From Sept. 1, eighth-grade boys, as well as girls, are to be eligible for free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, the Taipei City Government said yesterday. The Taipei Department of Health in ...
Germany sends two warships to Indo-Pacific amid China and Taiwan tensions
Germany sent two warships to the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday in a bid to strengthen its military presence in the region amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South ...
Taipei expands free HPV vaccine to male junior high students
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) announced on Tuesday (May 7) that Taipei City will expand the free HPV vaccine program to include male junior high school students.
Taipei indicts 5 over building collapse
On Sept. 7 last year, underground excavation work at a Kee Tai Properties Co (基泰建設) construction site caused a neighboring building to sink into the ground and six others to lean to one side. The ...
Taiwan says four Chinese ships entered ‘prohibited’ waters
TAIPEI — Four Chinese coastguard ships briefly sailed through Taiwan’s “prohibited” waters, Taipei said, urging Beijing to stop actions that “endanger” navigation safety. China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory ...
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Taiwan – EMSC
May 6 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Taiwan, on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said. Sign up here. Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru ...
US and Philippine forces stage combat drills near strategic channel off southern Taiwan
U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills on the Philippines’ northernmost island along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the ...
Taiwan Must Invest in Building Its Own ‘Strengths’, Vice President-Elect Says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is grateful for continued U.S. security assistance but must invest in building its own "strengths" first and show the world its support for the island is worth it, Vice ...
Taiwan’s first ‘art week’ dawns as Taipei Dangdai art fair’s success prompts art museums to coordinate exhibitions
In Taipei, once the centre of Asia's art trade, it is collectors, not galleries, who drive the art scene. Taipei Dangdai Art & Ideas fair caters to them The fair's fifth edition will show the island's ...
South China Sea flare-up risk ‘much higher’ than across Taiwan Strait, former US ‘envoy’ to Taipei Douglas Paal says
No easily identifiable off-ramp for Beijing and Manila on Second Thomas Shoal, 2002-2006 unofficial US representative to Taipei tells the Post 'Holy grail' of common language on US-China ...
‘Ghostly’: Taiwan park dotted with hundreds of statues of late dictator as row rages over their fate
Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of his brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei ...
Taipei 2nd most expensive city in Asia to buy property
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The price of purchasing and renting property in Taipei remains a serious problem for the residents living in Taipei, or those hoping to move to Taiwan’s capital city. Based on ...
‘Ghostly’: the Taiwan park keeping 700 statues of late dictator Chiang Kai-shek as row rages over their fate
Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of his brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei ...
Taipei MRT catches brothers using fake NT$50 coins
Taipei Police Rapid Transit Division caught a pair of brothers surnamed Tsai (蔡) who used counterfeit NT$50 (US$1.50) coins at EasyCard machines in Taipei MRT stations. Fake coins had been received ...
5,000 runners race up Taipei 101
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei 101 Run Up on Saturday (May 4) attracted nearly 5,000 runners from 34 countries.
Developing Taiwan’s own ‘Starlink’ crucial for island-wide emergency, space agency says
Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in case of disaster, as it deals with the constant threat of hostilities with China.