Taiwan News

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is likely to be re-elected to the Kuomintang's top post this summer, but internal calls are mounting for him to relinquish the KMT leadership if the ruling party loses seats in next year's local elections, sources said.

DOHA: RasGas Company Limited's second dedicated liquefied natural gas carrier, 'Milaha Ras Laffan', set sail last Monday from Qatar to Yung An, Taiwan, on its 100th delivery voyage, a press statement said yesterday.

Catches of yellowfin tuna in waters off northeastern Taiwan have increased 20 percent in May compared with the same period of last year following the signing of a fishery pact with Japan, local fishermen said yesterday.

The warm and cordial friendship between two sides was also evident during the difficult time caused when typhoon "Morakot" hit Taiwan.

Taiwan is likely to sign a service trade agreement with mainland China in June, Straits Exchange Foundation Vice Chairman Kao Koong-lian said Friday.

Tens of thousands of teachers protested outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei Saturday against the government's pension reform plans.

Taipei, May 25 Government officials have reassured Filipino workers in Taiwan Friday that their rights and interests will be protected, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A telephone call on Friday has again delayed a decision in a murder trial in coastal China, which the nation's highest court called flawed, and has exposed the worrying consequences of a hasty high-profile crime investigation.

A recently discovered discarded draft apology would have obliged the Philippines to explain to Taiwan just how Nancy Binay became a senator.

Initial findings in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher off Batanes last May 9 indicate criminal negligence on the part of Philippine Coast Guard personnel involved, a source privy to the probe said yesterday.

CVision Technology will be showing their newest auto-stereoscopic, glasses-free 3D displays at Computex 2013, Taipei World Trade Center, Hall 3, Booth G-0644, on June 4th-8th in Taipei, Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An exhibition featuring 29 works by Renoir as well as 37 pieces by other painters of the 20th century officially opens at the National Palace Museum chief operating officer of Gold Media, one of the event's organizers.

Taipei, May 24 Taiwan and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting human trafficking at a recent meeting in the Southeast Asian country.

Bosch generated sales of NT$3.4 billion in Taiwan in 2012, a 9.2-percent decrease compared to 2011, the company said recently.

Taipei, May 24 The Chinese currency, or yuan, has risen 20 percent against the U.S. dollar since 2005, causing a serious impact on Chinese exporters, including export-reliant Taiwanese businesses operating in which are now shifting their target to the mainland's domestic market, economists said Friday.

D.C. Asian Pacific American Film, in collaboration with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative's Office , is proud to present Taiwan's highest-grossing documentary, Go Grandriders, at Landmark's E Street Cinema on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. This is a FREE screening that you don't want to miss! In addition to seeing this wonderful film, ... (more)

Affairs Committee earlier in the month, various party leaders have offered suggestions of how it should conduct relations with Taiwan's communist rival.

More than the apology, Davao City Mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte assured the mayor of Taipei, Hau Lung-bin, that Taiwanese in Davao City will be protected from harm despite incidents in Taiwan where two Filipinos were mauled by hooligans there.

The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China.

Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Taiwanese Securities Sector here TAIPEI/SEOUL/SINGAPORE, May 23 Fitch Ratings says in a new report that credit profiles of Taiwanese securities companies have remained generally stable despite depressed trading volumes.