Fri, Sep 11, 2026
‘SUPER-AGED’: The new plan is part of the nation’s Long-Term Care 3.0 program to meet the needs of a society in which more than 20% of the population is 65 or older The Executive Yuan yesterday approved expanded subsidies for residents of long-term care facilities, allocating NT$16.62 billion (US$526.82 million) to the plan expected to benefit about 105,000 people.Under the new plan, the maximum monthly subsidy for people with moderate to severe disabilities re
PANEL BY PANEL: Comic critic and historian Paul Gravett, a frequent visitor to Taiwan, said that the event aims to present comics as a major art form Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) on Wednesday wrapped up his visit to the UK by announcing plans for the launch next year of the Taiwan International Comics Festival, which he said would be curated by a British comics historian.Li unveiled the comics festival plan during a visit to the Quentin Blake
Two aides at independent Legislator May Chin’s (高金素梅) office were ordered detained incommunicado yesterday in a broadening probe into alleged Chinese espionage by Chin’s former chief of staff, Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑).The move to hold Lin I-chun (林怡君) and current chief of staff Chen Chih-huang (陳智葟) i
The Philippines yesterday deployed coast guard, military and civilian vessels in a race to find survivors on a smoldering passenger-and-cargo ferry off the western island of Palawan, after a fire on board killed at least five people and left 86 missing.Drone footage released by the Philippine Coast
A Hong Kong court yesterday convicted Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) of attempting to block a reporter from becoming the head of a press union, but cleared it of unlawfully firing her.Journalist Selina Cheng (鄭嘉如) said she was fired by the Journal in July 2024 after refusi
PROGRESS: Taiwan has made impressive improvements in energy resilience, while increasing defense spending and upgrading its military tactics, the AIT director said Taiwan must guard against artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled information manipulation ahead of local elections on Nov. 28, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene said yesterday.Although Taiwan has earned acclaim for its efforts to counter disinformation, it must still brace for
Taiwan’s political deadlock reflects institutional weaknesses that were largely obscured during years of unified government, a US academic said on Wednesday at a symposium in Taipei.Taiwan's political difficulties are largely institutional, rather than the result of partisan polarization, Chinese in
A 50-year-old woman surnamed Chao (趙) was shot by a gunman who police believe to be her estranged husband at about 2pm today while walking near Shuiyuan Road, Lane 29 in Taipei.Chao was shot once in the chest and once in the hand. Despite sustaining severe injuries, she remained conscious and was ru
A two-story building in Taipei yesterday sustained severe damage when adjacent construction work caused its ground floor to crack and leak yellowish muddy water, though no injuries were reported, local authorities said.The Taipei City Fire Department responded to the incident at 3:30pm in an alley o
The government is preparing guidelines to help Taiwanese mitigate risks when traveling to China as Beijing prepares to implement new border rules that could extend inspections to mobile phones and other electronic devices, National Security Council adviser Alex Huang (黃重諺) told the Liberty Times (th
Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 was a defining moment in its transition to democracy and a declaration to the world that its people would choose their leaders and future, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said today.In a pre-written address made public at a seminar marking the
President William Lai (賴清德) has promulgated amendments to the Income Tax Act (所得稅法) that would reduce the tax burden on families with children, benefiting an estimated 2.37 million people and providing about NT$8 billion (US$253.58 million) in tax relief, the Ministry of Finance said today.The Legis
President William Lai (賴清德) today promulgated a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-led bill aimed at promoting defense autonomy and the uncrewed vehicle industry, following its passage by the legislature last month, the Presidential Office said.The Legislative Yuan on Aug. 27 passed the Act on Strength
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by Keelung City Councilor Chang Hao-han (張顥瀚) in a case involving government-funded aide subsidies, making final his sentence of 23 months in prison, suspended for five years.Chang, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was also deprived
Taiwanese scored an average of 583 out of 990 points in last year’s Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), setting a national record, the global standardized test’s authorized local administrator said on Wednesday.The average Taiwanese TOEIC taker scored 317 in listening comprehens
MILLIONAIRES’ MARKET: Banks and asset managers are racing to offer more private-market products to high-net-worth clients in Taiwan as their fortunes swell UG Investment Advisers, a hedge fund overseeing US$3.7 billion, is targeting Taiwan’s wealthy as a new source of capital, betting on a surge in private fortunes fueled by the nation’s artificial intelligence (AI) boom.The Singapore-headquartered firm signed a deal with Taiwan’s E.Sun Commercial Bank
UNDER PRESSURE: Samsung taunted Apple with sarcastic posts on X during its launch, saying ‘reheating our leftovers,’ and ‘so far, so same’ Samsung Electronics Co launched a publicity campaign for its foldable phones, touting its hardware advantage and its early entry into the segment as it seeks to fend off a major challenge from Apple Inc.Apple on Wednesday unveiled the Duo, a folding US$1,999 iPhone aimed at shaking up a category lon
