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Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.262 at 11 a.m. Thursday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, down NT$0.046 from the previous close.(By Christie Chen)Enditem...

Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened up 41.57 points at 15,474.46 Thursday on turnover of NT$3.063 billion (US$100.95 million)....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday amended its internal rules governing the nomination of party candidates, barring members who have been charged with involvement in organized crime or other illegal activities, or di...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The President and First Lady of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez and Silvana Lopez Moreira presented a cooking demonstration Wednesday dressed as chefs, at an event to promote Paraguayan meat products and investment opportunities....

Taipei Feb. 15 (CNA) In a report published Wednesday, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) estimated that the production value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry this year will drop by 5.6 percent, with IC design the worst-performing se...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) An Indian curry powder product was found to contain a banned carcinogenic pesticide, the Consumers' Foundation Chinese Taipei (CFCT) said Wednesday, calling for regulators to take action to address the issue....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Turkey's top envoy to Taiwan Muhammed Berdibek on Wednesday thanked the people of Taiwan after thousands donated winter clothes and other necessities to help the victims of Feb. 6's earthquake....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The reduced import duty on materials used to produce 75-percent alcohol products used as sanitizers or disinfectants has been extended for another six months, the Customs Administration said in a statement Wednesday....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Former Taiwanese Mandopop superstar Liu Wen-cheng () passed away at 69 last year in the U.S., the late singer's agent Xia Yu-shun ( ) confirmed Wednesday in a press statement....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's government has approved a request by the Taipei City Government to invite a delegation of officials from Shanghai to attend the Taiwan Lantern Festival and learn about municipal policies, in what would be the first visit...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Two migrant workers from Vietnam have been found guilty of robbery of another Vietnamese national in Changhua County and carrying a dangerous weapon and sentenced to jail terms of between three and eight years....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Taiwanese runner Tommy Chen () completed the 700-kilometer Yukon Arctic Ultra on Tuesday with a time of 10 days, 6 hours and 4 minutes, finishing in fourth place overall....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) came under heavy pressure, plunging by more than 3.6 percent at the end of Wednesday's session after it was reported that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had cu...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai () was in Taiwan Tuesday for the first time in a decade to attend the digital premiere of the 1989 classic film...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Wednesday are as follows:...

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.305 at 10 a.m. Wednesday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, up NT$0.090 from the previous close....

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened down 156.81 points at 15,497.67 Wednesday on turnover of NT$3.95 billion (US$130.39 million)....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Keisal Peters, who is currently visiting Taiwan for the first time, said on Tuesday she would give relations between the two countries an...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) A 27-year-old inmate was arrested in New Taipei on Tuesday after failing to return to prison in Hualien following an approved temporary release....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The online film festival, MyFrenchFilmFestival (MyFFF) will conclude at midnight Tuesday after a one-month run in Taiwan....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The Cabinet will later this week consider a proposal to increase the number of households eligible for mortgage subsidies in the wake of four interest rate hikes by the central bank last year, according to a Cabinet source with knowl...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) A reading room with over 40 books by authors from St. Vincent and the Grenadines was officially opened by the Caribbean nation's embassy in Taipei Tuesday....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan staged a rebound Tuesday after slumping a session earlier on buying ignited by a rally on markets in the United States overnight, dealers said....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Foreign Minister Keisal Peters and Belize first lady Rossana Briceno met separately with President Tsai Ing-wen () on Tuesday in Taipei, ahead of their participation in a forum on women's empowermen...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a woman in Kaohsiung sentenced to seven years and six months in prison over the death of her 5-month-old child, who was left home alone for two days in 2019....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) A shipment of designer-brand chopsticks from China was recently seized at Taiwan's border after being found to contain the residue of a banned coloring agent, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Visiting Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Bentez said that his trip is intended to review bilateral cooperation and renew commitments, after his arrival in Taiwan on Tuesday, as both states mark the 66th anniversary of their official ...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Work on fully double-tracking the rail line connecting Hualien and Taitung counties in eastern Taiwan will commence next month, the Railway Bureau said Tuesday....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Taiwan will remove all border restrictions imposed on Hong Kong and Macau residents during the COVID-19 period on Feb. 20, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Tuesday....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar Tuesday, shedding NT$0.023 to close at NT$30.215....

Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended up 110.2 points, or 0.71 percent, at 15,654.48 Tuesday on turnover of NT$177.659 billion (US$5.88 billion)....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has named Shin Chi-chih () as its new envoy to the Republic of Cte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast, as the ministry is preparing to reopen its representative office in the West African c...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Taiwan reported 20,511 new cases of COVID-19 and 36 deaths from the disease on Tuesday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Taiwan's military on Tuesday said all Chinese balloons detected in Taiwan's airspace to date were weather balloons and did not pose a security threat that justified shooting them down....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The search and rescue team dispatched by Taiwan to southeastern Turkey after the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake has donated four metric tons of disaster relief equipment to its Turkish counterpart....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) A cold front sent temperatures plummeting in northern Taiwan early Tuesday, with Cape Fugui on Taiwan's northern tip recording the island's lowest temperature for a non-mountainous area, according to the Central Weather Burea...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Tuesday are as follows:...

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.197 at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, down NT$0.041 from the previous close....

Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened up 40.46 points at 15,584.74 Tuesday on turnover of NT$2.12 billion (US$70.21 million)....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Taiwan is turning the focus of its COVID-19 response to future vaccine rollouts and the possible lifting of mandatory isolation for infected individuals, the head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Monday....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) The members of Taiwan's Poultry Association have agreed to raise the wholesale price of domestically-produced eggs by NT$2 to N$52 (US$1.71) per 600 grams, according to the Council of Agriculture (COA)....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday announced the recall of 10,000 doses of Targocid, a drug used to treat infective endocarditis....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Several NBA stars are set to take to the court in Taiwan this summer as New Taipei's Xinzhuang Gymnasium hosts warm-up for three national teams ahead of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup....

Seoul, Feb. 13 (CNA) Korea has appointed Lee Eun-ho, the most recent president of the Korean Security Agency of Trade and Industry (KOSTI), as the country's new top representative to Taiwan, a source told CNA Monday....

Shanghai, Feb. 13 (CNA) Opposition Kuomintang Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (), who is leading a delegation on a visit to China, said Monday in Shanghai that the delegation had achieved the three main goals of its trip and expected more such exchanges in the ...

Kaohsiung, Feb. 13 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen () and Premier Chen Chien-jen () were among the thousands of people who gathered in Kaohsiung Monday for the funeral of Hsing Yun (), the founder of the Fo Guang Shan (FGS) Buddhist organization....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Chen Kuei-ru () bagged Taiwan's second medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with silver in the men's 60 meters hurdles final Sunday in Astana, Kazakhstan....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Monday, gaining NT$0.102 to close at NT$30.238....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Taiwan reported 12,657 new cases of COVID-19 and 54 deaths from the disease on Monday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)....

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended down 42.37 points, or 0.27 percent, at 15,544.28 Monday on turnover of NT$176.5 billion (US$5.83 billion)....