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Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. and China Strategic Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday they will send a revised application to Taiwan regulators "hopefully next week" on the proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of American International Group Inc.'s Taiwan life insurance unit.

The French Consulate General opened Tuesday in Kyoto while an external relations office of Taiwan was set up in Sapporo, Hokkaido, the same day. The French consulate general was moved from Osaka and opened in the ancient Japanese capital where,...

Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has decided to hold a mass rally in central Taiwan's Taichung City on Dec...The party, which favors Taiwan's independence from China, also said the protest will serve to express disapproval against the "closed- door"...

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...