A Taiwanese fugitive who had been on the run in China for 18 years was arrested on Saturday after allegedly entering Taiwan illegally by motorboat days earlier, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) Southern Branch said today.The man, surnamed Lee (李), was apprehended in Keelung for suspected contrav
The government has been instructed to subsidize aviation fuel amid a shortage caused by unrest in the Middle East, prioritizing domestic flights, the Cabinet said today.Speaking at a news conference, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said he has directed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to help maintain ra
A total of 134 people have sought medical treatment across 10 hospitals in Kaohsiung for suspected food poisoning linked to a stall in Zhengyi Market (正義市場), the Kaohsiung Department of Health said today. The market stall in Lingya District (苓雅) was selling Taiwanese spring rolls (chun juan, 春捲), or
China has reserved offshore airspace in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May 6, issuing alerts usually used to warn of military exercises, although no such exercises have been announced, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday. Reserving such a large area for 40 days with
A pedestrian was killed and two others were injured after a semi-trailer truck apparently lost control at an intersection in New Taipei City's Taishan District (泰山) early this morning.A report was received at 6:35am that a semi-trailer truck had struck a pedestrian at the intersection of Taili Stree
Northbound traffic on Taiwan's major highways is expected to peak this afternoon, the final day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday, with severe congestion already reported on parts of the east coast route.As of 11am, traffic on western national freeways remained mostly smooth, with only sporadic congestio
A Republican congressional delegation led by Zach Nunn, chair of the Republican Study Committee's National Security Task Force, is visiting Taiwan this week and is to meet with President William Lai (賴清德), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today.Nunn is joined by US representatives Scott Fitzgera
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a heavy rain alert for several cities and counties in central and northern Taiwan as a weather front approaches.At least 80mm of rain could fall within 24 hours, or 40mm within an hour, the CWA said.The alert covers Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei Ci
A Thai migrant worker was arrested early yesterday in eastern Taiwan after stealing hot dogs from a convenience store and carrying out a series of knife attacks while fleeing police, injuring three civilians and four officers.Police said the 46-year-old suspect robbed a convenience store in Sincheng
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW: With last year recording the sharpest decline on record, a review of past policies was conducted to direct a new approach
The government would continue to layer and review policies to address the national security challenge posed by the nation’s low birthrate, an official said yesterday.The nation’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 0.695 last year, down from 0.885 in 2024, the sharpest decline on record, latest data
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency on Saturday said that draft amendments to regulations on human medicines for veterinary use would allow pre-stocking of medicines by veterinarians to ensure animals’ medical rights.The Regulations Governing the Use and Management of Human Drugs on Dogs,
OUTSOURCING DUTIES: Requests received ranged from weeding around a relative’s tombstone to paying respects on behalf of a client to their deceased pets
More people are hiring someone to clean the graveyards of their ancestors and pay respects on their behalf during the Tomb Sweeping holiday due to an increasingly aging population and lifestyle changes. Kuaibangpai (快幫派), a service platform that was created in October last year to run errands for pe
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday warned of aftershocks over the next three days, after two earthquakes rocked Hualien County in eastern Taiwan early yesterday morning.The first quake, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck at 1:14am off the coast of Hualien, about 5.4km north-northeast of
Nearly 10,000 people are to participate in the road running and cycling races on the Danjiang Bridge (淡江大橋) this weekend, the Highway Bureau said yesterday. The 920m bridge, which connects New Taipei City’s Tamsui (淡水) and Bali (八里) districts, was designed by the late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Ha
INDICATORS: If China does not stop its threats and continues to suppress the nation’s international space, then the meeting was a ploy to mislead the world, an official said
A national security official yesterday said that whether Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) potential meeting with Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) represents goodwill from China or merely a “united front” strategy could be assessed using three key indicators. Cheng on
Peace is the only foundation of prosperity and the hope for Taiwan’s future, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said yesterday.The party issued the remarks in response to a government official criticizing KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) upcoming China visit, which has a pre-arranged itinerary d
True peace is never achieved by bowing to or compromising with authoritarianism, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Lai made the remarks during the unveiling ceremony of the Gikong Presbyterian Church in Taipei as a transitional justice site.The church was the residence of former democracy a
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) in an interview with NBC News aired on Saturday said the party would be committed to deepening Taiwan-US ties while promoting peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.The Taiwan-US relationship has been invariably important to Taiwan, she
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using the Tomb-Sweeping Festival with a public ceremony to honor the Yellow Emperor (黃帝) is a “united front” activity, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday. The ceremony was held by China’s United Front Work Department in Shaanxi Province yesterday, and
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