Taipei: A village chief candidate in New Taipei was released on NT$100,000 (US$3,145) bail and barred from leaving the country as prosecutors investigate allegations of vote-buying through the distribution of free haircuts and douhua.

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Taipei: Death row inmate Lin Wang-jen, who was convicted of setting fire to a karaoke bar that killed five people in 2004, died of an illness on Monday, authorities confirmed. With Lin’s passing, the number

Taipei: Wildlife conservation groups on Tuesday urged the government to incorporate ecological considerations into public policymaking rather than responding only after environmental harm has occurred, ahead of the 2026 Walk for Wildlife to be held

Paris: The 29th Taiwan-France Cultural Award has been presented to Tamkang University’s Wu Hsi-deh and Victor Louzon, an assistant professor of history at Sorbonne University. At a prize ceremony in Paris, Wu, a professor emeritus

Taipei: Over 1,000 individuals have applied for 15 driver positions available in the first phase of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp.’s (THSRC) largest-ever recruitment drive, as announced by the company on Tuesday. This overwhelming response