Britain’s spy agency MI6 is hoping to recruit a new generation of female spies - by advertising for intelligence officers on parenting website Mumsnet
POOR PROSPECTS: DGBAS Minister Shih Su-mei blamed the drop on poor exports and the global economy. FSC head William Tseng voiced shock at the size of
THREE-WAY CONTEST? The DPP candidate would still lead with a support rate of 41.4%, followed by Hung Hsiu-chu with 21% if James Soong were to join the
From the moment Jeff Costellia first joined a big firm after graduating from law school, he had one destination in mind:the corner office.
PLAY BALL: Ma Ying-jeou, Wang Jin-pyng and Eric Chu attended a KMT Policy Committee meeting, where Chu told attendees that it takes teamwork to succee
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterKaohsiung Prison warden Chen Shih-chih (陳世志) and two other senior officials were removed from their positions and demoted
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday dared a member of the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association to “try that again and see what happens
BIG TEST AHEAD: The presidential election next year has been touted as the new chairman’s toughest task, although he said he would not be running hims
The top hierarchy at the Ministry of National Defense is undergoing a big shake-up, with President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said to be closely involved in t
DAMNING STATISTIC: The Taipei mayor said he had been shocked to discover that more than 50 percent of the capital’s population now live in low-income
By Jake Chung / Staff writerA former Chinese vice minister’s offer to help set up a mechanism to facilitate organ donations from China to Taiwan shoul
‘OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE’: DPP and KMT members were disappointed with the decision, saying Mao was more of the same, having been in Ma’s administration s
A limestone statuette of a shapely woman some 23,000 years old has been discovered in northern France.一尊2萬3000年前豐滿勻稱的石灰石女子塑像,在法國北部被發現。
WIDER PLOT? The Pingtung County Government could not have leaked documents if they were not marked as classified, like others had been, the official t
By Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporterSeveral groups yesterday panned Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) for saying that inviting t
FATAL MISSION: As the investigation into the sinking of the nation’s largest maritime research ship intensified, officials looked at Typhoon Vongfong
ON THE RISE: Taiwan picked up another two gold medals at the Asian Games yesterday in tennis and bowling, as well as a silver in wushu and a bronze in
President Barack Obama tapped Silicon Valley for two key positions on his technology policy team on Thursday, naming Megan Smith from Google as his ch
HIGH ALERT: Tropical storm Fung-Wong is expected to make landfall early today and there are concerns that serious damage will be seen in the nation’s
Staff writer, with CNANewly appointed Minister of Economic Affairs Woody Duh (杜紫軍) yesterday said on his first official day in office that he would do