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This is the price to pay for "world's best." Famed Japanese ramen joint Ichiran, crowned the world's best by Forbes in 2016, recently opened a new overseas outlet in Taipei, Taiwan. SEE ALSO: Marry your love of instant noodles and fried chicken with this ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison officials granted him medical parole, in a move likely to rile Beijing. The offer came a day after China rejected criticism over its ... ( read original story ...)

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, June 28 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) said on Wednesday it was determined to complete its merger with a local rival as part of global chip industry consolidation and that it was in close communication with Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

The world famous travelling RedBall Project is a playful ... including Barcelona, London, Taipei and Abu Dhabi. The piece is known to change its location every day while visiting a city, often wedging itself between well-known landmarks with an aim ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, June 27 Taiwan's legislature passed a bill reforming pensions for civil servants on Tuesday, eliminating 18 percent annual interest on savings, starting in 2018, as the population ages. Passage of the bill fulfils a campaign promise of Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, June 27 Taiwan's legislature passed a bill reforming pensions for civil servants on Tuesday, eliminating 18 percent annual interest on savings, starting in 2018, as the population ages. Passage of the bill fulfils a campaign promise of President ... ( read original story ...)

This elderly man has been dubbed Taiwan's strongest grandfather as well as a 'Real-life Master Roshi' after a video of his incredible gym routine went viral. Huang Ching-hsin, 72, is the super-fit grandpa from a clip now viewed millions of times on social ... ( read original story ...)

The world famous street art project will make its home ... Abu Dhabi, Chicago, Taipei and Barcelona. The inflatable, 4.5-metre ball typically spends one to two weeks in any single city, and it finds itself in a new spot within that city each day. ( read original story ...)

Taipei: Defending champion Sourabh Verma will have his task cut out when he begins his campaign at the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at Taipei on Tuesday. The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh has not been in the best of form ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Taipei came away as nine-point victors in an international friendly against the South East Australian Basketball League’s Ballarat Miners at the Mars Minerdome on Sunday. The scores were tied 41-41 at the main break, but the Ballarat GMHBA Miners ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei's twisting green tower is on track for completion in the second quarter of next year. The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (陶朱隱園) is a luxury high-rise designed to conserve energy, save water and suck up carbon emissions in downtown Taipei. It is also a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, June 26 (Reuters plans to drop daily reports on Taiwan stocks and foreign investor activity. They will be replaced with BUZZ items based on significant moves and a monthly table on foreign investor activity. Please send any queries to [Ataipei ... ( read original story ...)

On the surface, Panama’s diplomatic switch from Taiwan to mainland China is a political victory for Beijing and a major setback for Taipei in a long diplomatic clash. But behind this smokeless war, there really is still no clear winner. It has been a ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade Torch was officially lighted in the Italian city of Turin. The flame is set to burn until August 30, the date of the Universiade's Closing Ceremony at the Taipei Stadium in Taiwan. The Italian city was chosen as the venue ... ( read original story ...)

Panama has established diplomatic ties with China and broken with Taiwan in a major victory for Beijing ... move could also raise questions about the future of a Chinese-backed project to build another Central American waterway to rival the Panama Canal ... ( read original story ...)

(PANAMA CITY) — Panama established formal diplomatic ties with China and broke with Taiwan on Monday in a major victory for ... also raise questions about the future of a Chinese-backed project to build another Central American waterway to rival the ... ( read original story ...)