Taipei: EasyCard users can now automatically top up their cards when taking buses in Taipei and New Taipei, EasyCard Corp. said Friday. The service applies to EasyCards linked to credit cards, debit cards, or bank accounts, the Taipei-based company sa…
Tainan: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin I-chin was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for defrauding more than NT$14 million (US$439,000) in assistant subsidies. The 56-year-old lawmaker was convicted by the Tainan District …
Taichung: Around 1,300 tonnes of cooking oil products have been recalled after they were found to contain excessive levels of benzopyrene, a carcinogenic compound, a Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) official said Thursday. The affected soy-b…
Taipei: Taiwan will consider a limited relaxation of controls on access to the morning-after pill, taking Japan as a reference, Health Minister Shih Chung-liang said Thursday amid backlash over recently proposed contraception sales restrictions. The p…
Miaoli: A woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for killing her two children, a 9-year-old boy and an infant daughter, amid a custody dispute with her husband during divorce talks, authorities said.
According to Focus Taiwan, the Miaoli…
Taipei: Soybean salad oil products sold by three different companies in Taiwan are being recalled after a batch was found to contain excessive levels of a carcinogenic substance, Taiwan’s food and drug regulator said Wednesday.
According to Focus Ta…
