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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

> 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...