Taiwan food, beverage sales in post 7-year record growth

Aug 15, 2018 admin Medical & Health Care Comments Off on Taiwan food, beverage sales in post 7-year record growth

Taipei, Taiwan's food and beverage industry reported record revenues of NT$235.5 billion (US$7.63 billion) in the first six months of 2018, up 4.7 percent year-on-year and marking the largest growth...

Taiwan condemns Chinese netizens pestering of 85? cafe (update)

Aug 15, 2018 admin Politics Comments Off on Taiwan condemns Chinese netizens pestering of 85? cafe (update)

Taipei, The Presidential Office said Wednesday that China was imposing its ideology on the international community and infringing on free speech, after Chinese netizens launched a blitz against a...

Two Taiwan women caught working illegally in Guam: foreign ministry

Aug 15, 2018 admin General Comments Off on Two Taiwan women caught working illegally in Guam: foreign ministry

Taipei, Two of four women found to be working illegally at a bar in Guam are Taiwanese nationals, while the nationality of the other two has not yet been verified, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign...

President Tsai attends Paraguayan president-elect inauguration

Aug 15, 2018 admin Business & Finance Comments Off on President Tsai attends Paraguayan president-elect inauguration

Asuncion, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (???) attended the inauguration of Paraguayan President-elect Mario Abdo Bernitez and Vice President-elect Hugo Adalberto Velazquez Moreno on Wednesday and...

Drunk driver given 7 1/2-year sentence for killing 2

Aug 15, 2018 admin Sports Comments Off on Drunk driver given 7 1/2-year sentence for killing 2

Taipei, A drunk driver has been sentenced to seven- and-a-half years in jail for hitting three Vietnamese migrant workers in Hemei Township, Changhua County early this year, killing two of them and...

Central News Agency wins Social Bright Side Reporting Award

Aug 15, 2018 admin Information Technology, Science & Technology Comments Off on Central News Agency wins Social Bright Side Reporting Award

Taipei, The Central News Agency on Wednesday won the Social Bright Side Reporting Award (SBSRA) for outstanding reporting in print, based on its series on the dedicated service of foreign nationals...

S. Korea Marks First ‘Comfort Women’ Day, Joined by Protestors in Taiwan

Aug 14, 2018 admin Human Rights Comments Off on S. Korea Marks First ‘Comfort Women’ Day, Joined by Protestors in Taiwan

SEOUL/TAIPEI People in South Korea and Taiwan unveiled monuments and staged protests on Tuesday to mark Japan's wartime use of "comfort women," a euphemism for girls and women forced to work in...

Suspect in Huashan murder indicted

Aug 14, 2018 admin General Comments Off on Suspect in Huashan murder indicted

Taipei, The prime suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a woman in Taipei's Huashan Grassland area earlier this year was indicted Tuesday, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said.Chen...