Kaohsiung: Two Filipino students enrolled at a technology university in Kaohsiung were killed in a scooter crash in the southern Taiwan city’s Cijin District early Sunday morning, local police said. According to Focus Taiwan, the police from the Gushan Precinct of the Kaohsiung City Police Department reported that one of

Taipei: The Central Weather Administration (CWA) has predicted localized heavy rain in southern Taiwan on Sunday, marking the end of the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend. The weather update, released at 11 a.m., indicates that southern Taiwan will experience brief showers or thundershowers due to a cloud system moving northward.

Taipei: A reciprocal working holiday program between Taiwan and Israel, allowing up to 200 young people from each country to live and work in the other for up to a year, is now open for applications, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Sunday. According to Focus Taiwan, the program

Taipei: A motorcyclist was issued 26 traffic tickets totaling NT$36,000 (US$1,202) and referred to prosecutors for suspected public endangerment during a street racing crackdown in Taoyuan early Saturday, the city’s police department said Sunday. According to Focus Taiwan, Chang Wen-cheng, head of the Yangmei Precinct’s traffic division, reported that the

Taipei: The pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union has officially changed its name to the Taiwan Solidarity Party, party Chairwoman Chou Ni-an announced on Sunday. According to Focus Taiwan, Chou and members of her party had applied to change the political party’s official name. Chou confirmed on Sunday that the party approved

Taipei: Students raised concerns Sunday about accountability for centralized phone storage at schools and whether school affairs councils would honor democratically reached decisions, during a Ministry of Education (MOE) forum on a draft policy for managing mobile phone use in schools. According to Focus Taiwan, the draft policy, announced in