No Rest for the Dead: Singapore Digs Up Graves for Highways

Jan 09, 2019 admin Sports Comments Off on No Rest for the Dead: Singapore Digs Up Graves for Highways

SINGAPORE When Singapore's government said it would exhume about 4,000 graves in the defunct Bukit Brown cemetery for an eight-lane highway, an unusually vocal campaign grew quickly to save one of...

TAIWAN TELLS CHINA TO USE PEACEFUL MEANS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES

Jan 01, 2019 admin Sports Comments Off on TAIWAN TELLS CHINA TO USE PEACEFUL MEANS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES

TAIPEI China must use peaceful means to resolve its differences with Taiwan and respect its democratic values, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said, ahead of a major speech about the island by Chinese...

Amid military reform, China unlikely to attack Taiwan soon: report

Dec 13, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Amid military reform, China unlikely to attack Taiwan soon: report

Taipei, China is unlikely to flex its muscles on a large scale in the Taiwan Strait any time soon as its military reform is still in progress, a local think tank said in a report Thursday.Under the...

Court upholds 5-year sentence against organizer of water park party

Dec 12, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Court upholds 5-year sentence against organizer of water park party

Taipei, The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against Lu Chung-chi (???), the main organizer of a party at water park in New Taipei in 2015 that resulted in 15 deaths and...

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying wins first match in BWF World Tour Finals

Dec 12, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying wins first match in BWF World Tour Finals

Taipei, World top-ranked badminton player Tai Tzu-ying (???) of Taiwan beat her Chinese American rival in two straight games in her first match of the World Tour Finals organized by the Badminton...

New APLFD chair Tseng Yung-chuan of Taiwan calls for global unity

Dec 11, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on New APLFD chair Tseng Yung-chuan of Taiwan calls for global unity

Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 11 (CNA) Cooperation is the key to opening the door to prosperity and ensuring a safer, progressive and more democratic world, according to Taiwanese Tseng Yung-chuan (???), who...

Why One Philippine Island Can’t Get Enough of Martial Law

Dec 10, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Why One Philippine Island Can’t Get Enough of Martial Law

TAIPEI Martial law seldom excites people who live under it. Ukrainians were nervous when an order took effect last month, against a growing threat from Russia, to let the military mobilize...

Former SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kung dies aged 85

Dec 10, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Former SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kung dies aged 85

Taipei, Chiang Pin-kung (???), a former chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) died Monday at the age of 85 due to multiple organ failure, according to a statement from the Mackay Memorial...