Southern Taiwan lashed by torrential rain, 4 dead

Typhoon Danas lashed southern Taiwan with record winds in July in a rare hit to the island’s densely populated west coast, which knocked down more than 3,000 electric poles in the worst damage to the island’s power grid in decades.

MAC amends HK, Macau travel rules

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has amended rules for officials visiting China’s special administrative regions in a bid to curb Chinese influence in Taiwan and protect Taiwanese officials, sources ...

Making sense of Taiwan’s tariff talks

Taiwan’s trade surplus with the US reached an unprecedented high last year, surging by 54.6 percent from the previous year and placing it among the top six countries with which the US has a trade ...

Ministries fail security checks: report

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and the Financial Supervisory Commission failed to fulfill their ...