By Lin Hui-chin / Staff reporter, with CNAThe government last night announced that a Central Epidemic Command Center has been established to address t
By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporterThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday proposed a draft bill to ban artificial trans fats, which is expected
/ Staff writer, with CNATyphoon Goni, which is expected to affect Taiwan this weekend, has slightly weakened in intensity and speed, the Central Weath
OFFICE OCCUPIED: The Ministry of Education said that 33 people were arrested, while video showed police dragging people from an office on the second f
PRESSING CHARGES: Minister of Education Wu Se-hwa said the ministry will withdraw the charges against the three reporters only after determining that
STORM TRACK: The northern cities of Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and Keelung canceled classes and offices for today, as Taiwan braced for Typhoon Chan-
‘OPAQUE’: Protesters called on the government to retain the 2009 curricula, which they say are free of the ‘China-centric’ bias to be found in the new
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterTwo senior New Taipei City police officers yesterday were detained incommunicado and two more were released on bail after
By Lii Wen / Staff writerThe Ministry of Education’s high-school curriculum guidelines employ discriminatory language to refer to foreign spouses and
By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WashingtonTaiwan needs to “reset” its representation with the US, a former Congressional official said on Frida
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe two retired Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) officers suspected of selling classified information to Chinese intell
‘NO POLITICS’: Legislator Lo Shu-lei said the issue should not be politicized, adding that it was proper that China would want to be involved where it
FATAL FLIGHT: It was TransAsia Airways’ second plane crash in less than a year. Aviation authorities have ordered special inspections of all ATR 72-ty
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced that it has identified a soybean emulsifier made by Chien Hsin
By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTONA specialist in US-Taiwan relations suggested Friday that Washington might try to help the Chinese Na
奈及利亞(Nigeria)東北部城市達馬杜魯(Damaturu)1日遭到伊斯蘭派組織博科聖地(Boko Haram)突襲,已造成150多人死亡。當地政府官員指出,博科聖地挾帶重型武器進攻,現場一片混亂,達馬杜魯市(Damaturu)阿巴查專科醫院(Sanni Abacha Specialist Ho
ELECTION AFTERMATH: If the KMT were to suffer major losses, it could put pressure on Ma Ying-jeou to ‘step aside’ and let others make the decisions, a
‘UNTHINKABLE’: The food authority said that documents leaked to Ting Hsin should have been marked ‘classified,’ but all the same, should have been tre
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 Jason Pan and Lo Tien-pin / Staff reportersTaiwan’s armed forces said they would tighten internal security mechanisms and implement education progr