[{"ar_sbhdtease":"ON PAROLE:","ar_byline":"By Jake Chung","ar_views":"303","ar_id":"2003831535","ar_sbhdbody":"The 73-year-old suspect has a criminal record of rape committed when he was serving in the military, as well as robbery and theft, police said","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Kaohsiung police detain suspected serial killer","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday approved the detention of a 73-year-old man for allegedly murdering three women.The suspect, surnamed Chang (\u5f35), was arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with the death of a 71-year-old woman surnamed Chao (\u8d99).The Kaohsiung City Police Department yesterd","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831535","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831535","ph_attr":"Photo: Huang Liang-chieh, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Kaohsiung City Police Department Commissioner Lin Yen-tien, center, speaks at a news conference in Kaohsiung yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-003.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-003.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-003.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"204","ar_id":"2003831536","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Taiwan\u2019s cubesat shows world-class optical capabilities","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Japanese start-up ArkEdge Space yesterday said that an observation satellite it helped build for the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) has captured what could be the world\u2019s best-quality Earth imagery from a spacecraft smaller than a suitcase.The small optical observation satellite Onglaisat took 2.5m reso","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831536","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831536","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Mockups of ArkEdge Space\u2019s small satellites, including Onglaisat, jointly developed with the University of Tokyo\u2019s Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory and the Taiwan Space Agency, are pictured at the company\u2019s office in Tokyo on Wednesday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-313.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-313.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-313.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Wu Po-hsuan and Jonathan Chin","ar_views":"208","ar_id":"2003831537","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Schools urged to install gender-friendly restrooms","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Taipei public high schools have not properly implemented a gender-friendly restroom mandate seven years after its promulgation, a coalition of groups said yesterday, urging the Taipei City Government to act.The Taiwan LGBTQ+ Hotline Association, the Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association and the","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831537","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831537","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Representatives from civic groups hold placards at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-605.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-605.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-605.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Rachel Lin and Esme Yeh","ar_views":"159","ar_id":"2003831538","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Ministry signs education MOU with Connecticut","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Ministry of Education and the Connecticut State Department of Education on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on education at the Connecticut State Capitol, the ministry said yesterday.The ministry has now signed 28 educational MOUs with 25 US states, International and Cross-stra","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831538","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831538","ph_attr":"Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"The entrance to the Ministry of Education in Taipei is pictured in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-604.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-604.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-604.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"ORANGE ALERT:","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"206","ar_id":"2003831539","ar_sbhdbody":"Due to the effects of northeasterly winds, an air quality alert could be imposed on Kaohsiung and Pingtung County, the Ministry of Environment said","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Cold surge advisories issued by the CWA","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday issued cold surge advisories for 20 out of 22 cities and counties.\u201cOrange alerts,\u201d which warn of sustained temperatures at or below 10\u00b0C, or dropping below 6\u00b0C, have been issued for Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung, Keelung and Hsinchu Cit","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831539","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831539","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"People in winter clothing walk on a street in Taipei yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-603.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-603.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-603.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"217","ar_id":"2003831540","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Sports Administration rebuts Trump\u2019s claim about Lin Yu-ting\u2019s sex","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Sports Administration has  stressed that Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting (\u6797\u90c1\u5a77) is  a woman in response to false claims by US President  Donald Trump about her sex and eligibility to compete.Hung Chih-chang (\u6d2a\u5fd7\u660c), deputy director-general of  the Sports Administration, reiterated on Thursday tha","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831540","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831540","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting on Aug. 11 last year holds the gold medal for winning the women\u2019s 57kg division at the Paris Olympics.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-add.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-add.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-add.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"TAIWAN ADVOCATES: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"418","ar_id":"2003831541","ar_sbhdbody":"The resolution, which called for the recognition of Taiwan as a country and normalized relations, was supported by 22 Republican representatives","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"US lawmakers back ending \u2018one China\u2019","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Two US representatives on Thursday reintroduced a resolution calling for the US to end its \u201cone China\u201d policy, resume formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and negotiate a bilateral Taiwan-US free trade agreement.Republican US representatives Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin\u2019s 7th Congressional District and Sc","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831541","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831541","ph_attr":"Photo: Daniel Slim, AFP","ph_cap":"The US Capitol in Washington is pictured on Tuesday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-ad314.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-ad314.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-ad314.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"STANDING UP: ","ar_byline":"By Fang Wei-li and Jonathan Chin","ar_views":"198","ar_id":"2003831542","ar_sbhdbody":"US representatives said Pretoria must stop yielding to the puppeteering of Beijing, while UK lawmakers called the move a \u2018deeply disturbing bullying\u2019 of Taipei","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"South Africa urged to rescind office relocation order","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"US and UK lawmakers who are on foreign policy committees yesterday urged South Africa to rescind an order to relocate Taiwan\u2019s representative office from Pretoria in a sign of Western disquiet over the matter. Their comments came days after French lawmakers on the Taiwan-France parliamentary friends","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831542","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831542","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"US Representative Young Kim attends a forum in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 last year.\r\n","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-a606.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-a606.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-a606.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"178","ar_id":"2003831543","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Council denies Shanghai delegation\u2019s visit request","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday confirmed that it had denied the Taipei City Government\u2019s request to allow a delegation of officials from Shanghai to visit Taiwan for the Taipei Lantern Festival.The application was rejected, because the group\u2019s itinerary involved tourism-related activit","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831543","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831543","ph_attr":"Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"People take photographs at the Taipei Lantern Festival on Saturday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-005.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-005.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-005.