More than 1 million viewers visited the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei on Saturday, the highest single-day figure so far for the 2023 edition of the annual event, though the crowd did not hit 90 percent capacity which would require safety measures t…
Day: February 12, 2023
Images from Taiwan satellite aid in Turkey earthquake relief
Taiwan’s Formosa Satellite 5 (Formosat-5) has been providing satellite imagery to assist disaster relief work in Turkey following a deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake in that country last Monday, with its latest orbital rotation scheduled for Feb. 13.Acco…
Taiwan’s Lin wins long jump gold at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang (???) on Sunday won gold with a jump of 8.02 meters at the biannual Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.Lin achieved the distance on his third jump, breaking the Republic of China (Taiwan) record for the men’s indoor …