’SWARM OF BEES’: Central bank Governor Yang Chin-long last week described the enthusiasm for exchange-traded funds as a “herding effect” in the market
By Wu Cheng-feng and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Corrections Agency’s online store selling food and snacks prepared by prison
By Li Jung-ping and Chiu Yi-chin / Staff reportersDebate is raging over an award-winning image created by a junior-high school student that depicts a
ELIGIBLE FOR JANUARY: All presidential candidates and their running mates meet the requirements to run for office, and none hold dual citizenship, the
MARKET SHIFTS: While Hong Kong has taken a hit from capital outflows amid a US-China trade row, the TAIEX climbed to an eight-month high, despite a la
RULE DIFFICULTIES: An official said there were security issues to consider, including that voting inmates would have to be alone in a booth that guard
By Wu Su-wei, Lin Min-chen and Jason Pan / Staff reportersErrors have been spotted in some local versions of the civil defense handbook, including ima
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday said it would not press charges against the United Daily News (UDN)
PUBLIC OUTCRY: A draft bill would exclude people convicted of murder, jailbreaking, robbery and other serious offenses from being transferred to minim
泰國女子莎拉拉(Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn)涉嫌用氰化物謀財害命毒死多人,警方已經把受害死者數上調至13人,並依預謀殺人罪偵辦且擴大調查範圍。法新社報導,莎拉拉因涉嫌在數年之間犯下9件謀殺案,於4月25日遭到逮捕。警方認為犯案動機與金錢有關,不過懷有4個月身孕的莎拉拉先前被診斷出
MOST HOUSEHOLDS UNAFFECTED: Private users that consume less than 700kWh and small businesses would be exempted from rate increases amid higher fuel co
美國53歲男子維拉紐瓦(Juan Villanueva),因對14歲以下兒童進行嚴重性侵害被判處無期徒刑,他本月初進入加州北克恩州立監獄服刑,沒想到24日就遭身背多條人命的獄友殺害。據《UPI》報導,加州矯正與康復部(California Department of Corrections and
STRICTER SEASON: The justice minister said people must not think that they can get away with driving after drinking, with agencies coordinating to exp
‘SLIGHT GROWTH YEAR’: The chipmaker said it would outperform its peers, even though revenue would drop in the first half before demand is expected to
DISCRIMINATION: The Hong Kong-Taiwanese couple said they felt ‘happy with a heavy heart,’ as the verdict would not apply to all cross-national same-se
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterTaipei 101, in the capital’s prime Xinyi District (信義), won the “King of the Land” title for the 10th straight year, wi
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterThe local housing market might experience a soft landing in the first half of next year, after months of declining tran
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterTaiwan’s economy last quarter expanded 4.01 percent from a year earlier, but growth is expected to slow in the next six
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterThe central bank yesterday raised its discount rate for the third time this year by 0.125 percentage points and hiked l
RELATIVELY STABLE: Housing prices rose 8.4% last quarter, but taking inflation into account, the real price hike was 5.8%, according to Frank Knight