Taipei: Taiwan’s Legislature has recently passed an amendment that expands the eligibility for priority seats on public transportation, traditionally reserved for the elderly and people with disabilities, to include all individuals with actual needs. According to Focus Taiwan, the amendment to Article 53 of the People with Disabilities Rights Protection

Taipei: A joint initiative between Taiwan’s foreign and culture ministries to promote Taiwan’s soft power in 2025 will end with National Palace Museum (NPM) exhibitions and performance arts troupes touring Europe, a Taiwanese diplomat said Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, the 2025 “Taiwan Cultural Year in Europe” launched by the

Taipei: Taipei’s Department of Environmental Protection fined the organizer of the 2025 S2O Songkran Music Festival NT$45,000 (US$1,537) on Tuesday after receiving 55 noise complaints from residents related to the festival. The event took place at Dajia Riverside Park in Taipei on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 10

Taipei: Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) said Tuesday it plans to release the first version of its “sovereign AI language database” in the fourth quarter of this year. The release will be based on licensing terms for the training corpus — the body of data used to train the

Taipei: Taiwan’s urban resilience drills, featuring air raid alerts, public evacuation maneuvers, and disaster relief drills, kicked off Tuesday in the municipalities of central Taiwan. These included Miaoli County, Taichung, Nantou County, and Changhua County. According to Focus Taiwan, in these regions, air raid alerts sounded at 1:30 p.m., upon

Taipei: A tropical depression currently located east of the Philippines may intensify into a tropical storm named Wipha by Friday, although its trajectory remains uncertain, as reported by Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, the tropical depression is rapidly developing and is predicted to navigate