Taitung: Taitung County Councilor Wang You-li (???) has been indicted for fraudulently claiming more than NT$4.68 million (US$145,000) in public assistant subsidies through fake staffing arrangements, prosecutors said Wednesday.

According to Focus T…

Banqiao: A man was arrested for robbing the Bannan branch of Taishin International Bank in Banqiao District, New Taipei, with a pair of scissors on Wednesday, police said. The robbery was reported at around 10:15

Batanes: A traditional Indigenous boat that departed from Orchid Island (Lanyu) on Monday arrived in the Philippine archipelago of Batanes on Tuesday afternoon, according to Maraos, a board director of the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation.

Kaohsiung: President Lai Ching-te attended a solemn funeral service for Air Force colonels Lu Chi-yu and Kuo Chun-nan at the Air Force Academy, honoring the officers who lost their lives in a trainer aircraft crash

Taipei: Taiwan shares ended up 68.2 points, or 0.15 percent, at 45,877.39 Wednesday on turnover of NT$1.10 trillion (US$34.64 billion).

According to Focus Taiwan, the market experienced a modest increase as investors engaged in trading