taipeitimes.comadded August 2026
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
A 39-year-old Taiwanese woman has been arrested on arrival at Japan’s Kansai International Airport on Saturday on suspicion of splashing a liquid on a national treasure housed in a temple in Nara...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Contact lens wearers with 3D nail art are warned to take extra care when removing their lenses, as decorative nail embellishments can cause damage to the cornea, a Kaohsiung-based ophthalmologist...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
The Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed the “Lanyang No. 1” black soybean, which is expected to boost black soybean production due to its lodging resistance...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
A weight-loss specialist on Saturday warned that bingeing on stockpiles of high-calorie snacks left over from the Ghost Festival’s pudu (普度) ceremonies can affect liver fat and metabolism before...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
The Washington Nationals are to host their second Taiwanese Heritage Day at Nationals Park on Saturday, Aug.
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
The Tainan City Government yesterday said it plans to help residents affected by a fire and explosion at a waste storage site seek compensation through a collective lawsuit, after the company...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
More than 350 students fell victim to sex-service scams over summer vacation, with one college student losing NT$300,000, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday, urging people who...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Military recruitment has been criticized as having loopholes after a former conscript said he was barred from joining the volunteer force because of his psychiatric treatment history, while...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) said it has completed the installation of a smart harbor-entrance safety monitoring system, using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor vessel movements at...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) yesterday called on President William Lai (賴清德) to recognize the so-called “1992 consensus” to ease cross-strait tensions.
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Inspections of all 2,936 government-issued cellphones used by the military have been completed, with no high-risk Chinese-made apps found installed, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said, as...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday defended a memorandum of understanding as the best way for the country to move beyond what he described as a situation of “neither war nor peace” with...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on the US, after walking away from a “bad deal” on trade in a deepening rift between the longtime allies.
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) is implementing 14 measures to boost military recruitment as the number of new recruits declined for the second consecutive year.
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Torrential rain caused by the combined effects of southwesterly winds and a low-pressure belt battered southern Taiwan yesterday, causing widespread flooding, fallen trees and road closures across...
Taipei Times24 Aug 2026
Even in peacetime, forgetting war is dangerous, but Taiwan will uphold the spirit of those who were on the front lines of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and not cede an inch of territory...
Taipei Times23 Aug 2026
People visit the Taichung Shigang Hot Air Balloon Festival in Taichung yesterday, which is hosted at Shigang Tuniu Sports Park and runs through Monday.
Taipei Times23 Aug 2026
People take part in an indigenous dance at the “2026 Marongrong Joint Harvest Festival” in Taitung County’s Donghe Township yesterday.
Taipei Times23 Aug 2026
Jye Smallwood’s article on English-medium instruction (EMI) raises important questions about how Taiwan’s bilingual ambitions are being translated into classroom practice.
Taipei Times23 Aug 2026
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) failure to win the previous three presidential elections has been tied to its tenacious approach to cross-strait relations, with polls showing that the...
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