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin","ar_views":"73","ar_id":"2003831544","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Taiwanese soldier obtains a Ranger qualification tab","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"An army special forces officer became the 13th Taiwanese soldier to receive the US Army\u2019s Ranger tab, after he completed a grueling training program, a defense official said.Lieutenant Hsu Ching (\u5f90\u9756), assistant company commander of a unit under the Special Operations and Aviation Command, completed ","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831544","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831544","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of a reader","ph_cap":"Lieutenant Hsu Ching is pictured at an unidentified training facility used by the US Army Ranger School in an undated photograph.\r\n","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-aarmy1.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-aarmy1.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-aarmy1.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"111","ar_id":"2003831545","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Having a relationship with Taiwan or China should not be \u2018either-or\u2019: UK MP","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The UK\u2019s engagement with Taiwan and China should not be a matter of choosing one side or the other, and maintaining relations with China does not mean it cannot have a fruitful relationship with Taiwan, British Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Champion said in an interview.\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s an eith","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831545","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831545","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"The Union Flag flutters in the wind outside the British Houses of Parliament in London on Oct. 24, 2022.\r\n","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-a316.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-a316.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-a316.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"46","ar_id":"2003831546","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Taiwan News Quick Take","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"POLITICSTPP lawmaker investigatedThe Taipei District Prosecutors\u2019 Office said it is investigating claims that Taiwan People\u2019s Party (TPP) Legislator Wu Chun-cheng (\u5433\u6625\u57ce) used his position to help companies affiliated with him and his family gain government contracts. The Democratic Progressive Party ","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831546","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831546","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-611.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-611.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-611.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"45","ar_id":"2003831547","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Lantern festival tour","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Members of the Hsilai\u2019an troupe pose for a photograph in Tainan yesterday. The troupe is traveling to Indonesia with Anping Kaitai Matsu Temple to participate in a Lantern Festival event and religious procession on Wednesday next week.","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831547","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831547","ph_attr":"Photo: Wang Mei-hsiu, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p01-250208-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p01-250208-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p01-250208-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"44","ar_id":"2003831548","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Italian penman","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Italian author Davide Cali holds copies of his latest books at the Taipei International Book Exhibition yesterday. The exhibition, which opened on Tuesday, is to run until tomorrow at the Taipei World Trade Center.","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831548","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831548","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p02-250208-601.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p02-250208-601.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p02-250208-601.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"67","ar_id":"2003831549","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Call for sustainability","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Groups concerned about greenhouse gas emissions hold placards outside the Ministry of Environment in Taipei yesterday, calling for \u201creal action to reduce emissions.\u201d The groups want the full decommissioning of the Hsieh-ho Power Plant in Keelung and for the plant to transition to a renewable energy ","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831549","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831549","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"p03-250208-602.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/p03-250208-602.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/p03-250208-602.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"316","ar_id":"2003831508","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Taiwanese fugitive apprehended in US","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"A Taiwanese fugitive was arrested on Monday by the Los Angeles Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from Taiwanese police, authorities said.A social media post by the DEA's Los Angeles office on Monday said the man was wanted in Taiwan for a DUI offense that killed two people, as we","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831508","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831508","ph_attr":"Photo from the DEALosAngeles X account","ph_cap":"A compliation of photographs posted on Monday shows officers from the Los Angeles branch of the US Drug Enforcement Administration arresting a Taiwanese fugitive.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"fugitive.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/fugitive.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/fugitive.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chung Li-hua and Lery Hiciano","ar_views":"179","ar_id":"2003831507","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"MAC rejects Shanghai delegation visit to Lantern Festival","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) today said it did not approve an application for a delegation from the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism to visit the Taipei Lantern Festival.Part of the delegation\u2019s proposed itinerary involves sightseeing and tourism, and as such, should ha","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831507","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831507","ph_attr":"Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"A podium at the Mainland Affairs Council in Taipei is pictured in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"mainland affairs council.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/mainland affairs council.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/mainland affairs council.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hung Chen-hung and Hollie Younger ","ar_views":"392","ar_id":"2003831506","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Police suspect triple homicide in Kaohsiung case","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"UPDATE (5:30pm):A fourth set of DNA has been identified at a murder suspect's house, leading police to suspect the man has harmed three women, Kaohsiung Police Department Chief Lin Yen-tian (\u6797\u708e\u7530) said today. The third possible victim has been identified through DNA as the suspect\u2019s sister-in-law who","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831506","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831506","ph_attr":"Photo: Huang Liang-chieh, Taipei Times ","ph_cap":"A suspect in a homicide case is apprehended by police in Kaohsiung\u2019s Cianjhen District on Wednesday. ","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"kaohsiung.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/kaohsiung.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/kaohsiung.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Sam Garcia","ar_views":"178","ar_id":"2003831505","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Lai calls key government leaders to joint meeting","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"President William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) has called the leaders of the government\u2019s five branches to a meeting on Monday next week at 3pm to discuss national affairs and increase inter-branch cooperation, Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo (\u90ed\u96c5\u6167) said today.Facing an increasingly challenging political and","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831505","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831505","ph_attr":"Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"President William Lai is pictured during Double Ten National Day celebrations in Taipei in October last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"Lai waves.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/Lai waves.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/Lai waves.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lery Hiciano ","ar_views":"1763","ar_id":"2003831502","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Taiwan News","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"US lawmakers introduce resolution to annul \u2018one China\u2019\r\n\r\n","dp_urlname":"taiwan","ar_desc":"Twenty-four Republican members of the US House of Representatives yesterday introduced a concurrent resolution calling on the US government to abolish the \u201cone China\u201d policy and restore formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.Led by US representatives Tom Tiffany and Scott Perry, the resolution call","ar_url":"News\/taiwan\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831502","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831502","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"The US Capitol in Washington is pictured in an undated photograph.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"US Congress Exterior.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/US Congress Exterior.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/US Congress Exterior.jpg"}}]