Provides the latest RSS feeds for Taiwan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Taiwan Sun.com http://www.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/0dd057261bcc461b/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:02 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:02 -0400 30 Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that the US has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/399796/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:03 -0400 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/399796/cs/1/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) announced a draft bill Thursday on the prevention of human trafficking. "The legislation will facilitate a crackdown on human trafficking, bett... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295844/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:57:53 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295844/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) in the northern port city of Keelung signed an accord with a Vietnamese counterpart Thursday to forge sisterhood ties paving the way for f... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295846/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:57:53 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295846/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed technology that allows auto-stereoscopic display for multiple viewing, sources at the Hsinchu-based institute an... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295845/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:57:53 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17295845/ Microsoft Corp. against a Taipei-based company. In the complaint filed July 30, Microsoft alleges that Primax Electronics Ltd. infringes the software maker's patents used in peripherals including keyb... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17294006/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:52 -0400 Computerworld http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17294006/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Former President Lee Teng-hui will visit Okinawa in late September on an itinerary that will include a speech at Okinawa University, according to Japanese sources Thursday. The t... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291557/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:23 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291557/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Presidential Office spokesman Wang Yu-chi would not comment Thursday on a daily news' speculation regarding ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman John Kuan's possible nomination ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291555/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:19 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291555/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The director of the Taipei Zoo said Thursday that the zoo management has no immediate plans to bring in more koala bears from their native Australia, although the zoo has lost tw... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291562/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:46 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291562/ Chiayi, Aug. 28 (CNA) Chiayi Mayor Huang Ming-hui has invited visitors from Taiwan and abroad to take part in the Double Ten National Day celebrations in the southern city, as the city government is p... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291558/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:44 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291558/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated Thursday his hope that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can stop competing to lure each other's allies with offers of cash aid -- so-called "c... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291559/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:10 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291559/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) A majority of Taiwanese citizens who responded to a recent poll think Taiwan should first discuss economic exchanges with China in cross-Taiwan Strait negotiations before moving ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291560/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:10 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291560/ > Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) An international art exhibition, featuring collections from 111 art galleries around the world, will open Friday in Taipei, with the aim of luring art collectors and giving mor... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291561/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:08 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17291561/ GUANGZHOU, China — Washington will sell $90 million worth of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, ending what some analysts said has been a U.S. freeze on arms sales designed to ease cross-Straits tension ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17286001/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:18 -0400 The Register-Guard http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17286001/ TAIPEI, Taiwan – Prosecutors indicted Taiwan's former investigation chief Thursday for attempting to cover up alleged money laundering by former President Chen Shui-bian. The indictment again... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17285864/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:19:55 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17285864/ Faced with low approval ratings, the Cabinet on Wednesday published a report on the Government Information Office Web site detailing the administration's work over the past three months.The report, ti... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282068/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:53:02 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282068/ The opposition Democratic Progressive Party plans to promote "sunshine politics" and called on the Kuomintang administration and the Legislature to pass numerous anti-corruption bills previously propo... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282073/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:58 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282073/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Another case of indigenous dengue fever has been confirmed, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the capital city to 20, the Taipei City Department of Health reported Thursd... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282083/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:54 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282083/ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday that it sees some goodwill from China in a letter from Beijing to the U.N. secretary-general regarding Taiwan's latest proposal for participation ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282070/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:53:06 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282070/ The Straits Exchange Foundation said on Wednesday that negotiations with China were necessary before Taiwan could give landing or multiple visas to Chinese visitors to the outlying island of Kinmen, a... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282072/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:53:00 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282072/ ation : MOFA Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday that the United States never had any preordination regarding Taiwan’s participation in international organizat... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282076/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:51 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282076/ secutor's briefing on indictment) Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Yeh Sheng-mao, former chief of the Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of Justice, was indicted for withholding information about ex-preside... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282074/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282074/ The Taiwan High Court on Wednesday reduced the prison sentence for former Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Examination Bureau director-general Lee Chin-chen (李進誠) from 10 years to nine yea... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282085/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:17 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282085/ Taiwan Glass Industry Corp. is actively venturing into the solar-cell business and plans to pour US$11.88 million into its No. 4 glass furnace in Lukang, central of Taiwan, for making solar-cell and l... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282078/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:52 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282078/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The government has come up with eight economic stimulus measures, including offering subsidies and preferential taxes to enterprises and individuals, in an effort to boost privat... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282080/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:16 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282080/ With Taiwan listed as a Tier 2 country for the second straight year in an annual US human- trafficking report, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday that it had completed a draft ant... