By Sean Lin / Staff reporterThe Legislative Yuan yesterday passed the National Human Rights Museum Organization Act (國家人權博物館組織法), ensuring the establi
Pili Multimedia chairman Vincent Huang in an interview with ‘Liberty Times’ (sister newspaper of the ‘Taipei Times’) staff reporters Lan Tzu-wei and Y
LOOKING SOUTH: James Huang said his meeting with Chen Ching-nan had been about cooperation with Indonesian shipbuilders and developers, not the minesw
菲律賓反貪組織今天以不當處理拙劣的突擊好戰分子行動,導致44名特警慘死為由,對前總統艾奎諾三世(Benigno Aquino III )提出刑事控告。路透社報導,菲國特警2015年遭為數眾多的叛軍槍手夾擊,折損44人,使當局與菲南穆斯林分離主義分子的和平進程陷入僵局,也成為艾奎諾三世自2010年至2
By Lai Hsiao-tung, Tseng Wei-chen and Shih Hsiao-kuang / Staff reportersFormer Taipei county commissioner Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) has become the first Chin
TRANSFORMATION: With the appointment of William Lai as premier, the new Cabinet should focus on ‘execution’ of the plans laid by its predecessor, the
NO COLLATERAL: Ho Shou-chuan allegedly extended loans to a company run by a relative of his wife through a complex network of business ties. He was re
By Peng Wan-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerChunghwa Telecom Co’s (中華電信) long-term equipment purchases from UTStarcom Holdings
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter, with CNAThe Taipei District Court yesterday detained former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Policy Committee di
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Presidential Office on Thursday expressed gratitude for the European Parliament’s support for Taiwanese human rights advoc
STALLING TACTICS: There are 49 clauses of the civil servants pension bill awaiting review, while a public-school teacher bill has 96 and one on politi
知名搖滾樂團「聲音花園樂團」(Soundgarden)以及「音魔合唱團」(Audioslave)主唱克里斯康奈爾(Chris Cornell),原本與聲音花園樂團成員於美國時間17日在底特律州的福克斯劇院才剛完成一場演出,不料當晚就傳出他就傳出他突然猝逝的消息,享年52歲,而死因在屍檢後也被確認是上
FOREIGN RELATIONS: The closure of the Fiji Trade and Tourism Representative Office and Vietnam signing a missive with China highlight President Tsai’s
KMT ABSENCE: The DPP called for cross-caucus talks, hoping for a legislature-wide consensus condemning China’s action, but the main opposition party s
By Weng Lu-huang, Cheng Shu-ting and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerNew Taipei City Department of Land Administration deputy director-
By Hung Jui-chin and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerA new policy prohibiting stray animal euthanasia went into effect nationw
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded positively to a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker’s prop
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterProsecutors are to formally charge former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) in a wiretapping case involving former prosecutor-
SPYMASTER: Prosecutors said Lin and Pien were recruited by China after they retired, passing on sensitive materials to the Chinese officer in charge o
HOT RICE DUMPLING: The singer, who released many albums and also started a rice dumpling business in Kaohsiung, is remembered most for his signature s