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Taiwanese bamboo carving master passes away

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Bamboo carving master Chen Chun-ming (陳春明) passed away on Tuesday (Feb. 27) at age 83, per CNA . According to a press release by the Ministry of Culture (MOC), Culture ...

Taiwan National Human Rights Museum announces sites of injustice marking system

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan National Human Rights Museum (NHRM) held an unveiling ceremony for its sites of injustice marking system on Monday (Feb. 26), per a press release by the Ministr...

Taiwanese drama scholar posthumously awarded certificate of commemoration

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Culture (MOC) presented a certificate of commendation to honor Taiwanese drama scholar Hu Yao-heng (胡耀恆) on Monday (Feb. 26), according to a press release....

Taiwanese film screened at Australian LGBT film festival

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese film "Who’ll Stop the Rain" was screened at the 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF) in Sydney on Thursday (Feb. 15), per the Ministry of Culture...

Taiwan National Museum of History completes 5 years of renovations

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Museum of History in Taipei City marks the end of five years of renovation work with calligraphy and architecture shows, reports said Wednesday (Feb. 7). T...

New Taiwan history exhibition opens in Tainan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Tainan’s National Museum of Taiwan History’s (NMTH) new “Transcending 1624—Taiwan and the World” opened on Thursday (Feb. 1) to the public, p...

Taiwan Control Yuan to audit culture ministry over funding concerns

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Control Yuan approved an audit on Monday (Jan. 22) for the Ministry of Culture (MOC) because its public art budget has been monopolized by a handful of contractors. ...

Ministry of Culture distributes ‘Culture Points’ to youth

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Culture (MOC) distributed NT$1,200 (US$38) in cash handouts to be used on cultural activities for youth ages 16-22 beginning on Saturday (Jan. 20). A pr...

The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects and Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Planning, Design and Construction Platform signed a Memorandum of Cooperation

Jointly raise the standard of Qianhai’s planning and design industry and promote exchange of talents and knowledgeHONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 January 2024 - The Hong Kong Institute o...

Postwar Taiwanese painter Chen Yin-hui passes away at 93

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese renowned painter Chen Yin-hui (陳銀輝) passed away on Monday (Jan. 8) at age 93, reported CNA. Chen was born in Lucao Township, Chiayi County in 1931 and graduat...

HKU Engineering researchers develop a soft colour-changing system that may lead to revolutionary optical devices

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 25 September 2023 - Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) designed an innovative pixalated soft colour-changing system called Morphable Concavity Array (Mo...

Taiwan submits horror comedy ‘Marry My Dead Body’ to Oscars

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan is sending the horror comedy hit “Marry My Dead Body” to compete for an Oscar in the best international feature category, the Ministry of Culture said W...

China imposes anti-dumping duty on polycarbonate imports from Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Monday (Aug. 14) it will impose an anti-dumping duty on polycarbonate imports from Taiwan. China will levy interim a...

China launches probe into Taiwan’s trade practices

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Wednesday (April 12) a “trade barrier” investigation into 2,455 commodities it says Taiwan is restricting...

Taiwan Ministry of Culture vouchers not valid for foreign movies

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The arts vouchers the Ministry of Culture (MOC) plans to distribute to young people can be used to watch movies, but only Taiwanese ones, reports said Thursday (March 2). ...