Taipei: Taiwan’s government on Sunday extended its congratulations to Singapore in completing the latest round of general elections that saw the long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) win another landslide victory. Led by new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who has been in power for a year, the PAP won a resounding

Taipei: Hsu Li-nung, a former Republic of China (Taiwan) military general and minister of veterans affairs, passed away on Sunday at the age of 106. According to Focus Taiwan, Hsu died at Taipei Veterans General Hospital at 6:13 a.m., as confirmed by a source familiar with the matter. The cause

Taoyuan: Four Vietnamese nationals were discovered dead in an apartment in Taoyuan, in a case currently under investigation as a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, as reported by the police on Sunday. According to Focus Taiwan, the Taoyuan Police Department’s Yangmei Precinct was alerted around 10 p.m. on Saturday to check

Penghu: The sea in a southern coastal area of Penghu took on a faint red color as the tiny eggs of coral reefs were released, according to one of the island county’s townships. According to Focus Taiwan, in a post on its Facebook page, the Cimei Township Office said it

Taipei: Taiwan has detected ractopamine in imported pork for the first time since it lifted restrictions in 2021, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) confirmed earlier this week. According to Focus Taiwan, the TFDA’s pork monitoring dashboard reported that a shipment from Australia on April 29, totaling 22.99 metric

Taoyuan: A fire at a factory in Taoyuan’s Luzhu District sent thick smoke drifting over Taoyuan International Airport on Sunday morning but did not disrupt flight operations, according to local authorities. The Taoyuan International Airport Corp. confirmed that despite the smoke being visible from inside the terminal, all takeoffs and