The system for temporarily suspending National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage has been abolished starting today, meaning that eligible citizens and residents must remain continuously insured and pay insurance premiums.The cancelation began with a court case two years ago involving a Taiwanese citiz
The mercury dropped to 7.3°C early this morning in Sanwan Township (三灣), Miaoli County, recording the lowest temperature in a low-lying area in Taiwan, with the outlook forecast to remain cold and rainy for the day, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Emei Township (峨眉) in Hsinchu County a
DRONE ECOSYSTEM: About 50 companies are already based in the drone R&D center, and a bigger testing venue would boost production, an IDA official said
Taiwan is to set up a large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) testing facility in Chiayi County to help establish its drone supply chain with a greater share of the global market, Industrial Development Administration (IDA) Deputy Director-General Tsou Yu-hsin (鄒宇新) said.The Ministry of Economic Affairs
A report by National Taiwan University (NTU) showed that many Taiwanese trust generative artificial intelligence (AI) more than human-created data in a worrisome display of susceptibility to fake news.More than 90 percent of Taiwanese reported exposure to disinformation, mostly coming from scammers,
DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY: DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming accused the KMT and TPP of being instructed by the Beijing government to harm Taiwan
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) yesterday said the Legislative Yuan has a “Gang of Four” trying to destroy the nation and dismantle the democratic system.Singling out Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), Legislative
Chinese hackers on average attack the Legislative Yuan (LY) 900,000 times a month, according to the legislature’s information technology (IT) department.Department head Cheng Hui-pin (鄭輝彬) made the remarks after Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) asked questions about
An army soldier fitted with a bionic left arm has returned to duty after last year losing a limb in an ammunition depot explosion in Kaohsiung.The service member identified as Sergeant Hung (洪) can perform 14 types of fine motor functions with the cybernetic prosthetic, a Tri-Service General Hospita
CANCER RISK: The betel nut is a Category 1 carcinogen and hazardous substance, and more than 8,000 people have oral cancer due to chewing the fruit, the ministry said
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a draft betel nut hazard prevention act (檳榔健康危害防制法), which would list venues where chewing the stimulant is prohibited, and would ban minors and pregnant women from consuming it. Indigenous people who chew betel nuts as part of traditions would be exem
INTENTIONAL? Police said they ended the search after security footage showed a man rolling over the tracks before climbing over a wall and leaving the station
Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) on Saturday said it would levy penalties on a man if he is found to have trespassed on the railway tracks of a New Taipei City station on Friday afternoon. At about 6pm on Friday, a man fell onto the tracks at Fuzhou Station in New Taipei’s Banciao District (板橋) as alert li
Residents living near the Taipei Dome complained of “earthquake-like” vibrations on Saturday night that they said were caused by tens of thousands of fans jumping during a performance by pop superstar Chang Hui-mei (張惠妹), also known as A-mei (阿妹).The 52-year-old singer, known by Taiwanese as the “Qu
The Hsinchu District Court has rejected a man’s claim for the right to visit a cat he and his then-partner had kept before they broke up, a ruling showed.The plaintiff, a man surnamed Peng (彭), claimed to be entitled to visit the cat for three hours on Friday every week as the co-owner of the pet, t
A diving instructor in Pingtung County was last week sentenced to four months in jail for secretly filming a woman in a scuba shop’s shower, despite destroying evidence by swallowing the camera’s memory card.In March, the defendant, Wu Kuang-liang (吳冠樑), secretly filmed a woman showering from a neig
SOCIETYTaipei fireworks previewedThe government and the operator of Taipei 101 yesterday announced the theme and released a preview video of the upcoming Taipei 101 New Year’s fireworks show. Chia Yeong-chieh (賈永婕), chairwoman of Taipei Financial Center Corp, which owns and operates Taipei 101, post
President William Lai, front row, right, attends the award ceremony of the Presidential Hackathon at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei yesterday to recognize award-winning teams’ innovative initiatives for health promotion and “digital net zero.” American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymon
People take a selfie next to Christmas decorations at a commercial area in Taipei’s Xinyi District yesterday. The storefronts in the area have put up colorful lights to create a festive atmosphere during the holiday season.
FUNDING ISSUES: A tax distribution would harm the nation’s fiscal discipline, the DPP said, while opposition lawmakers said it would help fund local development
Amid clashes between lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties, amendments on revenue allocations were approved by the legislature late on Friday night, allowing local governments to secure an additional NT$375.3 billion (US$11.5 billion) in funding from the central government.It was the first ti
US nuclear buildup would not help deter China from using atomic weapons in Taiwan, an unclassified war game by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) showed.The simulation was conducted in response to increasing talk among policy exp
CONSTITUTIONAL PARALYSIS: The controversial amendments are an ‘act of retaliation’ and would ‘paralyze’ the court, DPP caucus chief Rosalia Wu said
Opposition lawmakers on Friday pushed through amendments to raise the threshold for adjudication by the Constitutional Court, including a revision that mandates a minimum of 10 justices to hear a case.The amendments adopted by the Legislative Yuan were partly based on a proposal by Chinese Nationali
Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) returned to Taiwan yesterday following a trip to Germany and the Czech Republic to promote industrial cooperation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said.In a statement, the International Trade Administration (ITA) under the ministry said Kuo attended the i
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