Kaohsiung: Kaohsiung immigration officials announced Wednesday the rescue of five Thai nationals who were deceived into illegal work in Taiwan, revealing that their passports were among 47 seized from an international human trafficking syndicate. The …
Taipei: A diabolo instructor facing a 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for recruiting spies for China was sentenced in two separate cases to 12 years and eight months on Wednesday for leaking sensitive information to China. The Taipei District Court…
Tainan: Taijiang National Park in Tainan has announced the implementation of traffic controls to safeguard mangrove land crabs during their peak breeding and migration seasons, between July and September. The initiative aims to prevent the crabs from …
Taitung: Taitung County Councilor Wang You-li (???) has been indicted for fraudulently claiming more than NT$4.68 million (US$145,000) in public assistant subsidies through fake staffing arrangements, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Banqiao: A man was arrested for robbing the Bannan branch of Taishin International Bank in Banqiao District, New Taipei, with a pair of scissors on Wednesday, police said. The robbery was reported at around 10:15 a.m., according to the New Taipei City…
Batanes: A traditional Indigenous boat that departed from Orchid Island (Lanyu) on Monday arrived in the Philippine archipelago of Batanes on Tuesday afternoon, according to Maraos, a board director of the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation. The O…
