’SECRET PURSE’: Critics say former premier Jiang Yi-huah’s pledge to spend NT$300m from the rewards and subsidies fund on infrastructure is a form of
CROSS-STRAIT IMBALANCE: A report showed that the total amount repatriated by Taiwanese firms that invested in China was less than 10 percent of their
‘MIND-BOGGLING’: Late corporal Hung Chung-chiu’s sister accused the military of double standards, saying those with money or fame received preferentia
By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff reporterPresident Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday insisted that he was not personally involved in the MeHAS City (美河市) project
By Tseng Te-jung, Yi Hui-tzu and Kuo Yi / Staff reportersChina Television Co (CTV, 中視) is expected to lay off 200 employees — who are set to be named
/ Staff writer, with CNAFormosa Plastics Group (FPG, 台塑集團) yesterday confirmed that at least 12 people died after a scaffolding collapsed at a steel m
By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Loa Iok-sin / Staff reportersThe government and politicians yesterday mourned Singaporean founding father and former prime mini
‘POCKET MONEY’: The former Changhua County chief denied involvement in an illegal land seizure scheme after NT$50 million was found in his in-laws’ ac
By Chen Wei-tzu and Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter, with staff writerA lawyer has pressed charges against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) over his alleged
‘FOUR LAWS FOR PAY RAISE’: Premier Mao Chi-kuo said the spirit of the proposed amendments focus on the importance of ‘improving the treatment’ of empl
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe launch of direct flights between Taiwan and Turkey at the end of this month will greatly boost bilateral tourism and trade
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe two retired Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) officers suspected of selling classified information to Chinese intell
UNDER OBSERVATION: The defense ministry said that the investigation was the result of an internal tip and monitoring had been conducted for two years
KICK-OUT? A former KMT lawmaker said he would submit a motion to have Ma Ying-jeou’s membership revoked because he is causing the party more harm than
Government officials yesterday dismissed a reported statement by former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) vice chairman Chang Hsien-yao (張顯耀) that a meet
Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials yesterday said the Afghan Taliban have signaled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to
Staff writer, with CNADeputy Minister of National Defense Andrew Hsia (夏立言) yesterday said that taking over as head of the Mainland Affairs Council (M
Former prosecutor-general Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) was yesterday sentenced to 15 months in prison, which can be converted into a fine, for leaking classi
DIRECT DEMOCRACY: An Academia Sinica researcher called the recall ballot set for next Saturday ‘the most important event in Taiwanese democratic histo
Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislators yesterday questioned a plan by convenience store chain 7-Eleven to launch currency exchange services for the