Taipei: Several flights between Taiwan and Okinawa will be changed on Friday due to tropical storm Mekkhala approaching the Ryukyu Islands, airlines said Thursday. EVA Air announced its BR112/113 flights

Taipei: The Jiji railway line, a popular sightseeing branch line connecting Changhua and Nantou counties in Central Taiwan, resumed full operations on Thursday. Service on the branch line was suspended

Tainan: Torrential rain caused widespread flooding and landslides across Taiwan on Thursday, stranding residents, disrupting traffic, and prompting work and school suspensions in several cities and counties. In Tainan’s mountainous

Taipei: The Cabinet on Thursday proposed denying parole to repeat DUI offenders who re-offend within a five-year period and those convicted of felonies, including child abuse, who are sentenced to

London: Taiwanese Irwin mangoes have recently made their debut in the United Kingdom, drawing favorable reactions from British consumers who sampled the fruit at a Taiwanese specialty supermarket in London.

Taipei: The Taiwan High Court on Thursday reduced the prison sentences of three former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staffers convicted of passing classified information to Chinese intelligence agents and acquitted

Hualien: Residents of seven areas in Hualien County’s Fenglin and Wanrong townships will be evacuated on Thursday, after a flood alert was issued for a barrier lake in the upper

Kaohsiung: Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Shao-ting will be removed from office and barred from November’s local elections after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction for assistant fee fraud on Wednesday.

Taipei: Parts of southern Taiwan are forecast to receive heavy rain on Thursday, as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) has predicted localized heavy rain beginning early in the morning, with