Taipei, Taiwan News

The owners of a Taiwanese newspaper have been fined $15,500 for using lurid online animations to illustrate crime stories Apple Daily's Motion News was deemed to have broken child protection laws by using the format to reconstruct stories of child abuse and violence.

Taiwan's economy contracted at a slower pace year-on-year in the third quarter and the government raised its growth forecast for 2010 as rising demand from mainland China spurs a recovery.

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 on Thursday.

Just the ship itself was worth a story, a huge paddle-wheeler of a vintage that use to grace rivers from the Mississippi to the Klondike.

Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-ping announced yesterday that Next Media will be fined NT$500,000 for violating the Children and Youth Welfare Law by posting obscene motion graphic news on the Internet.

Bryan Chuang and Harris Lin, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 25 November 2009] The Taiwan government should allow Taiwan-based LCD panel makers to set up plants in China, Lou Qingjian, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology , has commented.

Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin announced on Nov. 6 the countdown of exactly 365 days to the opening of the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition and urged other cities and counties of Taiwan to join Taipei City in putting Taiwan in the spotlight on the world stage again.

Asia Pacific News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 A US model has flown into Taipei to sue a Taiwan man for using his photos to lure up to 20 women into sex and defraud others, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

A group of homebuyers have been slapped with a total of 10 million yuan in additional costs after the developer miscalculated the floor space of their Beijing apartment building.

The ruling Kuomintang called for solidarity for the local elections on Dec. 5 while the main opposition aims to significantly extend its seats of mayors and magistrates.

In October, one month before the top university on the island celebrates its 81st anniversary, it finally got into the top-100 global university list compiled by the Times of London newspaper However, the atmosphere of the anniversary ceremony on November 15 was not altogether celebratory.

A Taiwan man who had staggered drunkenly into the road was killed by a car after 81 vehicles passed by without stopping to help him off the road, the Apple Daily reported Sunday.

"Dozens of reports are released from around the world every year to tell the story of Taiwan's fishing fleets out of control," she said.

Nov. 21 - Taipei Beef Noodle Festival kicks off amid fears over the lifting of Taiwan's ban on U.S. beef imports.

Taipei, Nov. 21 The world's third largest fire training center will be inaugurated in Taiwan in January, featuring advanced facilities for the training of fire fighters and other rescue personnel, the National Fire Agency announced Friday.

Jade Mountain, northeast Asia's highest peak and Taiwan's sole finalist for a "New 7 Wonders of the World" award, remains an alluring mystery due to its remoteness and tough permitting rules.

The grandchildren of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong and his arch rival Chiang Kai-shek have met in Taiwan in a rare encounter mirroring warming ties between Beijing and Taipei.

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, shoes using recycled newspapers designed by Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin.

Taipei, Nov. 13 Taipei Artist Village , a non-government artist community run by the Taipei Culture Foundation, has announced that it will hold a two-day winter open studio event Dec.

Taipei, Nov. 13 The U.S. dollar gained against the New Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Friday, increasing NT$0.009 to close at NT$32.339. A total of US$1.12 billion changed hands during the day's trading.