COMMOTION: KMT lawmakers yesterday broke into the legislative chamber, demanding that the president withdraw her nomination of Chen Chu as Control Yua
EXPANDED CRITERIA: People who returned between March 8 and Wednesday from East Asian nations or the US and had respiratory symptoms are to be quaranti
/ AFP, HONG KONGPro-democracy protesters yesterday stepped up a “blossom everywhere” campaign of road blocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has c
HARD PART TO COME: Organizers said the key challenge to recalling the mayor of Kaohsiung would be passing a second-stage, 10% of residents threshold
By Ann Maxon / Staff reporterKaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday said that it would likely be impossible to promote reforms that would allow th
‘INAPPROPRIATE’: The state-run utility said the post, which has been removed, was made by members of a union and did not reflect the company’s view on
By Lee Hsin-fan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTwo pro-marriage equality referendums are likely to be held alongside the local e
The Ministry of National Defense sees the rapid build-up of the military’s operational capabilities as its top priority and would like to see efforts
Atomic Energy Council Minister Hsieh Shou-shing in an interview with ‘Liberty Times’ (sister newspaper of the ‘Taipei Times’) staff reporters Jennifer
CONCERN: Revenue would be reduced by NT$3.47bn with each NT$10,000 rise in the deduction threshold, which could affect the nation’s financial security
/ Staff writer, with CNALegislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) yesterday announced that the budget for the first stage of implementation of the gover
MONTHLY SURVEY: Tsai could be hurt more if she rams her infrastructure development budget through the legislature, the Taiwanese Public Opinion Founda
PRIORITIES: The Cabinet is expected to meet on Thursday to discuss plans for an ‘Asian Silicon Valley,’ including applications for artificial intellig
/ AP, WHITE PLAINS, New YorkFor more than a year, Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a reluctant participant in the
DISASTER IN THE MAKING: One resident said 280m-tall piles of rocks from mining posed a landslide risk, with residents fearing the town would end up li
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterTaipei prosecutors yesterday summoned historical documents collector Hu Chien-ping (胡建平) for questioning amid a judicial
/ Staff writer, with CNAPresident Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) reiterated that the name Taiwan uses to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (
/ Staff writer with CNA, BEIJINGChina supports efforts to speedily conclude ongoing negotiations with Taiwan over a trade in goods agreement, but is c
LAST HEROIC ACT: The air force said Lieutenant Colonel Chuang Pei-yuan ejected at too low an altitude to survive because he was steering his plane cle
By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTONTaiwan could have the first of a new fleet of diesel-electric submarines operating in its waters in s