Acer Inc (宏碁) is cautiously maintaining inventories of key components, including solid-state drives, DRAM chips, central processing units, panels and batteries, to cushion the impact of rising prices, the PC brand said on Wednesday.While the company has seen demand growth for key components begin to
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) took place from Aug. 30 to Friday last week in Palau. Unlike last year, Taiwan this time had a strong presence at the event, in a diplomatic setback to China. While Taiwan-China tensions featured prominently at the forum, Beijing’s disruption of the meeting with its “
The Ministry of Sports has launched its “sweat rewards” program, in which participants who meet any of the weekly requirements — exercising for at least 30 minutes in a single session, accumulating at least 8,000 steps a day, walking or running at least 5km in a single session or cycling at least 15
Recent discussions about Bilingual 2030 have produced no shortage of disagreement. Educators do not always agree about education. More interesting is what happens when we look beyond those disagreements and consider what each perspective adds to the conversation.Nigel Daly (“Taiwan wants bilingual,
GAME START: Basketball is among several events such as cricket, hockey and modern pentathlon to start before the opening ceremony of the Asian Games on Sept. 19 The Asian Games began in Japan yesterday when Qatar beat Iran in the men’s basketball opening group game, the first action in the continental multisport showpiece that has more participants than the Olympics.More than 17,000 athletes and officials are expected to take part in 43 sports at the Nagoya
The Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) is to start on Sunday, with four matches on the day, as clubs seek to dethrone Tainan City TSG as defending champions.Eight teams are contesting the 10th season of Taiwan’s top men’s competition, with the Kaohsiung Attackers added to the roster after they wo
Japan men’s gymnastics team for their home Asian Games this month includes multiple Olympic and world champions, but serious injuries have clouded their chances. Shinnosuke Oka, who won gold in the all-around, team and horizontal bar events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is facing a race to be fit afte
Ben Shelton’s record-breaking late-night victory over Carlos Alcaraz has reignited the debate over scheduling at the US Open, where a flurry of finishes in the early hours have prompted calls for a curfew or radical demands for shorter matches.Shelton’s four-hour and 28-minute quarter-final defeat o
A Hong Kong court today sentenced three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre to prison terms ranging from five to more than seven years in prison, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the territory’s freedoms as Beijing clamps d
The death toll from a fire that erupted yesterday on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in a Chinese port has risen to 25, including five people who had been listed as missing, state media said.The bulk carrier, moored in the eastern shipping hub of Qingdao, had 42 people on board when the fire bro
HOT WATER: More than 90% of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans, sparing land, but at a severe cost to marine life The EU’s climate monitor yesterday said that last month was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN said that
For most train journeys, where you are going is the main consideration. On the Shanlan train (山嵐號) in eastern Taiwan, however, it’s not the “where” but the “how” that matters.On this pricey but meticulously crafted train journey running between Hualien and Taitung County’s Chihshang (池上), what you’r
Hollywood has given us some classic mismatched buddy cop movies, like Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs., Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour and perhaps the most iconic pair — Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon. Now, make room for Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg.The late
As the light turns red at a busy intersection in the Kenyan capital, a young man costumed in leopard print emerges into the street to perform somersaults. He is joined by five others, dressed similarly, as they execute a combination of acrobatic stunts.One of them, juggling woven hats, breaks away a
A: Although we can’t fly to Paris for singer Celine Dion’s comeback shows, we can still enjoy K-pop girl group IVE’s concerts in Taipei, or the hit “Tung! Take Me Away” concert in Taitung this weekend.B: Singer Post Malone’s show in Kaohsiung, and even the widely discussed “Beheading Heartbreaker
A: The legendary “Queen of Country” and original singer of the megahit “I Will Always Love You” Dolly Parton passed away recently. It’s truly heartbreaking. B: And US pop singer Ariana Grande recently announced that she’d withdraw from next year’s London musical and take a “step back” from the pub
“OK.” You say it dozens of times a day without giving it a second thought. It slips effortlessly into text messages, office meetings and casual chats alike. Yet behind this surprisingly simple expression lies one of the most entertaining origin stories in the history of language.The story begins in
| New Taipei City | 25-26 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 25-28 | 10% |  |
| Hsinchu City | 25-28 | 10% | |
| Taipei City | 25-26 | 50% |  |
| Miaoli County | 24-28 | 10% | |
| Taoyuan City | 25-26 | 30% | |
| Keelung City | 25-26 | 40% |  |
| Yunlin County | 25-29 | 0% | |
| Taichung City | 25-29 | 0% | |
| Nantou County | 25-29 | 0% | |
| Changhua County | 26-30 | 0% | |
| Chiayi County | 25-28 | 0% | |
| Chiayi City | 25-27 | 0% | |
| Tainan City | 26-28 | 0% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 26-28 | 0% | |
| Pingtung County | 25-28 | 0% | |
| Yilan County | 25-26 | 60% | |
| Hualien County | 25-29 | 20% | |
| Taitung County | 25-28 | 20% | |
| Kinmen County | 26-27 | 0% | |
| Penghu County | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Lienchiang County | 25-27 | 10% | |
RSS