Taiwan Politics News

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Taipei City Mayor Hau Lung-bin on Saturday said he has taken notice of Apple Daily's measures to warn youngsters against news presentation that may be unsuitable for them, but that the city will monitor the newspaper...

The Taipei District Prosecutors Office opened an investigation into the animated news presented by Apple Daily Thursday despite the paper’s apologies for its violent content. A prosecutor specializing in cases involving women and children would handle the initial stage of...

Taiwan's president has urged the island's armed forces to become a small, elite unit, saying a voluntary military rather than conscription was key to the island's defence, local media said Thursday. Ma Ying-jeou's call, made Wednesday at a seminar at...

In the largest robbery in Taiwan ’s history, three gunmen stole more than $2 million in cash from a gold dealer on Monday in a violent, 30-second crime, the news media said Tuesday. A shot was fired at the dealer...

President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that the briefing by American Institute in Taiwan Chairman Raymond Burghardt about U.S. President Barack Obama's China trip was one of the smoothest and most comprehensive ever. Burghardt visited Ma at the Presidential Office yesterday,...

People of Taiwan held a novel protest – they took to the streets of Taipei wearing pyjamas. The protest was against the mismanagement of the recent typhoon Morakot by the Government of President Ma Ying-jeou in which as many as...