Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) today proposed to increase funding for compensation to indigenous peoples for a logging ban, as requested by opposition lawmakers, in a bid to break a long standoff over next year’s central government budget plan.However, Cho, speaking on the legislative floor, stressed th
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) today said it has participated in the Pride Parade every year and supports LGBTQ+ rights through action, following criticism from an online personality that the party “forgot” to register for the third time.Internet personality Liu Yu (劉宇), also known as Si Cha-mao (四
Mycoplasma bacteria in Taiwan is resistant to more than 70 percent of antibiotics, forcing children with medical issues to use second-line drugs, an infectious disease expert said today at a Taipei event kicking off a traveling exhibition on antibiotics.Although antibiotics have greatly reduced the
The construction of a six-station Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line from Taipei’s Donghu (東湖) area to New Taipei City’s Sijhih District (汐止) is expected to begin next year, the New Taipei City Department of Transit Systems today said.The construction project contracts were today awarded to Gamuda Berhad
A former secretary of Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has been listed as a suspect in a corruption probe involving the former Taipei mayor.The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that there is sufficient evidence to list Hsu Chih-yu (許芷瑜) as a defendant in a case involving allege
Prosecutors are pursuing further charges against a former kindergarten teacher convicted of sexually assaulting six children after they found evidence of 39 more victims.In August, Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅) was convicted on 11 counts of sexual assault, 207 counts of indecent assault and six counts of film
A tropical depression east of the Philippines became a tropical storm named Trami at 2am today, and is projected to move west-northwest toward waters east of Luzon Island in the Philippines, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.As of 8am, Trami's center was 700km east of Manila, or 1,180km
RESOURCE RICH: Taiwan is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire and has up to 30 gigawatts of the potential energy, of which 10 gigawatts could be economically viable
Academia Sinica and CPC Corp yesterday began drilling the nation’s first deep geothermal well in Yilan County’s Yuanshan Township (員山).The 4km-deep well is expected to take 18 months to complete and has an estimated investment of NT$337 million (US$10.54 million), Academia Sinica President James Lia
The 2024 Taiwan Science Train departed from Taipei Main Station yesterday for a six-day 32-stop round-the-island tour to educate students from 202 elementary schools on the country’s latest scientific advances.According to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), this year’s expanded
The Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office, with the help of US authorities, indicted five suspects who attempted to smuggle 16 firearms into the country, the office said yesterday.The five Taiwanese involved were indicted for contravening the Controlling Guns, Ammunition and Knives Act (槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例) a
LACKING EFFORTS: The ministry allocated funds to provide feminine hygiene items for students, but some schools did not make them easily accessible
The Ministry of Education’s program to allocate NT$200 million (US$6.25 million) to subsidize feminine hygiene items for students was not properly implemented in schools, the National Students’ Union of Taiwan (NSUT) said during a protest yesterday.The ministry last year launched a program to resolv
A Spanish fugitive wanted in a multi-million euro fraud case has been deported to an undisclosed country in the EU, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said on Sunday, ending a 10-day legal saga that began with an Italian news report alleging he was living in Taipei.The suspect, Salvador Alejandro
The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra is to embark on a five-day concert tour in Austria and the Czech Republic next month.The orchestra is to travel under director Liu Suan-yung (劉玄詠) and guest violinist Tseng Yu-chien (曾宇謙), who won second prize at the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition
INTEGRATED APPROACH: Taiwan’s diplomatic strategy involves deepening ties with allies and like-minded nations, while pursuing economic links, minister Lin Chia-lung said
Taiwan’s diplomatic efforts are facing harsh challenges, as China steps up its coercion campaign and attempts to expand authoritarianism, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday, adding that Taiwan would continue to pursue “integrated diplomacy” and strive to win international
Taiwan has informed the South African government that it would not relocate its representative office Pretoria before the end of this month as requested, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.“Our office is still in operation and will stay in the capital,” Lin told lawmakers
HACKERS’ MARKET: Chat logs about Taiwan and documents outlining ways to take over online accounts were leaked from a company that sells data from hacks
Taiwanese cybersecurity specialists found 577 leaked documents which show that the Chinese Communist Party is engaging in “cognitive warfare” against Taiwan through cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns, a documentary released last month by Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed.The filmmakers b
Indonesia’s foreign policy, including its approach to Taiwan, would likely remain unchanged under new President Prabowo Subianto, experts said on Sunday.Prabowo, leader of the nationalist Gerindra Party, became Indonesia’s eighth president on Sunday after winning 58.59 percent of the popular vote in
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday said they would push for an amendment to the Referendum Act (公民投票法) to again allow referendums and national elections to be held on the same day.KMT Legislator Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強), who proposed the amendments, said that referendums alone could not
Amendments proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to raise the threshold for passing rulings on the Constitutional Court are aimed at weakening the nation’s democratic system, the leaders of the New Power Party (NPP) and Taiwan Statebuilding Party said yesterday.The bill to amend the Consti
Taiwan will continue to jointly shoulder the responsibility of combating crime and contribute to world security and stability, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday at an anti-money laundering event in Taipei.Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) a