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• Taiwan News Quick Take

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  SEISMOLOGY

  Hualien displaced by quake

  Hualien County reported the nation’s largest geological displacement after the April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, global navigation satellite system data showed. The East Coast National Scenic Administration office moved horizontally 32.7cm, while Shoufeng Railway Station rose in elevation 39.3cm, data showed. The National Land and Mapping Center launched a survey of basic control points following the earthquake, which contained 247 points, 138 of which showed significant differences from the previous survey, they said. The geological displacement in Hualien and the Central Mountain Range are more apparent when compared with data collected in 2020: Hualien has moved 43.8cm horizontally and 49.1cm vertically in the past four years, it said.

  WEATHER

  Heavy rain expected

  Parts of the nation should be prepared for heavy rain from today as a large low-pressure belt in the Western Pacific Ocean is expected to approach Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Whether it would become a tropical depression or a tropical storm was not yet clear, CWA forecaster Yeh Chih-chun (葉致均) said. Occasional brief rain is expected in southwestern Taiwan, Keelung and other northern coastal areas today and tomorrow, while areas south of Chiayi County and mountainous areas south of Miaoli County are likely to see heavy rain, he said. Afternoon thundershowers would be more widespread, Yeh added.

  CRIME

  Teacher fined for abuse

  An elementary-school music teacher has been ordered by a court to pay NT$6.77 million (US$206,296) as compensation for physically and verbally abusing a student. The teacher, surnamed Liu (劉), had repeatedly slapped the student in the face, hit him on the head, legs and genitals with drumsticks, and verbally abused him, the Taipei District Court said. The boy started experiencing dizziness, abdominal pain and persistent diarrhea starting in April 2019, the ruling said. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and showed symptoms of dissociative, conversion, anxiety and psychosomatic disorders due to the abuse, it added. The parents of the victim filed a civil lawsuit against Liu for compensation of more than NT$7 million. The court in October 2022 handed Liu a jail sentence of four years and six months, which he has appealed. The case is ongoing at the Supreme Court.

  CULTURE

  Taiwanese artists chosen

  Two Taiwanese artists, Juan Po-yuan (阮柏遠) and Jung Hsu (徐容), have been selected as resident artists at the Lithuanian cultural center SODAS 2123, where they would spend two months producing art, the Ministry of Culture said. The project is partially funded by the ministry and began accepting applications in March, the ministry said. Juan’s work has elements of online gaming and 3D imagery, is influenced by the post-Internet era and focuses on video games, cyberspace and cyberqueer — ways in which LGBTQ+ people use, navigate and experience the Internet and digital technologies. Meanwhile, Hsu triumphed in the “Interactive Art+” category at the Prix Ars Electronica 2022, an honor she shared with Colombian artist Natalia Rivera for “Bi0film.net: Resist like bacteria,” which was an interactive artwork aimed at empowering protesters and inspired by the 2014 “Umbrella movement” in Hong Kong.
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