More than 200 belongings of passengers who were killed in the derailments of Puyuma Express 6432 in Yilan in 2018 and Taroko Express 408 in Hualien in 2021 are now available for family members to retrieve following conclusions of investigations into the incidents, the Taiwan Railways Administration
The Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (IETO) has issued an ordinance prohibiting migrant worker groups in Taiwan from holding non-religious events until Dec. 12, following the death of an Indonesian man in a mass brawl in Changhua County on Sept. 2.The IETO on Tuesday said that the ordinance was
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday said it would prioritize imports of prepackaged eggs in future programs to avoid the controversies incurred by a special import program this year.When facing an egg shortage at the start of the year, agriculture officials in the special egg import program purcha
GLOBAL INTERESTS: Taiwan is facing security challenges on a daily basis, President Tsai Ing-wen said, as she called democratic nations to cooperate and be ‘relentless’
Taiwan is a key partner in the international democratic community, and it is in the interest of all people to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) told the Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Wednesday.In a recorded video address, Tsai said she was grate
SPYING PRECAUTIONS: A draft legislation suggests harsher penalties for actions such as trespassing restricted areas, recording facilities by using drones
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a draft act authorizing military personnel to use their weapons to defend a base against trespassers and imposing prison sentences for spying on restricted military sites with drones.Defense officials proposed the law to bolster the security of military bases an
More than half of “US skepticism” narratives were created by Taiwan actors, while People’s Republic of China (PRC) actors had strong inclinations to spread such messages, the Information Operations Research Group (IORG) told a news conference yesterday.The IORG, a civilian research organization work
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Wednesday returned from Saint Kitts and Nevis, where he attended the celebration of the nation’s 40th anniversary of independence and signed an agreement to cooperate on training diplomatic personnel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.As a
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential nominee Hou You-yi (侯友宜) told a Silicon Valley event on Wednesday that Taiwan would emulate the US’ “friend-shoring” policy to reduce its reliance on a China-based production.At a forum in Foster City, California, Hou described getting Taiwan-headquartere
Taiwan is to set up overseas training bases under a 10-year semiconductor innovation program initiated by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) as part of its efforts to enhance cooperation with other countries on chip development, NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠) said on Wednesday.Sp
Military personnel and students yesterday sing the national anthem at a dress rehearsal for the Hukou Army Base’s open house in Hsinchu County. Displays of fighting vehicles and combat aircraft, as well a flyover by fighter jets, are planned at the event on Sunday.
An environmental worker sanitizes a neighborhood in Keelung after the city yesterday announced its first case of dengue fever since 2015.
President Tsai Ing-wen, fourth left, Minister of the Interior Lin Yu-chang, fifth left, American Institute in Taiwan Director Sandra Oudkirk, second left, and others attend a disaster response drill at Hsinchu County Stadium on National Disaster Prevention Day yesterday. It was the first time the an
GOODWILL: The provision of benefits has been legalized by listing them in the enforcement rules of the Act for Establishment of State-owned Taiwan Railways Corp Ltd
The National Train Drivers’ Union yesterday said that it has canceled a plan for drivers to take the Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend off after Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) showed goodwill and gave assurance about the benefits they would receive when the railway
REGULATION BREACH: A firm was found to have mixed eggs imported from three nations with domestic eggs and falsely labeled the liquid eggs as made in Taiwan
No expired imported eggs were found to have entered the domestic market, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday, adding that it would initiate an inspection of more than 50 liquid egg processing factories in the nation within a week.Facing a shortage of eggs earlier this year, the Min
The Secretariat of Asia Trail Network (ATN) was officially established in Taipei yesterday to facilitate exchanges of trail organizations in Asia and issue ATN passports, the Taiwan Thousand Miles Trail Association said.The association, which is in charge of the secretariat, in July began managing t
Two people were killed and another nine injured yesterday after being stung by hornets while hiking in New Taipei City’s Rueifang District (瑞芳), with officials warning against wearing perfume or straying from trails during the autumn to avoid the potentially deadly creatures.Seven of the hikers only
‘JOURNEY OF DIALOGUE’: Hou You-yi faced ‘a lot of really tough questions’ in a meeting at a think tank and gave ‘a great view’ of his opinions, a research fellow said
New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, met 11 lawmakers after speaking at a Washington think tank on Tuesday, which was his final day in the capital on his trip to the US.Hou met with US senators Roger Wicker, ranking member of the US Se
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday touted the “success” of the party’s presidential candidate, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi’s (侯友宜) trip to the US, while some green-camp figures accused Hou of deceiving the US public by diverging from KMT views on China and the US.
A group of 25 US lawmakers on Tuesday sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on Washington to invite President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to the APEC forum leaders’ meeting, reiterating a similar letter sent in April as the group prepares to convene in San Francisco next month.The Rep
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