KMT pension bill risks fiscal crisis: DPP
UNDOING REFORMS: Under the KMT’s proposal, expected contributions to the civil servant pension fund could fall by NT$278.2…
Tighter drug inventory controls proposed
By Lin Chih-yi and Huang Cheng-chia / Staff reporters The government proposed amendments that would set up an…
Four species to be added to list of prohibited pets
By Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNA Raccoons, saltwater crocodiles and two types of venomous snakes —…
First Formosat-8 satellite leaves for US launch
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The first satellite of Formosat-8, Taiwan’s first domestically developed optical remote sensing…
Trump mulling chip ratio tariff: source
MANUFACTURING: The US Department of Commerce would impose a tariff equal to a percentage of the estimated value…
Taiwan to surpass S Korea wealth
TECH TITAN: Pandemic-era demand for semiconductors turbocharged the nation’s GDP per capita to surpass South Korea’s, but it…
Taiwan in Time: When a princess smuggled rhino horns to ‘Die-wan’
The 1993 arrest of a Bhutanese royal occurred as Taiwan faced international sanctions over its role in the…
Sleeping pill use among young Taiwanese doubled
The use of benzodiazepines among adolescents in Taiwan nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, surpassing rates in Europe…
Animal groups protest making meerkats pets
‘GRAY’: Meerkats are social animals and those that are raised alone can be aggressive and self-harm, posing a…
Economic woes could provoke China: MAC
By Chen Yu-fu and Esme Yeh /
Staff reporter, with staff writer The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Drivers warned of medicine effects on concentration
By Lin Chih-yi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer The Ministry of Transportation and Communications’…
KMT’s pension fund plan risky: report
FINANCES: The KMT plan to halt pension cuts could bankrupt the pension fund years earlier, undermining intergenerational fairness,…