Taipei: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSR) said Tuesday that its ridership reached 7.352 million passengers in October, setting a new monthly record as travel demand surged during three consecutive long weekends. According to Focus Taiwan, extended holidays for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Oct. 6), National Day (Oct. 10), and Retrocession

Taipei: Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions slugger Lin An-ko, the only Taiwanese player among the three finalists for the 2025 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) regular season MVP, has exercised his overseas free agency option. The league announced Lin’s decision on Monday, making him the second CPBL player this offseason to explore

Taipei: A woman was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for attacking a high school student with a box cutter on the Taipei Metro in 2024, after the New Taipei District Court found she suffered from schizophrenia, according to the written judgment released Tuesday. According to Focus

Taipei: A traditional, protein-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax, targeting the JN.1 variant, will become available next Wednesday to those eligible for free vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, Taiwan recorded 1,398 outpatient visits for COVID-19 from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, a

Taipei: A tropical depression east of the Philippines is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Fung-wong as early as Wednesday, with its potential impact on Taiwan still being monitored, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said Tuesday. According to Focus Taiwan, the system is forecast to intensify into a typhoon before

Taipei: A group of 16 Australia-bound Young Agricultural Ambassadors was presented with Taiwan’s flag by Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung at a ceremony in Taipei on Tuesday. Addressing the event, Lin said the ambassadors, selected for their expertise in biotechnology, recreational farming, and organic fertilizers, will have multiple exchanges with Australian