/ Reuters, TOKYOThe first female leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party, Renho, yesterday said she was resigning after her party failed to capi
TRAIN STRAIN? Local governments might face financial strain as they would have to pay NT$390.9 billion for the infrastructure program’s rail projects,
CONTRADICTION: Markus Buchler and Joseph Herman saw the cancer-stricken Nobel laureate on Saturday and feel that he could be safely transported abroad
/ Staff writer, with CNAPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday pledged to adjust the defense budget, saying that the nation has the determination and
/ Staff writer, with CNA新聞來源:##TAIPEI TIMES%%http://www.taipeitimes.com/##President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said that Taiwan would not give in to
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterThe government yesterday raised its GDP growth forecast for this year to 2.05 percent, from the 1.92 percent it predict
By Ted Chen / Staff reporterA regulatory ruling yesterday on concerns about Chinese funds has dealt a setback to a group of investors seeking to gain
By Lu Yi-hsuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe nation should garner the support of the international community and the next W
REPRESSION: Taiwanese still face restrictions on freedom of expression, especially from China’s limitations on political and economic activities, Yeh
AP, BIRMINGHAM, England /Taiwanese world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) on Sunday won her first All England Open title, badminton’s oldest championship, aft
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) yesterday said that it would discuss with the Ministry of Labor the best way
NO REPLACEMENT: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu said she would best be an aide to the DPP’s presidential candidate, as she had helped other nominees win elec
WHAT IS ‘LOCAL’? The former KMT vice chairman said ‘local’ and ‘nonlocal’ were just used by the media, saying that Taiwan has been nonexclusive to a n
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INCENSE RACE: People lined up early on to join the races at temples across the nation, with the winners believed to enjoy the best luck of the year
By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporterFormer vice president Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday said that Beijing, “if wise,” would want to maintain the so-called “1
‘PEACEFUL’: The KMT vice chairman expressed support for unification with China, saying that it would occur when both sides are free, democratic and pr
’EAGER EYES’: The public is desperate ‘for someone to express their bitterness,’ Hau said, adding that the KMT is in a downward spiral and risks becom
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterJapanese Representative to Taiwan Mikio Numata yesterday said that he hoped Taipei and Tokyo could take their “best relat
MILKING IT: The KMT later held its own flag-raising ceremony, at which Hung Hsiu-chu said that the party gets why ‘hardship’ was the public’s word of