Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles eastern Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook eastern Taiwan's Hu...

Taiwan ex-Defense Minister to pay compensation to ministry over wrongful execution

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Former Defense Minister Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏) and fou...

Taiwan names Vice Premier as Cabinet head of information security

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) will serve concurre...

Taiwan to provide US$500,000 in humanitarian aid to Venezuela

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s envoy to the United States Stanley K...

Democracy activist warns Taiwanese could be extradited from Hong Kong to China

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Changes in Hong Kong legislation to facilitate the ...

Food Safety & Health

Taiwan COA: Pork sample from Vietnam tests positive for African Swine Fever

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) has ann...

Travelers caught smuggling meat into Thailand could face jail sentence

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Thailand has introduced heavy punishments for trave...

Man clings to car hood for 8 km before falling to death in N. Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A man angry to find his wife with her lover inside a car...

Taiwan News Weekly Roundup

Taiwan News Weekly Roundup - February 15

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –Top news this week includes Taiwan's China Airli...

Sports & Entertainment

Upcoming Events in Taipei, February 16-24

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As always there are tons of interesting events happ...

Food Safety & Health

Taiwan influenza cases decline over LNY holidays, but doctors warn 'flu season not yet over'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – There was a slight decline in flu cases reported across northern Taiwan...

2019/02/15 16:42

Sports & Entertainment

Taiwan director Ang Lee joins revolt against Oscars schedule

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Award-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee (李安) has joined the ranks of H...

2019/02/15 16:37

Politics

Taiwan govt. apologizes for placing Philippine flag in state of war at airport

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The Ministry of Labor (MOL) today issued a statement yesterday (Feb. 14) apo...

2019/02/15 15:33

World

China to buy more semiconductors from U.S. to end trade war

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China was likely to buy more semiconductors from the United States in a...

2019/02/15 15:31

Business

AIT: Taiwan is a 'super-innovator' in technology, digital economy

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) published a Facebook post Thursd...

2019/02/15 15:22

World

UEFA charges Valencia's Kondogbia for deliberate yellow card

1.	Trump's national emergency sparks new GOP divide in Congress
2.	Washington state snow plow rage: 2 plow drivers threatened
3.	Space junk harpooned like whale in orbit-cleanup test
4.	Justices to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship
5.	66 killed in Nigerian state before presidential election

Politics

Taiwan ex-Defense Minister to pay compensation to ministry over wrongful execution

1.	Taiwan names Vice Premier as Cabinet head of information security
2.	Taiwan to provide US$500,000 in humanitarian aid to Venezuela
3.	Democracy activist warns Taiwanese could be extradited from Hong Kong to China
4.	Taiwan govt. apologizes for placing Philippine flag in state of war at airport
5.	President Tsai meets new Marshallese ambassador to Taiwan

Business

AIT: Taiwan is a 'super-innovator' in technology, digital economy

1.	Taiwanese-American recruited to U.S. program for innovators
2.	Google to provide free Wi-Fi in the Philippines
3.	Japan open to Taiwan's CPTPP bid, urges it to solicit more support
4.	Tsai: government will undertake 3 key tasks to bolster Taiwan's SMEs
5.	Taiwan tops the world in IC wafer fabrication capacity 2018

Society

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles eastern Taiwan

1.	Man clings to car hood for 8 km before falling to death in N. Taiwan
2.	120 cases reported of foreigners working illegally in New Taipei hospitals over 5 years
3.	Supermoon to illuminate Taiwan Lantern Festival
4.	Taiwan's China Airlines pilot strike officially ends
5.	Pilot strike at Taiwan’s China Airlines set to end

Culture

2019 Taiwan International Orchid Show to grace Tainan in March

1.	Landmark String Quartet: bringing fun to Classical music in Taiwan and beyond
2.	2019 Taipei book fair kicks off with emphasis on freedom and democracy
3.	Taiwan’s Grand Matsu Temple rolls out love lottery poetry service in English
4.	Germany’s participation in Taipei book fair a 'political statement,' says German envoy to Taiwan
5.	Old British Consulate in Taiwan's Kaohsiung a remnant of a lost era