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282082/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282082/ According to newswire, LG Electronics Inc. of South Korea and Quanta Computer Inc. have reached settlement over a patent dispute, with Quanta agreeing to pay LG an undisclosed number of royalty for bu... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282079/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:50 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282079/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was higher against the New Taiwan dollar in early trading in Taipei Wednesday. The greenback was trading at NT$31.523 at 9:45 a.m. on the Taiwan Foreign Exchange,... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282081/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:13 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282081/ Taipei - The majority of the people of Taiwan favor maintaining Taiwan's status quo with China and are satisfied with Taipei's policy seeking peace with Beijing, an opinion poll showed Thursday. Accor... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281098/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:38:51 -0400 Earth Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281098/ The Tax Reform Alliance (公平稅改聯盟) on Wednesday asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to ban three commercials on tax policy paid for by a local business association, saying the... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282086/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282086/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) A lawmaker has called for stiffer punishments for public and private organizations that leak local citizens' information to fraud rings after the police busted the country's larg... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282084/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:51 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282084/ As part of efforts to stimulate the tourism industry and build Taipei City into a shopper's paradise, the Taipei City Government will launch a month-long "Taipei Shopping Festival" on Saturday, with m... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282087/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:11 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17282087/ By John Whitesides, Political CorrespondentDENVER (Reuters) - Democrats prepared a grand celebration on Thursday for Barack Obama, who will accept a historic presidential nomination with a speech that... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281119/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:06:46 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281119/ BEIJING, Aug. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Chinese government on Thursday warned Taiwan off its latest attempt to get involved in the work of the United Nations, saying it could harm the recently improv... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281138/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:42 -0400 Breitbart http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281138/ Yeh Sheng-mao, former investigation chief of Taiwan, was accused on Thursday for allegedly hiding information in a suspected money-laundering case related to ex-Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian. The &quot... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281071/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:41:37 -0400 People's Daily http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17281071/ The annual Wanan (萬安) air raid drill will be held at 2:30pm on Thursday in seven northern cities and counties, and residents in those areas are urged to stay inside of the building or follow instr... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277277/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:05 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277277/ Over 10,000 of the 30,000-strong population of Taihsi Township in Yunlin County shares the same surname – Ting. According to the Ting family register, the Ting family of Taihsi are descendants of Ar... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277274/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:31 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277274/ To bolster Taiwan's economic growth amid the global economic slowdown, the economic-climate task force of the Executive Yuan ( the Cabinet) put forward a package of eight economy-stimulus measures spa... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277270/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:37 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277270/ The Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development on Wednesday made public Taiwan's business cyclical indicators for July, which showed signs that the economy is facing the risk of slowd... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277268/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:42 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277268/ Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) said on Wednesday that Taiwan should improve its export structure and upgrade its economic quality if it wants to expand its economy amid a global financial cri... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277269/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:40 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277269/ Thick incense smoke fills the gilded, elaborately carved temple. A 50-year-old woman kneels down and bows before a table piled with plastic toys and baby bottles.Clasping her hands in supplication, Li... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277273/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:01:11 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277273/ To accomplish its set goal for reducing carbon emissions, the government recently announced a plan to push the development of the electric-scooter industry, aiming to achieving sales of 100,000 units ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277272/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:31 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277272/ GUANGZHOU, CHINA -- Washington will sell $90 million worth of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, ending what some analysts said has been a U.S. freeze on arms sales that was designed to ease cross-strait ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17276553/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17276553/ Taiwan's machinery exports amounted to US$8.557 billion in the first half of this year, up 12.4% year-on-year, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Association of Machinery I... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277271/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:04 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277271/ Far Eastern Group chairman Douglas Hsu (徐旭東) denied allegations on Wednesday that he paid former First Lady Wu Shu-jen US$11.5 million to gain control over Sogo Department Stores. His attorney ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277267/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:31 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277267/ The Sports Affairs Council (SAC) has proposed spending NT$1 billion (US$31.7 million) on a preparatory program for the 2012 London Olympics as part of its budget for next year, which was submitted to ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277276/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:38 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17277276/ Taipei - After a poor showing at the Beijing Olympics Taiwan plans to spend at least 1 billion Taiwan dollars (32 million US dollars) to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics, a newspaper said Thursday... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17276534/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:25:09 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17276534/ Export orders received by local businesses in July were valued at US$31.36 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.52 percent -- the lowest on record since April 2003, when local business was... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273388/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:23:01 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273388/ Many Taiwan analog IC design houses reported second-quarter gross margins at below 40% – representing declines from the first quarter – including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-mode Tech... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272748/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:56 -0400 Digitimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272748/ Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened marginally higher Thursday. The weighted price index was up 9.35 points at 7,090.32 on a turnover of NT$2.45 billion (US$77.82 milli... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273387/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:23:04 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273387/ Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on August 27 published its consolidated financial report for the first half of 2008, with a return of NT$333 million... