The Taiwan Environmental Protection Union (TEPU) yesterday released its annual sustainability report, while criticizing Taipei, New Taipei City and seven other regions for refusing to provide data.According to the report, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung County were rated excellent this year.Taipei, N
The Ministry of Environment yesterday announced more stringent air pollution control zone criteria, meaning that five cities and counties would no longer meet the standard.Based on the higher standards, New Taipei City, Taichung and the counties of Changhua, Nantou and Chiayi are to be reclassified
CULTURE: The filmmaker praised the influence that Japanese cinema has had on his work after being presented with a medal by Princess Hitachi
Filmmaker Ang Lee (李安) was honored as the first Taiwanese laureate of this year’s Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association, for promoting “the cultures and arts of the world” at an awards ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday.Lee, who has won two Oscars for best d
TOUGH CHOICE: China could either invade through the north, where most its defenses are, or through the south, which is easier, but Beijing would have to fight its way up
Taiwan would have to fight off a Chinese blockade and invasion for about a month before the US could successfully airlift or sealift forces or munitions to support it, war games organized by a US congressional committee on Wednesday showed.The finding was from a defense industrial base simulation ca
SUICIDE? A labor official said she had poor emotional control and made excessive requests, but denied that her leadership style had anything to do with the death
Minister of Labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) offered to resign on Wednesday evening over her handling of a civil servant’s suicide earlier this month, but Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) did not make an immediate decision as to whether to accept her resignation.Cho intends to first consider the findings of an ong
Opposition lawmakers yesterday vowed to cut funding for the English-language TaiwanPlus television channel due to controversies over its news coverage, and demanded that the Ministry of Culture conduct a review.Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) and Public Television Service chairman Hu Yuan-hui (胡元輝)
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday expressed support for a proposed amendment that would sanction retired military officers who participate in activities held by Chinese political agencies or organizations, and engage in “conduct that harms national dignity.”Article 9-3 of the Act Governin
Taiwan is not involved in military assistance for Ukraine, as it is “too sensitive,” but would like to establish a representative office in the country, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu (吳志中) said on Wednesday during a visit to Berlin.Taiwan has offered strong moral support to Ukraine
GOVERNMENTNSB general impeachedAll 13 Control Yuan members voted to impeach National Security Bureau (NSB) Major General Hsieh Ching-hua (謝靜華) for allegedly assaulting a woman in February. The case is to be handed to the Disciplinary Court for trial, the Control Yuan said yesterday. Hsieh was found
Members of animal rights groups protest near an exhibition by Japan’s Art Aquarium Museum in Taipei yesterday. The protesters demanded an end to the exhibition, which they said uses “sentient goldfish as props” and comes with a high fatality risk for the animals.
Taiwan and Latvia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the drone industry during the first visit by a Taiwanese drone industry delegation to the Baltic country.The MOU was signed on Tuesday in Riga, Latvia's capital, by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp chairman Hu K
Veterans Affairs Council (VAC) Minister Yen De-fa (嚴德發) today expressed his personal support for Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chiu Chih-wei’s (邱志偉) proposed amendment to punish retired officers who participate in pro-China activities.It comes a week after former navy lieutenant commander
The New Taipei District Prosecutors' Office today said it is investigating malfeasance offenses and listed Ministry of Labor Workforce Development Agency branch director Hsieh Yi-jung (謝宜容) as a defendant in a case allegedly involving workplace bullying that resulted in the death of an employee.Mini
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday departed Taiwan on a flight to Canada, where she is to deliver a keynote speech during the annual summit of the Halifax International Security Forum (HISF) in the provincial capital of Nova Scotia."I'm on my way to Canada at the invitation of the Halifax
MEDICAL: In a bioequivalence study, blood tests are taken to determine if the same amount of an active ingredient is released at the same rate as a name-brand drug
Generic drugs can go through a bioequivalence (BE) study to determine if they have the same safety and efficacy of the innovator (brand-name) drugs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday, as it clarified four common misconceptions about generic drugs.When a brand-name drug’s patent e
The airline industry’s post-pandemic recovery took center stage at this year’s Taoyuan Airport Forum in Taipei yesterday. The forum, held by the Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC), also saw officials from Airports Council International (ACI) and other industry experts give an overview on the
At this year’s Taoyuan Airport Forum in Taipei yesterday, speakers focused on the airport’s continuing evolution, from improving the passenger experience to green energy goals.Officials from Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC), the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and internationa
AMENDMENTS PROCESS: The DPP accused the KMT of focusing on politics to the detriment of the public, while the TPP presented a survey backing rules for IDs
Physical altercations broke out at the legislature in Taipei yesterday after Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers rushed through procedures on proposed amendments to increase the threshold to recall elected representatives.The KMT, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan People’s
ONLINE COMPLAINT: A division head was accused of blocking staff transfers, as well as unreasonable behavior that made vacancies difficult to fill
An ad hoc group has been established to investigate an alleged case of workplace bullying at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), it said yesterday.An anonymous report posted on Threads on Friday last week claimed that the head of the Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases divis
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