Taipei: Taiwan’s Hakka Affairs Council (HAC) has strongly condemned what it describes as Chinese pressure on the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) after organizers unilaterally renamed the National Taiwan Hakka Children’s Choir to the “China Taiw…
Taipei: “The Wedding Banquet: A New Musical,” inspired by director Ang Lee’s acclaimed 1993 film, will return to Taipei’s National Theater in September for its final performances in Taiwan before continuing its international development, according to …
Taipei: Typhoon Mekkhala is likely to come closest to Taiwan on Thursday, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA), which forecast localized rain or thundershowers in western and northeastern parts of the country for that day.
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Taipei: Taiwan will not consider legalizing euthanasia but instead try to improve long-term care and palliative services, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) said Monday amid renewed public debate over assisted dying. The MOHW staked out its pos…
Taipei: A man suspected of carrying out a knife attack on a professional Taiwanese baseball team cheerleader has been ordered detained after a Taipei court approved a detention request filed by prosecutors on Sunday. The Shilin District Court approved…
Kaohsiung: When Taiwanese scholar Chang Shoou-huey discovered a 350-year-old travelogue of Taiwan written in an obsolete form of German, she saw a unique opportunity to apply her specialized training. According to Focus Taiwan, this moment came in 202…
