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Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) A recently concluded visit by Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia () to China has been met with a mixed reaction in Taiwan, with the KMT touting it as a success and the pan-green camp questioning its timing and legitimacy....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) The Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on Saturday denied that investigators in Tainan sunk a 2014 probe into corruption allegations against ex-Cabinet Spokesman Chen Tsung-yen () when he served as a local government official....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Donations made by private citizens in Taiwan to help the people of Turkey and Syria following a recent devastative earthquake have reached nearly US$30 million, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu () told a press conference on Saturday....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Premier Chen Chien-jen () on Saturday unveiled a plaque for a foundation established to provide restitution to the victims of political persecution during Taiwan's authoritarian era and their families....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Local Chinese yuan deposits held by Taiwanese banks hit a nine-year low in January as investors shifted funds to better-earning U.S. dollar accounts, according to the central bank....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Real regular wages in Taiwan saw their steepest yearly decline for a decade in 2022, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS)....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Water pressure in Chiayi and Tainan will be lowered while supplies for certain commercial uses in Tainan will be limited starting March amid concerns over a drought, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Saturday....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan Cement and 17 other firms have been fined a total of NT$213 million for forming a cartel to fix the price of ready-mix concrete, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Saturday....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Foreign Minister Joseph Wu () said Saturday he was not able to comment on or confirm reports that he is due to visit the United States next week....

Paris, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan made its debut at the Carnival of Nice in the south of France earlier this month with a performance featuring Henan opera artist Hsiao Yang-ling (), vocalist Dianne Wu () and members of a Ba Jia Jiang dance troupe....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Visiting Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez told a press conference Saturday that it would be a...

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Saturday, gaining NT$0.006 to close at NT$30.410....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan's manufacturing output dipped for the first time in eight quarters at the end of 2022, as stubbornly high inflation and aggressive rate hikes by the major central banks weakened global demand and resulted in inventory adju...

Taoyuan, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taoyuan's Department of Labor said Saturday it will set up a dedicated window to assist over 200 Taiwanese workers at a tire manufacturing company, who are expected to be laid off later this year....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Saturday are as follows:...

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan reported 15,094 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 55 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan table tennis pair Huang Yi-hua () and Huang Yu-jie () swept the women doubles final Friday at the WTT Feeder Dsseldorf 2023 in Germany, finishing at the top of the podium, after winning three straight games....

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan's government agencies declined to comment late Friday on a reported visit to Taipei by Michael Chase, United States deputy assistant secretary of defense for China....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korean on Friday signed a letter of intent (LOI) to push for the forming of the Asia Archipelago Cruise Alliance (AACA) initiated by Taiwanese authorities to develop cruise tourism in Asia....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The Formosa Taishin Dreamers pulled off a huge upset on Friday to escape the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 86-81 to snap its two-game losing streak and pull the Pilots down from the top of the P. LEAGUE+ standings....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Cabinet spokesman Chen Tsung-yen () on Friday tendered his resignation following allegations that he offered favors for sex during his time as a public servant in Tainan over a decade ago....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Taiwanese contemporary dance troupe Cloud Gate Dance Theater said on Friday it was planning to launch a new show,...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) A lucky passenger logged as the 12.5 billionth rider on Taipei Metro will enjoy a year of free rides on the metro services in Greater Taipei, the operator said on Friday....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) unveiled on Friday the latest list of relief fund recipients who suffered adverse reactions to vaccination shots for COVID-19, one of whom was an AstraZeneca (AZ) recipient who received NT$1 ...

Brussels, Feb. 16 (CNA) The United States has rejected a Russian request to be part of consultations over the U.S.' suspension of advanced semiconductor exports to China, citing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while accepting a request from Taiwan, ...

New Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) A series of warm-up games for several European men's national basketball teams are set to be held in August in New Taipei, ahead of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, according to the organizers on Friday....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Taoyuan City government said on Friday that it has initiated a special mechanism to assist workers of U.S. dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip supplier Micron Technology, Inc. and Taiwan tire brand Federal Corp. after the two co...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Nearly 80 percent of people of Taiwanese are in favor of a recent extension of compulsory military service to one year, a survey published on Friday found....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court's Kaohsiung Branch Court on Wednesday ruled against Kaohsiung's Public Works Bureau (PWB), awarding more than NT$4 million in state compensation to the family of a Chinese man who was electrocuted and ki...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan moved lower Friday with selling sparked by losses incurred on U.S. markets overnight amid renewed concerns over an aggressive Federal Reserve and its current rate hike cycle, in the wake of the latest higher-than-exp...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Premier Chen Chien-jen () was forced to postpone his address to the Legislative Yuan at the start of its new session Friday due to a boycott by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) over the government's handling of a range of issues....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) U.K.-based Corio Generation and French-based TotalEnergies, two of the world's leading offshore wind and renewable energy developers, have signed a joint venture partnership to develop planned Formosa 3 offshore wind farms in Tai...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Temperatures were rising around Taiwan on Friday as a cold air mass weakened and were likely to remain high over the next two days before giving way to cooler weather as northeasterly winds pick up on Sunday, the Central Weather Bure...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Friday are as follows:...

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.360 at 10 a.m. Friday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.080 from the previous close....

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 46.75 points at 15,503.75 Friday on turnover of NT$2.65 billion (US$87.28 million)....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) A man in Changhua County has fully recovered without any side effects from a rare medical condition called transient global amnesia after suffering an overwhelming loss of memory for three hours recently, according to Chang Hua Hospi...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Taiwan Shilin District Court on Thursday sentenced a former trainee at the National Security Bureau (NSB) to three years and eight months in prison for leaking the identities of intelligence agents....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The National Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed Thursday that two of Chunghwa Telecom's undersea data cables linking Taiwan and the Matsu Islands were accidentally severed by passing vessels earlier this month....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Visiting Belizean First Lady Rossana Briceo, the country's Special Envoy for the Development of Families and Children, said on Thursday that her country is a big supporter of Taiwan's right to freedom and democracy....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Some adjustments to co-payments for emergency care and prescription drugs covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) may take effect as early as April, the head of the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) said Thursday...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Eleven Taiwanese entities are among the top 100 global innovators, according to the 2023 list by global information services provider Clarivate Analytics, which provides insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Taiwan-based nongovernmental organization Mustard Seed Mission (MSM) on Thursday said relief supplies donated to Syria following the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake will be delivered via Lebanon....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Taiwan's military found the wreckage of a suspected Chinese weather balloon on one of its offshore frontline islets near China early on Thursday....

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Taiwan continues to...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) Taiwan female tennis players Latisha Chan ( ) and Chan Hao-ching () were knocked out of the women-only Qatar Total Open's doubles on Wednesday local time after losing in the quarterfinals to the second-seeded pair of Lyudmyla Kic...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) In a reversal of a statement that made headline news in Chinese-language speaking communities around the world, the former agent of Taiwanese entertainment icon Liu Wen-cheng () said on Thursday that the reclusive star is not dead as...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The Navy on Thursday held a launch ceremony in Yilan County for its third domestically built Tuo Chiang-class corvette, naming it the...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) A 40-strong contingent from a search and rescue team deployed by Taiwan to earthquake-struck Turkey was welcomed back to Pingtung late Wednesday, where they recounted their search for survivors in a city where 70-80 percent of buildi...