Minister awards ‘outstanding’ prosecutors

Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) yesterday awarded five prosecutors with the Judiciary Discerning Eyesight Award for their diligent investigation of criminal cases, including international ...

Powerchip in talks to build India fab

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (力積電) is in preliminary talks with multiple Indian conglomerates to help build new chip plants in the country, it said yesterday, as India subsidizes local ...

Local government debt tops NT$79 billion

Local government debt reached NT$793.9 billion (US$26.09 billion) last year, with the six special municipalities comprising 81 percent of the total, or NT$644.5 billion, Ministry of Finance data ...

China renews threat against Taiwan as island holds drills

China renewed its threats Wednesday to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are “playing with fire.” A spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said the country was recommitted in the new year to “safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity” and “smashing plots for Taiwan independence” on the self-governing democracy ...