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272156/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:29 -0400 Digitimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272156/ AU Optronics (AUO) plans to invest NT$400 billion (US$12.68 billion) to build four 10G or above LCD panel plants in Taiwan in the next 10 years, company chairman KY Lee has disclosed. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272750/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:01 -0400 Digitimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272750/ Despite angry protests by more than 700 Jinshan Township (金山) residents in front of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Wednesday, spent fuel from the First Nuclear Power Plant wi... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273389/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:23:04 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273389/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Premier Liu Chao-shiuan Wednesday welcomed a massive investment plan by AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest maker of liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), to build four panel... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273390/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:24:19 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17273390/ (AFP)--Taiwan's ex-intelligence chief has been indicted on suspicion of covering up for former president Chen Shui-bian over suspected money laundering, an official said Thursday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272737/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:21:21 -0400 Morning Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17272737/ er this year in a joint project between two Japanese companies, an official said Wednesday. A huge freighter capable of carrying 6,400 automobiles will be equipped with 328 solar panels at a cost of 1... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269562/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:25 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269562/ achieve health and peace of mind, will be offering a free lesson today in Taipei. According to Master Lee, "ping shuai" is the result of the collective wisdom of its developers in ancient times and is... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270375/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:22 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270375/ a copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls. MGA Entertainment Inc. and its chief executive officer Isaac Larian were told to... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270378/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:18 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270378/ he state-owned Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) to build a temporary dump site in Taipei County to dispose of spent nuclear fuel rods from the neighboring No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, despite strong protest ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270376/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:26 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270376/ omputer system for filing flight plans delayed hundreds of flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Department of Homeland Security said there was no link to terrorism and the FAA said t... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269373/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:33 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269373/ to build a floating production and storage facility that will drill for oil off the coast of Brazil in the nation's giant Tupi field. Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co., or Modec, a Tokyo-base... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269533/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:21 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269533/ the Chiku Lagoon, Taiwan's largest, on the last two days of the county's annual tourism and ecology promotion activity. The county government extended the activity, which was supposed to take place ev... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270374/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:17 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270374/ bank profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data released Tuesday show 117 banks and thrifts were c... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269342/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:28 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269342/ an Truck factory to make car bodies, part of the automaker's plan to convert some truck factories to make smaller vehicles. Michigan Truck's 1,000 workers who now make Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navi... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269307/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:12 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269307/ ral Seattle stores Tuesday and says more will follow, as part of a recent deal that set the coffee community abuzz. The Clover is a complex brewing system that was once the domain of independent coffe... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270379/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:09 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17270379/ ch of Alitalia, as part of a plan to save the troubled Italian airline, news reports said Tuesday. The investors include Roberto Colaninno, the chairman of motorcycle maker Piaggio, as well as other n... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269374/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:07 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269374/ apartments and office buildings to boost the country's economic growth, an official said Wednesday. Under the current rules, foreign property investments can only be made through the name of a Cambodi... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269551/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:02 -0400 The China Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269551/ The residents claim that the money went to lobbyists instead. "The money was diverted and must be returned to us, the poor," street vendor Maximiliano Esquivel told reporters after the appeal was fil... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269547/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:37:19 -0400 Morning Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17269547/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) A charity organization has set up Taiwan's first support center for family caregivers to provide them with professional psychological counselling and assistance in caregiving. Th... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17267083/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:57:03 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17267083/ 1. Yang Lan (Dragon TV): Since the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, Yang Lan has interviewed a number of Olympic athletes, including Phelps, Kobe Bryant, Liu Zige, Liu Chunhong, and Li Ning. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17266387/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:53:07 -0400 People's Daily http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17266387/ *Have you created IDs and passwords to enter other SPH online sites such as AsiaOne Careers? If so, then checking this box will mean that your BTO ID and password will override those earlier IDs an... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17260970/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:58:35 -0400 Business Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17260970/ TAIPEI — Taiwan hopes to restart talks with Japan on fishing issues as early as next month, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said, according to local reports Wednesday. ‘‘Our... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17261951/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:19:09 -0400 Japan Today http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17261951/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou expressed hope Wednesday that he will be able to visit the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to boost relations between the two countrie... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257832/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:13:13 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257832/ Kinmen, Aug. 27 (CNA) A group of 660 elderly veterans from Taiwan who endured the bombardment of the island of Kinmen by China in 1958, returned to their old battlefields Wednesday to reminisce about ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257831/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:13:09 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257831/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Far Eastern Group (FEG) -- one of Taiwan's largest business groups -- has become embroiled in the high-profile money laundering scandal involving former President Chen Shui-bian ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257835/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:13:09 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257835/ A Palau patrol boat has apprehended a Taiwan fishing vessel that was feared hijacked by its crew, and has discovered that the captain is missing, http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17256359/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:08:02 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17256359/ has opened a product training center in Hsinchu, Taiwan, with support of the Taiwan government, the company said Tuesday. Fremont-based Lam (NASDAQ: LRCX), a maker of equipment used by semiconductor ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257026/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:55:51 -0400 Business Journal http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17257026/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou has conferred a medal on a Mexican newspaper tycoon in recognition of his significant contributions to ties between Taiwan and Mexico, the Presidential Off... