Taiwan shares ended up 50.75 points, or 0.34 percent, at 14,802.96 Tuesday on turnover of NT$177.4 billion (US$5.83 billion).Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel

The Taichung District Court on Saturday approved the detention of a 66-year-old man suspected of setting fire to his home, killing five members of his family, in Taichung’s Dali District the previous day.Taichung prosecutors filed the request late Frid…

Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (???) and Deputy Speaker Lin Chih-chan (???) were released on bail early Wednesday after being charged with vote-buying offenses along with nine others.Prosecutors brought the suspects in for questioning Tuesday a…

An attack on Taiwan by the Chinese military would be a political and strategic mistake, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said Wednesday. “Most of Taiwan is a mountainous island. So it’s a very, very

Taiwan’s government on Monday thanked United States President Joe Biden for reiterating Washington’s commitment to Taipei in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on the island of Bali ahead of a G20 summit. Taiwan’s Presidential Office Spokesman Xavier

Members of the Bundestag’s Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid will visit Taiwan from Oct. 23 to 26, the second group of German parliamentarians to visit the country this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced on Thursday.

TAIPEI — War between Taiwan and China is “absolutely not an option,” Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, as she reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing and also pledged to boost the island’s defenses, including with precision missiles.

TAIPEI — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to bolster the island’s combat power and determination to improve its defenses in a major speech on Monday, at a time when tensions with China have risen dramatically.   Democratic Taiwan, claimed

The number of workers in the lodging and food/beverage industry who are on official furloughs fell for a seventh consecutive week this past week due to strengthening domestic consumption, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Friday. Still, the overall number