Taipei: Taiwan is set to receive all High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) it has purchased from the United States next year, earlier than scheduled, according to a Ministry of Defense (MND) written report to the Legislative Yuan. According to Focus Taiwan, the MND’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2025
Hsinchu City: Hsinchu City Councilor Chen Chih-hsiung has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty by a district court of embezzling public funds. According to Focus Taiwan, Chen, of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), fraudulently claimed around NT$2.79 million (US$84,574) by registering two acquaintances as phantom assistants. The
Hualien County: Sixteen mountaineers stranded in a cabin on Qilai East Ridge in Hualien County were airlifted to safety by the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) Thursday morning, according to local authorities. According to Focus Taiwan, the NASC helicopters were unable to retrieve the body of a deceased mountaineer surnamed
Taipei: More than 40 Taiwanese citizens are currently under investigation for allegedly possessing Chinese identity cards, with 14 individuals already receiving notification that their Taiwanese household registrations and other documents will be revoked, stated Taiwan’s Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang at a press conference on Thursday. According to Focus Taiwan, during
Taipei: The families of eight victims have filed state compensation claims related to an elementary school baseball coach who allegedly molested dozens of children over a six-year period, the Taichung City government announced. The allegations have cast a spotlight on the school and local officials’ handling of the case. According
Taipei: The Ministry of Labor (MOL) is set to amend work regulations that would allow foreign students, including those of Taiwanese descent, who graduated from a Taiwanese university to work in six types of jobs categorized by the ministry as “intermediate-skilled” jobs. The planned revisions represent an interdepartmental effort to
