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A National Highway Police Bureau (HPB) officer charged with raping nine minors has been indicted on a further 13 counts of rape following the discovery of new evidence, the Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Thursday.Police arrested the 27-…
Police officer charged with raping 9 minors indicted on 13 more counts Read MoreThe Taiwan Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) “1922” hotline was named Wednesday as the most-searched-for item on Google in Taiwan over the past year.The announcement came as part of Google’s “Year in Search 2022” review for Taiwan, which ranked the m…
Google releases most popular Taiwanese search terms of 2022 Read MoreTaiwan shares ended down 76.97 points, or 0.53 percent, at 14,553.04 on Thursday on turnover of NT$181.79 billion (US$5.93 billion).Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taiwan shares close down 0.53% Read MoreThe number of workers on official furlough programs in Taiwan dropped by more than 900 over the past week as more businesses brought back staff from unpaid leave, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Thursday.Data released by the ministry showed that the n…
Furloughed workers down by over 900 as more businesses bring back staff Read MoreTaiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Wednesday that it will accept registrations from candidates for party chairperson next week, before holding an election open to party members on Jan. 15.President Tsai Ing-wen (???) resigned as DP…
DPP announces timeline for election of new party chairperson Read MoreTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) investment in Arizona could be “a gamechanger,” United States President Joe Biden said Wednesday (Taipei time) during a visit to the site of TSMC’s first chip plant in the state, hailing it as bolstering …
Biden touts TSMC’s Arizona investment as bolstering U.S. manufacturing Read MoreAfter fluctuating during the day, shares in Taiwan extended losses from a session earlier to close lower on Wednesday in the wake of losses suffered by the U.S. markets overnight, dealers said.The bellwether electronics sector, again, led the broader m…
Taiwan shares end lower on U.S. losses Read MoreA Tokyo-based overseas Taiwanese organization blasted two Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday for their recent attempts to get Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to publicly oppose Taiwan independence.In a statement, the All Japan Taiwanese Union (???????…
Group blasts Japan Diet members for asking PM to oppose Taiwan independence Read MoreTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) mammoth investment project in the United States has sparked concerns in Taiwan about “brain drain” following the departure of hundreds of TSMC engineers for Arizona over the past month, but some local sch…
Scholars dampen concerns about TSMC ‘brain drain’ to Arizona Read MoreTaiwan’s central bank will issue 90,000 sets of commemorative coins ahead of the Chinese lunar calendar’s Year of the Rabbit, said Den Yen-dar (???), director-general of the bank’s Department of Issuance on Wednesday.Each set, to be sold at NT$1,800 (U…
Taiwan’s central bank to issue Year of the Rabbit coins Read More