Taipei accident victims to get aid

WELFARE: The Labour Ministry will compensate the families of two Thai workers who were involved in an accident at a construction site in New Taipei City in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Notes from Central Taiwan: Eating the future

In Taiwan ... s ambitious undergrounding project should be sufficiently far along for rail traffic to switch to a new set of tracks, just east of the current railway and several meters below street ... ( read original story ...)

Local runner wins New Taipei City marathon

Local runner Chiang Chieh-wen won the New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon yesterday, finishing first in the men’s overall and domestic categories. Chiang completed the 42.195km race in 2 hours, 26 ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan says two Chinese bombers flew to its south

Two nuclear-capable Chinese H-6 bombers flew to the south of Taiwan on Sunday, part of a total of nine aircraft which flew in Taiwan's air defence zone, the defence ministry in Taipei said. The two ... ( read original story ...)

China reduces ties with Lithuania in Taiwan spat

China reduced the level of its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to below ambassador level Sunday in retaliation for the Baltic nation allowing Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as ... ( read original story ...)