US pop-rock band OneRepublic performed to a packed audience at Kaohsiung Arena on Friday night, with frontman Ryan Tedder delighting fans by wearing a Taiwanese temple-style vest and speaking Mandarin on stage.The show opened with the high-energy number Born, sending the crowd into a frenzy that gre
BEACHHEAD DENIAL: Rather than more fighters or naval vessels, the most recent arms buy is aimed at defanging a potential amphibious assault before it can get ashore
The defense package approved by Washington for sale to Taiwan on Wednesday last week includes weapons that have demonstrated their effectiveness in destroying Russian tanks and command posts in the Russia-Ukraine war, signaling a strategic shift from the defense of Taiwan toward preventing a Chinese
OVERBEARING OPPOSITION: The KMT seeks to get the impeachment proceedings under way in the name of ‘defending democracy,’ the caucus’ secretary-general said
A motion to impeach President William Lai (賴清德) would be put forward by the Legislative Yuan’s Procedure Committee tomorrow, with the legislature convening on Friday at the earliest to draft a timetable for the process, which would include many public hearings, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday it is filing malfeasance charges against the Constitutional Court and its five justices.The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that opposition-backed amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) passed by the Legislative Yua
Ten people affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) were given suspended sentences of 10 to 22 months by the Chiayi District Court on Friday for forging signatures in a drive to recall a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker.Those sentenced include KMT Chiayi County branch secretary
The nation’s two highest Christmas trees, situated at 1,956 meters above sea level in Taichung’s Lishan (梨山), were lit last night to mark the winter solstice, accompanied by a concert, said the Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area Headquarters.To mark the opening of the light installations, the plaza
ONLINE PREPARATIONS: The suspect in the stabbing attack bought tactical gloves, gas masks, protective shields and smoke grenades through Shopee and Ruten, police said
The suspect in Friday’s stabbing attacks planned the rampage for more than a year, the Taipei City Police said yesterday, citing evidence that he bought smoke grenades in January and other equipment in April last year.Twenty-seven-year-old suspect Chang Wen (張文) threw smoke grenades and stabbed peop
PREVENTING COPYCATS: Police have arrested three people for posts considered public threats, while the CIB urged the public to report threatening posts they find
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) yesterday said it was coordinating with police agencies to establish a national task force to curb the spread of violent rhetoric and threats online following a mass stabbing incident in Taipei on Friday.Twenty posts or comments on social media and online foru
The Taipei and Taoyuan city governments yesterday said they would apply to enshrine at Taoyuan Martyrs’ Shrine a 57-year-old man who died trying to stop a knife-wielding attacker during a rampage in Taipei last week.Twenty-seven-year-old Chang Wen (張文) on Friday evening launched a series of attacks
The head of a local police precinct yesterday addressed public concerns over why some officers responding to Friday’s deadly attacks in Taipei were not armed, saying decisions were made under extreme uncertainty and time pressure.Some officers arrived without firearms, as they had just gone off duty
Tourist Kouta Kinoshita said he felt helpless as he attempted to staunch the bleeding of a man stabbed in Taipei during a deadly rampage on Friday that left four people dead.The Japanese writer, who previously worked as a TV news journalist, wrote on X that he was on the first floor of the Eslite Sp
An off-duty emergency doctor and his daughter provided critical first aid during a deadly stabbing attack in Taipei on Friday.The attack by 27-year-old suspect Chang Wen (張文) unfolded in the early evening around Taipei Main Station’s M7 exit and later outside Eslite Spectrum Nanxi department store n
People who saw a stabbing attack in Taipei on Friday, as well as people exposed to images of the incident, could experience trauma, highlighting the need for awareness and care, a psychologists’ association said yesterday.The suspect, 27-year-old Chang Wen (張文), carried out attacks at Taipei Main St
President William Lai, right, delivers a speech at a changeover ceremony for the chairperson of the northern branch of an association of former chiefs and advisers to the Republic of China Military Police reservists yesterday, speaking about new purpose for the reservists.
SUSPICIOUS TIMING: KMT lawmakers have a habit of visiting China before votes, with major implications for defense and cross-straits issues, a DPP lawmaker said
Visits by multiple Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to China’s Xiamen yesterday have sparked concern.Lawmakers Lin Szu-ming (林思銘) and Weng Hsiao-ling (翁曉玲) were among those identified visiting.In response to media queries, Lin said he was invited by the organizers to attend the Xiamen Taiwa
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: The US blockade of the oil-rich South American country could be used as a legal pretext by China against Taiwan in a future conflict
US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a partial blockade on Venezuela is a dramatic escalation in US pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but it risks undermining a top US policy goal: deterring a potential Chinese naval encirclement of Taiwan.Trump on Tuesday last week ordered
The Taiwan Culture in Europe 2025 initiative has successfully showcased Taiwan’s freedom, openness and diversity through cultural events in Europe, a senior Taiwanese diplomat has said.The initiative, launched this year by the Ministry of Culture and National Palace Museum, has held more than 70 art
NUMBERS TALK: A recent poll showed that a significant majority of respondents oppose the KMT’s recent pension amendment drafts
Almost half the public are opposed to suspension of the pension reform program, according to a poll conducted by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation.Draft amendments for two pension laws proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to raise pensions for retired civil servants and public schoo
PLANNED: The suspect visited the crime scene before the killings, seeking information on how to access the roof, and had extensively researched a 2014 stabbing incident
The suspect in a stabbing attack that killed three people and injured 11 in Taipei on Friday had planned the assault and set fires at other locations earlier in the day, law enforcement officials said yesterday.National Police Agency (NPA) Director-General Chang Jung-hsin (張榮興) said the suspect, a 2
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