Beijing called the Quad a ‘force for good,’ posting a picture alongside the Australian, Indian and Japanese ambassadors
Chinese warships and coast guard vessels were withdrawing from waters around Taiwan, and its latest military drills appear to be “over,” the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said yesterday.Taiwan remained on high alert yesterday after China staged massive military drills around the nation, keeping i
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