The High Court on Wednesday handed a coast guard corporal surnamed Wu (吳) a reduced sentence, after a Kaohsiung court last year found her guilty of espionage and selling classified materials about the nation’s shoreline defense to a Chinese national in exchange for cryptocurrency.Wu had received a s
There have been three more cases of detainment and one more case of disappearance involving Taiwanese in China, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said on Friday, as it urged Taiwanese to be cautious about traveling in China. China is not safe to visit, as something could happen to a traveler and
THREAT TO STABILITY: The two influencers openly said that Taiwan is part of China and advocated for forceful unification, the immigration agency said
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) has revoked the residence permits of two more Chinese influencers after concluding they were openly advocating for China’s unification of Taiwan by force. In a statement on Friday, the NIA said Xiao Wei (小微) and En Qi (恩綺) are required by law to leave Taiwan sho
A delegation from the National Security Bureau (NSB) on Friday wrapped up an exchange training program in Guatemala, the first collaboration between the two countries’ special security forces.At a ceremony held after the conclusion of the program, NSB Special Service Command Center deputy head Lee C
RULING: The veterinary drug import project now allows veterinarians to legally import and use medications unavailable in Taiwan by registering their import plans
The Taipei District Court has found a veterinarian criminally liable for using banned veterinary medicines during chemotherapy on a Maltese dog.A man surnamed Lin (林) had his dog, named “Angel,” undergo surgery followed by a 12-week chemotherapy regimen at the Eden Animal Hospital in Taipei at the e
The fifth and sixth floors of a six-story residential building on Jhongsing Street in Taichung’s Cingshuei District (清水) partially collapsed yesterday, with no injuries or deaths. Taichung Police Department’s Cingshuei Precinct yesterday said that all 34 residents of 13 households were evacuated fro
Early-childhood education expert Shen Ming-hsien (沈銘賢) has collected thousands of historical artifacts over the past 60 years, providing them as a resource for students at his kindergarten. Before opening a private kindergarten, Shen studied mechanical engineering at university and studied in the US
The Changhua County District Court on Friday sentenced a man surnamed Ma (馬) to prison for failing to deliver egg yolk pastries that were purchased through the Internet — the first such sentencing in Taiwan. Ma offered his client, surnamed Chen (陳), to deliver eight boxes of egg yolk pastries from a
While life expectancy for people with disabilities is below average, progress in advanced healthcare is giving parents more time with their children with disabilities. However, they face a double challenge as elderly caregivers.More than 1.23 million people in Taiwan have disabilities and more than
WEATHERTemperature swingsDay-night temperature differences across most of the nation have been significant since Thursday, reaching “highly dangerous” levels in some areas of northern Taiwan and “dangerous” in other parts of the country, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Temperature dif
Chiayi County Commissioner Weng Chang-liang, right, and members of the Hofu Tenmangu Shrine cut a ribbon for a temple donation box made of Alishan redwood gifted by the county to the temple in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture yesterday.
People participate in a first aid training course held by the Kuma Academy, a non-profit civil defense organization, in Taipei yesterday.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, second row, fourth left, Democratic Progressive Party legislators Lai Jui-lung, second row, left, and Hsu Chih-chieh, front row, left, pose for a photograph along with Kaohsiung’s mascot, Tall Bear, front, and other attendees at the opening ceremony of the Shinhamacho C
WORLD WATER DAY: The water quality was ‘good’ in 26 tests, ‘fair’ in five tests and ‘unsatisfactory’ in one test, the Ocean Conservation Administration said
The water quality at most beaches in Taiwan last year was good, making them suitable for recreational activities, research released yesterday by the Ocean Conservation Administration showed.The study was part of broader government research on seawater quality around Taiwan proper, the agency said in
A task force has been set up to investigate alleged soil pollution at the Hsieh-ho Power Plant site in Keelung, the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday.The task force’s soil and water specialists, alongside Keelung Environmental Protection Department personnel, would conduct on-site inspections
The government should lift restrictions on operations of completed nuclear power plants and refrain from excessively subsidizing renewable energy to relieve Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower) financial deficit, lawmakers and environmental groups said at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.The US and Jap
NEW MEASURES: The agency this year is to launch measures including vaccinating boys, reducing the age of eligibility for subsidized Pap smears and offering free tests
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has reduced instances of cervical cancer and its mortality by about 70 percent among women in Taiwan, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) said in a statement yesterday following the APEC Conference on Cervical Cancer Elimination.Health officials from 13 A
EXPERTS: The seven nominees’ expertise would cover civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional law, resulting in a judiciary the public can trust, the Presidential Office said
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) announced seven nominees for the Constitutional Court today, nearly two months after the legislature rejected President William Lai’s (賴清德) previous selections.Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor Tsai Chiu-ming (蔡秋明) was nominated for Judicial Yuan pre
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday thanked the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for unanimously passing a resolution condemning Chinese military activity and reiterating that UN Resolution 2758 does not take a position on Taiwan.The resolution, proposed by Belgian representa
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