TAIWAN SITUATION: A 70-year-old woman in Kaohsiung who had taken similar supplements for three or four years had acute kidney failure in March last ye
ACADEMIC TREND: The Ministry of Education said that it advised against having a third semester in summer, citing controversial admission fees and othe
By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan plans to attract 12 million foreign tourists this year, Tourism Administration
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter, with CNAThe Taiwan Wild Bird Federation and the Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute yesterday invited bird-watche
INEVITABLE? Specialists warned that there is usually a major enterovirus outbreak every four to five years, and Taiwan’s last one was in 2019, the CDC
‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’: Legislator Rosalia Wu said the proposed changes would require considerable discussion in society, as well as an extensive study on
‘INACCURATE’: Legislator Chen Kuan-ting in a video ‘strongly condemned’ Hsu, and said that skin color and race should not be criteria for recruiting m
WAR CHEST: China is to boost its defense spending by 7.2% this year, showing that despite a struggling economy, Beijing is focused on growing its mili
By Chiu Chun-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is eligible to have two bodyguards, an
NEW ADDITIONS: Amid a declining birthrate, more than 20 percent of those living in Keelung and Pingtung County were aged 65 or older last year
‘LONELY SOCIETY’: The number of multigenerational households, in which at least three generations live together, is dwindling, a Ministry of the Inter
LEGISLATIVE MEETING: The Ocean Affairs Council minister is to give a presentation today about a pursuit by the coast guard that resulted in the deaths
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterA total of 68,780 people attended the two exhibition games to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants in
By Ting Yi and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe ubiquitous nature of online messaging has made handwritten letters all but
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterThe nation’s unemployment rate slid 0.02 percentage points to 3.31 percent in January, the lowest for the same period i
NEVER FORGET: Feb. 28 is a day to demand justice and redress, and remember the long, hard road Taiwanese walked to democracy, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-c
CRITICAL COMPONENTS: The tail was shielded because ‘enemy forces’ could estimate its speed and acoustic fingerprint by observing the propellers, an an
IN THE BLOOD: Of the 10 leading causes of death in 2022, six types of disease are associated with high blood lipids, blood sugar or blood pressure, an
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterPremier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) yesterday unveiled a monument at the Executive Yuan in Taipei, officially designating it a “
DEMOCRACY AND VALUES: Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr said that ‘common values [of] freedom, democracy and rule of law,’ are why Palau supports T