Taipei: Taiwan’s Executive Yuan announced on Thursday its decision to distribute NT$10,000 cash handouts to Taiwanese citizens, reversing its earlier stance against the measure proposed by opposition lawmakers. According to Focus Taiwan, the Cabinet had initially dismissed the idea of issuing NT$10,000 (US$333) per citizen, citing concerns that the payouts

Taipei: Shares in Taiwan closed lower on Thursday as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) pulled back from a historical high reached in the previous session. This retreat followed losses in TSMC’s American depository receipts (ADRs) on U.S. markets overnight. According to Focus Taiwan, the Taiex, Taiwan Stock Exchange’s weighted index,

Taipei: Twenty-three-year-old Nguy?n Th? Hi?n, from Vietnam, on Thursday won the top prize at the 10th Taiwan Literature Awards for Migrants with her work “The Rooftop Barber Shop,” along with NT$150,000 (US$5,005.67) in prize money. According to Focus Taiwan, the story centers on A-mei, a Vietnamese woman who runs a

Taipei: Acclaimed Mandopop singer A-Mei will be performing on Sept. 6 at the Taipei Dome to celebrate the retirement of Taiwanese baseball player Ngayaw Ake’, according to the athlete’s team Wei Chuan Dragons on Thursday. According to Focus Taiwan, A-Mei’s performance will take place on day two of the three-day

Pyeongtaek: Two Taiwan nationals arrested in South Korea for illegally filming U.S. military aircraft and facilities have been sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years. The court handed down the sentence after considering that the two men, one in his 40s and the other

Taipei: The Taiwan High Court on Thursday upheld the prison terms of three former servicemen in an espionage case, while slightly reducing the sentence of another following appeals. According to Focus Taiwan, Lai Chung-yu, Chen Wen-hao, Lin Yu-kai, and Li Yu-erh had appealed that their sentences be reduced under Article