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The Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) reelected Chiang Pin-kun as its chairman here Tuesday. Addressing the SEF board meeting after his election, Chiang, who just led the organization thr...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chiayi County councilors on Monday physically blocked the newly appointed head of the county's police bureau outside the county hall, accusing him of mishandling cla...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Several environmental groups in Taiwan on Tuesday protested against the imports of U.S. beef and called for a boycott against the products, arguing that they endanger public healt...

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) met Brookings Institution president Strobe Talbott and former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) chairman Richard Bush at the Presidential Office on Monday, describi...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Pheasant-tailed Jacana Park in Guantien township in Tainan County, southern Taiwan has succeeded in boosting the population of the endangered species while developing as a saf...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The fourth Taiwan European Film Festival kicked off Tuesday in Taipei, with the organizers announcing that 10 European films will be shown in free screenings at various universiti...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan's Procedure Committee on Tuesday placed a bill that would allow the government to fund its consumer voucher program by issuing debt on the legislative agenda ...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Some 150 priceless artifacts from the Silk Road era, including a remarkably well-preserved female mummy unearthed in Xinjiang in northwestern China, will be exhibited at Taiwan's ...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) reelected as chairman Chiang Pin-kung during its board meeting on Tuesday. Kao Koong-lian, an incumbent SEF vice chairman, Fu Don-Cheng,...

The Financial Committee of the Legislative Yuan on Monday passed the draft revision to the Income Tax Law that raises the four major reduction amounts for taxable income at a range of NT$22,000-54,000...

In emulation of the bailout of the nine major U.S. banks by the U.S. government, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) plans to assist established banks in issuing subordinated bonds for purchase...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Five elementary schools in remote parts of the country that have been recipients of a Web-based literacy program donated by IBM have made improvements rated at over 60 percent in ...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Tuesday the agenda for the third meeting between the top negotiators on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be finalized by the end of thi...

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan and Minister of the Interior Liao Liou-yi gave awards on Saturday to 10 physically challenged people for their outstanding performance in different areas, with the aim of raisi...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Prices on Taipei's stock futures market were lower sharply Tuesday, with the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index for December falling 216 points to end at 4,240, w...

Kaohsiung, Dec. 2 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Huang Chao-shun called Tuesday for Kaohsiung City's air and sea ports to be included in an airport development bill so to sharpen the competitivenes...

Kaohsiung, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Kaohsiung city government is hoping for debt forgiveness in respect of NT$38.1 billion in labor insurance fees and health insurance premiums that it owes to the central gov...

PHOTO: AP A former American college football player was charged on Monday with making threats against tennis star Maria Sharapova and her family in profanity-laced telephone messages to his former c...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The number of people who were infected with HIV through sexual contact is rising in Taoyuan County, which indicated a lack of awareness about safe sex, Taoyuan health authorities ...

Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Taipei city government has begun the process of selecting a site for the possible relocation of a damaged support tower on the Maokong Gondola system, Mayor Hau Lung-bin said ...