1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (463+ words) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday encouraged newlyweds to have children while attending a mass wedding held by Chunghwa Telecom in Taipei, where 72 couples were married. Cho, who served as a witness at the ceremony at the Grand Hotel, thanked the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (437+ words) The Executive Yuan today approved an expansion of subsidies for residents of long-term care facilities, allocating NT$16.617 billion (US$27.61 million) to the plan, with about 105,000 people expected to benefit, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Lu Chien-te (呂建德) said. Under…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (513+ words) President William Lai (賴清德) met with the Japanese cross-party parliamentary group “Diet Members’ Association for Peace and Stability in the Taiwan Strait,” with both sides calling for closer Taiwan-Japan cooperation, the Presidential Office said yesterday. During the meeting on Tuesday,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (210+ words) The National Museum of Taiwan Literature and the UK’s National Centre for Writing have signed a memorandum of understanding to train a new generation of English-language translators of Taiwanese literature. Under the agreement, a “Literature from Taiwan” track is being…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (376+ words) A man looks at a nursing assistant robot at the Taiwan MedTech Pavilion at the Medical Fair Asia in Singapore yesterday. The pavilion, which runs through tomorrow at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center, features smart healthcare, medical devices…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (318+ words) The semiconductor industry posted an average of 47,000 job openings per month this year, an increase of more than 20 percent from a year earlier, online job platform 104 Job Bank said yesterday. The share of listings open to applicants from all majors…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (267+ words) Prosecutors uncovered 212 cases of illicit financial transactions intended to influence the upcoming November elections, seizing more than NT$900 million (US$28.4 million) in suspected criminal proceeds, the High Prosecutors’ Office said today. To prepare for the Nov. 28 local elections, the office…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (406+ words) President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday expressed hope for expanded Taiwan-Japan industrial ties to build safer, more resilient and “non-red” supply chains. Lai made the remarks while receiving a delegation from the Japan-Taiwan Friendship Association of Kanagawa Prefecture at the Presidential…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (312+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages Tesla Inc Cybercab driverless car is displayed during a preview at the company’s delivery center in Hong Kong yesterday. Forestry agency publishes documentary on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (195+ words) Taiwan has become the largest source of foreign visitors to Busan, South Korea, following a sharp increase in direct flights, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency said yesterday. A total of 2,927,674 foreign tourists visited Busan from January to July, 605,000 of whom…...