Taiwan News

Taiwan's government has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Philippines' government, demanding an apology over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. Its coastguard dispatched four vessels to guard the disputed water where the shooting took place

Taipei - With 6,000 Chinese travelers arriving in Taiwan every day, the inevitable has happened. After a visit to Shanghai, a Taiwanese business man was found to be infected on his return. Taiwan has upped surveillance of flights from several Chinese provinces.

Six hundred passengers were evacuated from a high-speed train in Taiwan after explosives hooked to a timer were discovered in luggage left in a restroom.

On March 23, Hawaii News Now published an article with photos, looking for the owner of an underwater camera which had traveled on its own from Maui all the way to Taiwan. The happy owner has now been found, and five years later can see her photos.

Reports indicate that Taiwan has produced and is planning to deploy medium-range guided missiles designed to be used against Chinese military targets should war break out between the two countries in the future.

Taipei - A video published late last month from Taiwan apparently shows a pedestrian purposely running into a car and then acting hurt. Unfortunately for the culprit, the vehicle had a dash cam and the driver was a cop.

Hengchun - On Friday morning, Typhoon Tembin crossed southern Taiwan, with flooding and wind damage, but luckily spared the heavily populated areas.

Osaka - Japan's Sharp Corp. reported its largest net loss for the year ending Mar. 31 due to a lack of demand for its television. This has led the last big maker of liquid crystal displays for TVs to undergo a restructuring process that could cut 5,000 jobs.

Tainan - An 18-year-old Taiwanese man, identified as Chuang, is reportedly dead after playing 40 hours straight of Diablo III, an action role-playing video game, in a room he booked at an Internet cafe in Tainan.

As Taiwan's parliament prepares to vote on a bill allowing the import of U.S. beef containing the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine, Taiwanese activists staged a protest against "toxic beef."