Getting heated

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Ping-jui, left, rips a microphone off a table amid an argument with Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Yu-jen, second right, about an amendment ...

Island reopens after typhoon chaos

The island cleared up and offices and financial markets reopened after the powerful Typhoon Kong-rey swept through it causing two deaths and snarling transport, as the remnant of the storm brushed the ...

Taiwan shuts down as Kong-rey strikes

A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on the island’s east coast with all cities and counties decla­ring a day off, financial markets closed and hundreds of flights cancelled for what is expected to ...