TAIPEI--A task force set up to investigate the wiretapping controversy involving the Special Investigation Division (SID) under the Supreme Prosecutors Office convened for the first time ...
KMT officials call for premiers resignation
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Kuomintang (KMT) officials belonging to different factions called for Premier Jiang Yi-huah to resign and urged President Ma Ying-jeou to bring a swift end to the recent political ...
Govt watchdog passes proposal to put corrective measures on Cabinet
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Control Yuan yesterday approved a proposal for the Executive Yuan to implement "corrective measures" in response to the Yu Chang controversy, which centered on former Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen's (???) improper role in the formation of a biotechnology ...
Filmmaker Tsai not ready to hang up reel
TAIPEI--Winning the Venice Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and five nominations at this year's Golden Horse Awards seems to have returned a smile to the face of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang (???), who hinted Wednesday he is not done with ...
Miaoli magistrate presses charges over thrown shoe
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Miaoli Magistrate Liu Cheng-hung (???) yesterday pressed charges against Chen Wei-ting (???), a National Tsing Hua University student, for throwing a shoe that hit Liu in ...
Taiwan to have 2.3 GDP growth by years end ADB
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Asia Development Bank (ADB) adjusted its forecast of Taiwan's 2013 GDP growth to 2.3 percent, which is close to the 2.31-percent growth forecast by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics ...
National freeway toll collection scheme to be announced today
The new national freeway toll to be enforced later this year will be based on a per-kilometer system, collecting NT$1.2 for each kilometer traveled after the first 20 kilometers, according to local media ...
Guatemalan baby receives liver transplant
The boy, Santiago Haider, was in a stable condition after receiving a portion of a liver donated by his mother, said doctors at Kaohsiung's Chang Gung Memorial Hospital where the organ transplant was conducted. The operation, which lasted more than 10 hours on Tuesday, had been arranged in response to a call for help from Taiwan by Guatemalan President Otto Fernando Perez Molina, the ...
Body advises against demilitarizing frontline islets
The Legislature's Foreign and National Defense Committee yesterday passed a non-binding resolution calling for the military not to demilitarize two outlying islets near ...
Military denies allegations of selling UAVs to Chinese firm
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's military yesterday denied a lawmaker's accusation that its top-research unit was considering selling locally developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to a Chinese ...
Researcher develops tech to assess stalactite growth
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A National Taiwan University (NTU) researcher has devised technology that more accurately measures the growth of stalactites, a type of formation, usually made of limestone, which hangs from the ceiling of caves, according to a local ...
Temperatures forecast to fall as seasonal winds arrive
TAIPEI -- The temperature in Northern and Northeastern Taiwan is likely to fall overnight to about 21 degrees Celsius due to northeastern winds, the Central Weather Bureau said ...
Food service businesses to raise prices
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- With electricity prices to increase this month, many well-known brands in the food service and restaurant industries have also announced price hikes for some of their products and ...
72 suspects caught in CIBs latest wave of crackdowns
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday announced that 72 suspects from 12 gangs were swept up by police in the bureau's latest wave of a national crime ...
Effects of Washington shutdown on Taiwan minimal central bank
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan stated at yesterday's legislative session that the potential effects of the U.S. federal government's partial shutdown upon Taiwan are expected to be ...
THSR head apologizes for Legislature no-show
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Chairman Ou Chin-der yesterday apologized to legislators for his absence from Monday's Legislative Yuan Transportation Committee meeting in which legislators demanded that THSR hold off on a ticket price increase that is scheduled for Oct. ...
Local market lifted by Wall Street momentum
TAIPEI--Shares in Taiwan got a boost Wednesday after Wall Street staged a technical rebound overnight when investors reacted calmly to a partial shutdown of the American government, dealers ...
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Carlyle Among Firms Finding Taiwan Banks No Path to China
Ta Chong Bank Ltd. (2847) , backed by Carlyle, declined 9.5 percent, while EnTie Commercial Bank, whose owners include Longreach Group Ltd., fell 19 percent in that period. Investments made more than five years ago ...
Taiwans armed forces capable of deterring China minister
China">China "> China">China continues its military build-up, Taiwan">Taiwan is building a leaner and meaner military that can serve as a credible deterrent to China">China "> China">China . Yen made the remarks in his first administrative report to the Legislative Yuan since he took office in early August. During the session, opposition ...
In reversal Miaoli magistrate to press charges against shoe-thrower
Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) Miaoli County Magistrate Liu Cheng-hung has decided to sue a protester who struck him in the head with a shoe, reversing an earlier statement that he would not press charges. Liu said Wednesday that he changed his mind to "protect on-duty public servants' safety and dignity" after the Sept. 18 incident, in which Liu was struck while trying to pay respects to ...
Control Yuan reprimands Cabinet CEPD over Yu Chang case
Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) The Control Yuan, the watchdog arm of the government, on Wednesday passed a proposal to reprimand the Cabinet and the country's top economic planning agency for poor management of an investment project between 2005 and 2007. Citing the findings of its investigation into the matter, the Control Yuan said money from the National Development Fund (NDF) was appropriated for ...
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