Taipei: The Taipei District Court ruled on Thursday that Ko Wen-je, the former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) leader who is currently detained on corruption charges, may contact family members until March 10 on compassionate grounds. The ruling came into effect on the same day. According to Focus Taiwan, Ko had

Taipei: For the relatives of the Feb. 28 Incident victims, injustice continues to loom. The statue of former dictator Chiang Kai-shek still dominates the memorial hall dedicated to him in Taipei, despite continuing calls for it to be torn down. “That’s the biggest ordeal,” says Yang Chen-long, whose uncle was

Keelung: Environmental activists on Wednesday vowed to take legal action against Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) over plans to convert an oil-fired power plant into a gas-fired facility approved by the Ministry of Environment (MOENV) earlier that day. The “Protect Waimushan Seashore Action Group” claimed on social media that Taipower violated

Kaohsiung: Investigators in a Kaohsiung serial murder and dismemberment case confirmed on Thursday that tissue from the head of a suspected third victim has been discovered at the Port of Kaohsiung. Yan Chih-hao, commander of the Kaohsiung City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, told the press that forensic results from

Taipei: The government pledged on Thursday to reduce standardized mortality rates for chronic diseases related to high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol by one-third by 2030. In a presentation to a Presidential Office committee, Deputy Health Minister Chou Jih-haw emphasized that these chronic diseases are among the

Taipei: Boxing, a sport in which Taiwan won three medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has taken a crucial step toward returning to the 2028 Los Angeles Games following a recent decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC announced Wednesday that its executive board had granted World Boxing