BIG BROTHER: Many government agencies refused to provide statistics on Internet surveillance, but it appears widespread and its legal foundations also
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterTaipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday rejected allegations of influence peddling that surfaced after a message sent accid
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