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Dust settles on 3 Taiwan presidential candidates

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan now has three official presidential candidates. This follows the Friday (Nov. 24) registration of the Kuomintang's (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友...

Memorial service held for Taiwan pundit Ken Chou

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A memorial service for Taiwanese pundit and author Ken Chou (范疇) was held on Thursday (Nov. 23) at Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Friends and fans of Chou g...

National Taiwan University updates teacher-student sexual harassment guidelines

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University (NTU) students who face sexual harassment from supervisory teachers can now more effectively end their supervisory relationships, after the univ...

Sanitation worker street fight in Taipei leaves 2 dead, 1 in coma

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A fight that broke out among sanitation workers in Taipei City on Thursday (Nov. 16) left two dead and one seriously injured. At about 4 a.m. a confrontation began in T...

Ko cries as KMT-TPP Taiwan presidential candidate choice looms

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Amid high-stakes polling that will determine whether Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chair and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) will be top of a Kuomintang (KMT) -...

National Taiwan University to open semiconductor program to foreign students

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University (NTU) will begin accepting foreign students into a newly created undergraduate semiconductor program in 2024, the university’s president s...

Energy-saving solution for satellites wins Taiwan’s RunSpace Innovation Challenge 2023

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The U.S. startup, SQUID3 Space Inc., has emerged as the champion of the 2023 RunSpace Innovation Challenge with a groundbreaking solution for enhancing satellite energy ef...

Yunlin County council members oppose Taiwan's Harpoon missile base plans

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Members of the Yunlin County Council raised concerns during a council meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 7) about the Ministry of National Defense's (MND) plans to build a Harpo...

Letter to Editor: 32 years of Taiwan-Paraguay educational cooperation

Nov. 14 will mark 32 years since the first three Paraguayan scholarship recipients left for Taiwan to begin their university studies in their sister Asian nation. Paraguayan students Maria Elena Mo...

Taiwan doctors raise alarm over mycoplasma pneumonia risk following China outbreak

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Doctors in Taiwan have raised concerns about the risk of mycoplasma pneumonia spreading following reports of an outbreak in China. A spike in cases has been observed ac...

4,000 people march for wildlife rights in Taipei

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Students from four colleges and universities in Taiwan organized the "2023 Walk for Wildlife," drawing upwards of 4,000 participants who gathered in front of the...

Taiwan could have 'catastrophic earthquake' in 10 years

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An expert predicts that Taiwan could have a "catastrophic" earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher at some point within the next 10 years. Taiwan is located at th...

Air pollution from China to impact Taiwan for 3 days

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan is in the midst of a wave of air pollution from China that is predicted to last until Wednesday (Oct. 18) and people with respiratory problems are advised to avoid ...

Progress in quantum computing poses potential security risk in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Quantum computers will not only help solve large-scale problems in weather prediction and drug development but also put current security and cryptography systems at risk, ...

National Taiwan University halts military studies degree program

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University (NTU) ended a military studies degree program after it failed to recruit more than one new student per year, reports said Saturday (Oct. 14). ...