Taipei: One of the newborn orangutan twins born at Taipei Zoo earlier this week died early Wednesday, while its sibling remained in critical condition in intensive care, according to the

Taipei: The Cabinet on Thursday proposed an average 4 percent pay increase for active-duty military personnel, civil servants, and public school teachers. It also proposed a monthly allowance of NT$2,000

Tainan: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin I-chin was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for defrauding more than NT$14 million (US$439,000) in assistant subsidies. The 56-year-old lawmaker was

Taichung: Around 1,300 tonnes of cooking oil products have been recalled after they were found to contain excessive levels of benzopyrene, a carcinogenic compound, a Taiwan Food and Drug Administration

Taipei: Taiwan will consider a limited relaxation of controls on access to the morning-after pill, taking Japan as a reference, Health Minister Shih Chung-liang said Thursday amid backlash over recently

Miaoli: A woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for killing her two children, a 9-year-old boy and an infant daughter, amid a custody dispute with her husband

Taipei: Soybean salad oil products sold by three different companies in Taiwan are being recalled after a batch was found to contain excessive levels of a carcinogenic substance, Taiwan’s food

Taipei: A tropical depression east of Guam has intensified into Tropical Storm Bavi as of early Thursday, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA). The storm’s potential threat to Taiwan

Taipei: Two tropical depressions, one situated near Guam and another in the South China Sea, are likely to intensify into tropical storms within the next 24 hours, according to the