Editorial

DPP learns a hard lesson from the Taiwanese voters

1.	The audacity of Xi Jinping and the coming collapse of China
2.	Editorial: Taiwan National Women’s League chooses path of self-destruction
3.	Editorial: Taiwan can further intensify its links with Duterte’s Philippines
4.	Editorial: Trump and Xi should stay away from imperial overreach
5.	Editorial: Taiwan Premier William Lai off to a fast and forthright start

Opinion

Liberal Democracy or Communist Totalitarianism: the battle for Taiwan's future has already begun

1.	What ‘One Country Two Systems’ would really mean for Taiwan
2.	The time is right for Canada to switch diplomatic recognition from Communist China to Taiwan
3.	Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s defeat is already emerging
4.	For Taiwan tourism, Hualien is a great catch
5.	Who says Taiwanese businessmen in China shouldn't have a say?

Travel & Cuisine

Taiwanese celebrate Valentine’s Day with coffee

1.	2019 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival shuttle bus schedule and traffic control announced
2.	Most favorite souvenirs to bring back from Taiwan for Southeast Asian visitors
3.	Taipei's 2019 Yangmingshan Flower Festival to kick off on Friday
4.	Traffic controls to be imposed for Yangmingshan flower festival
5.	Qingshan Waterfall Trail in New Taipei offers magnificent views and delightful hiking experience

New Immigrants

Migrant worker 2018 remittances to top US$3 billion: Central Bank of Taiwan

1.	Exhibition in central Taiwan to feature a week-long program by Vietnamese performers
2.	Taipei ranked 1st in InterNations Expat City Ranking
3.	Taiwan extends relaxed punishment for foreigners who overstay visa
4.	Pop singer opens Malaysian restaurant and launches debut album
5.	Japan to increase foreign workers over next five years, Taiwan labor force may be affected

Sports & Entertainment

Taiwan director Ang Lee joins revolt against Oscars schedule

1.	Upcoming Events in Taipei, February 16-24
2.	Taiwan's Chan sisters reach women's doubles quarter-finals at Qatar Total Open
3.	Ping-pong diplomacy: volunteer finds inspiration in St. Lucia
4.	Taiwan claw crane craze
5.	Celeb moments were plentiful at the Super Bowl

Environment

World Pangolin Day Comes Amid Alarming Number of Seizures

1.	Chinese Experts Urge Thais to Celebrate Lunar New Year with No Shark Fin
2.	Taiwan to see partial lunar and solar eclipses in 2019
3.	Taiwan Lunar New Year holiday weather to turn cold and humid Thursday night
4.	Weather picks up in Taiwan, sunny skies Wednesday, Thursday
5.	Greenpeace warns about environmental impact of 'fast fashion'

Food Safety & Health

Taiwan COA: Pork sample from Vietnam tests positive for African Swine Fever

1.	Taiwan influenza cases decline over LNY holidays, but doctors warn 'flu season not yet over'
2.	New measles case confirmed in Greater Taipei: CDC
3.	Flu still at peak season in Taiwan: CDC
4.	Arrival of cell therapy in Taiwan could help cancer patients
5.	China reveals new case of African swine fever

Taiwan News Weekly Roundup

Taiwan News Weekly Roundup - February 15

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Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: 'Miniature Life Exhibition' in Taipei

1.	Photo of the Day: Taiwan sign spotted in Flushing LNR parade
2.	Photo of the Day: 1960s tourist map of Taiwan
3.	Photo of the Day: Venezuelans rally for Juan Guaidó in Taipei
4.	Photo of the Day: 'Do not accept Taiwan'
5.	Photo of the Day: Hot 'dogs?' in New Taipei

2018 SmartCitySummit

Taipei City comes to life as a 'Smart City'

1.	Governors, experts gather in Taipei to talk about how to build a Smart City
2.	2018 Smart City Summit & Expo highlights solutions for building smart city from around the world
3.	Universal Smart City Congress discusses smart futures in Taiwan
4.	Taipei seeks to establish a global organization of Smart Cities
5.	Connecting cars and IoT at Taipei Smart City Summit