Shipments of condiments imported from the US and Indonesia were recently intercepted at the border because they contained a banned pesticide and excessive amounts of sulfur dioxide, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today.The agency publishes a weekly list of items intercepted at the borde
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office today indicted the heads of two hometown associations for accepting funding from infiltrative sources to sway votes in January's presidential and legislative elections.Taiwan Anhui Association secretary-general Lee An-tai (李安泰) and Taipei Anhui Association cha
The Ministry of Justice today withdrew draft amendments seeking to significantly raise abortion penalties following fierce public backlash.The proposed amendments to the Criminal Code would have increased fines for illegal abortions for both pregnant women as well as those performing the procedure,
The Canadian government has posted a team of cybersecurity experts at its Taipei office, Canadian media reported yesterday, as Ottawa deepens cooperation with Taiwan to combat hacking and disinformation from China. Recognizing China poses the biggest threat to both Canada and Taiwan in terms of cyb
Strengthening northeasterly winds are expected to bring temperatures in northern Taiwan down to as low as 20°C today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.The seasonal winds are expected to also deliver moisture, resulting in wet and cool weather in parts of northern, northeastern and easte
Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) today vowed to improve firearm safety instruction, after a conscript fired a shot in the bathroom of a training base the day before.The army’s 109th Brigade reported a firearm discharge yesterday morning, after a conscript surnamed Lee (李) fired a bl
Schools in northern Taiwan and Taichung have stopped serving curry and other foods with chili powder, after toxic Sudan red dye was found in curry powder supplied to a small number of schools.The New Taipei City Department of Health on Wednesday last week announced it had detected Sudan I in an insp
TRADE POWER: Beijing could relieve its overproduction woes by flooding international markets with China-made goods, such as steel, electric vehicles and petrochemicals
China would become a crucial “reverse factor” to global stability after the US presidential election, posing political and economic challenges around the world, a National Security Bureau official said yesterday.Amid major elections in many democracies this year — including in France, Italy and the
BETRAYAL: Some current and ex-military officers were found to have leaked classified information or signed a pledge to support China should a cross-strait war break out
Laws should be amended to counter Beijing’s psychological warfare against the armed forces, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) said on Sunday.China has been enticing active and retired military personnel to help develop espionage organizations or to engage in psychologi
The military in August took part in the multilateral exercise “Northern Strike” in Michigan, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported on Sunday. More Taiwanese personnel than last year joined the exercise, the Japanese daily reported. Former US ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu Joseph Cel
Former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) foundation has invited 40 Chinese students to meet with their counterparts from Taiwanese universities during a nine-day visit to Taiwan.At a news conference in Taipei yesterday, Ma Ying-jeou Foundation CEO Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) said the visiting students from
NEW DESTINATIONS: Marketing campaigns to attract foreign travelers have to change from the usual promotions about Alishan and Taroko Gorge, the transport minister said
The number of international tourists visiting Taiwan is estimated to top 8 million by the end of this year, Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shi-kai (陳世凱) said yesterday, adding that the ministry has not changed its goal of attracting 10 million foreign travelers this year.Chen mad
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday said that government is working on bolstering mental healthcare, with the ratio of community mental health home visit case managers to patients improving from an average of 1:60 last year to 1:50 this year and is expected to further shrink to 1:40 next ye
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday attributed a Starlux Airlines flight’s hard landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport last week to the airline’s failure to be more cautious when dispatching flights while Typhoon Kong-rey lashed Taiwan. The airline’s Flight JX-871 wa
A tropical depression east of the Philippines became a tropical storm early yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, less than a week after a typhoon barreled across the nation.The agency issued an advisory at 3:30am stating that the 22nd tropical storm, named Yinxing, of the Pacifi
Taiwanese barista Chang Wei-shin (張維欣) yesterday shared his secrets to winning this year’s World Siphonist Championship (WSC) in Tokyo, five years after finishing in second place in the 2018 edition of the competition.The WSC is an annual competition on who can brew the best siphon coffee, hosted by
The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) and the Farglory Group yesterday confirmed that the Taipei Dome would host at least 29 regular-season games and possibly more next year.Farglory, which operates and manages the Taipei Dome, said that following a few days of discussions and negotiations
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) has clarified the basic requirements for getting permanent residency in Taiwan after an online post suggested it could be obtained simply by living in the country for five years.In a statement yestereday, the NIA said a poster on the Dcard social media plat
‘DOING WELL’: CAPS credited Taiwan’s ‘mature’ social sector in driving civic groups to direct private investment toward pressing social issues
Taiwan maintained its top ranking among 17 Asian economies for social sector charitable giving in this year’s Doing Good Index, with events planned in Taipei tomorrow to showcase the results and honor the best-performing civic groups, the Ministry of the Interior said.Taiwan and Singapore maintained
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