Taipei: Central and southern Taiwan are bracing for increasingly heavy rainfall from Sunday night through Friday, as a low-pressure system and southwesterly winds converge over the region. According to Focus Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) forecaster Liu Pei-teng reported that Tropical Storm Co-May, which had weakened into a low-pressure

Taipei: A visiting U.S.-based Chinese human rights advocate called on Taiwanese people on Sunday to gain a better understanding of China’s true face, after observing votes held around Taiwan on whether or not to recall 24 Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers. Sophie Shengchun Luo, who is the wife of jailed Chinese rights

Hsinchu county: A 45-year-old man surnamed Chuang drowned Sunday while river tracing at Shuanglong Waterfall in Hsinchu County, local police said, adding that the cause of the accident was still being investigated. According to Focus Taiwan, the incident occurred Sunday morning during a river tracing activity organized by a local

Tokyo: A choir competition in Tokyo removed Taiwan’s flag on Saturday and changed the name under which Taiwanese teams competed after a Chinese complaint before deciding to remove all flags of competing nations on Sunday to appease protests over its decisions. The incident transpired on the second day of the