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251847/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:12 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251847/ > Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Supported by the Government Information Office (GIO) , two Taiwanese artistic groups will perform in Europe and South America, respectively, in the hope of enhancing cultural e... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251854/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:12 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251854/ > Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The Interior Ministry opened a two-day international anti-human trafficking seminar Wednesday with the goal of consolidating a campaign against human trafficking by establishin... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251848/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251848/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The problem of child sexual abuse may be more prevalent than the public realizes, with the actual number of victims estimated at approximately 20,000 per year, although only arou... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251856/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:09 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251856/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) A local prosecutor departed Wednesday for Singapore to seek assistance in Taiwan's ongoing investigation into a case of suspected money laundering involving former President Chen... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251844/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:21 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251844/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Fifty young volunteers who completed a six-week training program at Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) will participate in overseas service using thei... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251845/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:19 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251845/ Impacted by stagnant consumption and investment, the number of employed in Taiwan caused by plant shutdowns and business downsizing increased 7.04%, or 130,000, in July, reflecting the economic slowdo... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251852/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:07:52 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251852/ Taipei - Taiwan confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island.... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251024/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:54:18 -0400 Earth Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17251024/ Former Olympic medalist Chi Cheng (紀政) said on Tuesday that the overall performance of Taiwanese athletes at the Beijing Olympics has shown major improvements from the past. "Although we won only... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247345/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:10 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247345/ President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) told the Olympic team on Tuesday that he wanted more government resources to go to sports after Taiwan won fewer medals than expected. Ma was addressing the Taiwane... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247343/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:06 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247343/ President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said on Tuesday that Taipei would engage in a "diplomatic war" with Beijing if his proposed "diplomatic truce" with China did not receive a positive response. Throu... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247331/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:57 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247331/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) A business conglomerate energy saving service corps was established Wednesday under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Energy. The core purpose of the... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247339/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247339/ "Tens of thousands" of citizens will "fill Ketagalan Boulevard" in front of the presidential office Saturday to launch a "new citizen movement" to monitor the so-called "one party dominant" administra... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247332/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:54 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247332/ New York, Aug. 26 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin arrived in New York City from Boston Monday for a five-day visit, his first since assuming office in 2006, aimed at exchanging municipal administrativ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247350/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:54 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247350/ Defense Minister Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏) poured cold water on Tuesday on President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) idea for a bridge between the outlying island of Kinmen and the Chinese city of Xiamen i... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247333/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:20 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247333/ Kaohsiung, Aug. 27 (CNA) Twenty-four Polish students who concluded a month-long Chinese-language study camp at I-Shou University in the southern county of Kaohsiung Wednesday said that day that they h... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247347/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:02 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247347/ The family of a two-year-old boy who became paralyzed by acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after receiving a vaccine are now appealing to the Department of Health after receiving NT$800,000 in comp... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247344/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:08 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247344/ The Council of Labor Affairs (勞委會) (CLA) decided on Tuesday to delay its decision for a month on whether to increase the country's minimum wage, based on the recommendations of a special committ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247346/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:04 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247346/ Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The Taiwanese fishing boat that has been out of contact for more than a week has been found, but only the eight Indonesian crew members were on board, not the skipper, a foreign ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247349/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247349/ The United States will sell anti-ship missiles to Taiwan in a $90 million deal, ending what analysts said had been an arms sale freeze designed to ease tension between Beijing and Taipei. Taiwan will... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245974/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:17:37 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245974/ Taipei, Aug. 26 (CNA) Prices on Taipei's stock futures market were lower Tuesday as the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index for September fell 43 points to close at 6,946, with 47,757 ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247342/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:06:43 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17247342/ and Chief Financial Officer Chitung Liu have been brought in for questioning at a district prosecutor's office in an investigation into alleged insider trading, a person close to the UMC group told ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245811/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:05:36 -0400 Morning Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245811/ TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States will sell anti-ship missiles to Taiwan in a $90 million deal, ending what analysts said had been an arms sale freeze designed to ease tension between Beijing and T... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245963/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:48:20 -0400 The Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0dd057261bcc461b/id/17245963/