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Four killed in Taichung mall explosion
ACCOUNTABILITY: The incident, which occured at a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store in Taichung, was allegedly caused by a gas explosion on the 12th floor
Shin Kong Group (新光集團) president Richard Wu (吳昕陽) yesterday said the company would take responsibility for an apparent gas explosion that resulted in four deaths and 26 injuries at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Zhonggang Store in Taichung yesterday.The Taichung Fire Bureau at 11:33am yesterday received a rep
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KMT’s Chang charged with election interference
‘UNITED FRONT’: Chang Hsien-yao, a former KMT legislator, allegedly received instructions from China to organize a joint Terry Gou-Ko Wen-je presidential ticket Prosecutors formally indicted Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politician and former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) deputy minister Chang Hsien-yao (張顯耀) on charges relating to interfering in Taiwan’s presidential election and allegedly taking instruction from the Chinese government. After a more tha
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Economy to grow by more than 3% this year, NDC says
Taiwan’s economy is set to maintain stable growth of more than 3 percent this year, bolstered by a favorable global environment and strong exports and private investment, the National Development Council (NDC) said in a report at a Cabinet meeting yesterday.The council expressed cautious optimism on
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Trump set to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia to talk about end to war against Ukraine
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders.In their first confirmed contact since Trump’s return to the White House
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N Korea destroys meeting place for separated families
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said yesterday, in the latest sign of strained tensions between the two Koreas.The South Korean Ministry of Unification, which handles affairs betw
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Taichung explosion kills four, rescue ongoing
UPDATED (3:40pm): A suspected gas explosion at a shopping mall in Taichung this morning has killed four people and injured 20 others, as emergency responders continue to investigate.The explosion occurred on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi in Situn District (西屯) at 11:33am.One person was
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Two US warships transit the Strait
‘LAWFUL USE’: The last time a US warship transited the Taiwan Strait was on Oct. 20 last year, and this week’s transit is the first of US President Donald Trump’s second term Two US military vessels transited the Taiwan Strait from Sunday through early yesterday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement, the first such mission since US President Donald Trump took office last month. The two vessels sailed south through the Strait, the ministry said, adding tha
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Taiwan News
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Lai announces priorities on defense, security and economy after high-level meeting
President William Lai (賴清德) today announced three key priorities regarding national defense spending, national security laws and economic restructuring following a high-level national security meeting this morning.Lai convened a national security meeting with Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰), National Sec
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CDC extends free flu antiviral medicine program for two weeks
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) today announced that it would extend its free antiviral medication program until March 15 in response to the most severe flu season in recent years.In December last year, the CDC expanded eligibility criteria for publicly funded flu antiviral drugs until Feb. 28
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Police arrest triple homicide suspect’s fugitive brother
Kaohsiung police yesterday arrested 71-year-old Chang Wen-tsung (張文宗), the younger brother of 73-year-old Chang Chieh-tsung (張介宗), the lead suspect in a triple homicide case in Kaohsiung. The younger brother has been wanted by authorities since 2023 after being convicted of selling Schedule I drugs
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Twenty people questioned in ongoing Taichung explosion investigation
Twenty people were questioned late last night by the police as potential witnesses of the Taichung department store explosion earlier yesterday, prosecutors said.An apparent gas explosion on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Zhonggang department store in Taichung yesterday resulted in four
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Cold front weakens as temperatures expected to rise during the day
Morning temperatures across Taiwan remained chilly today, despite a cold front gradually weakening and a lower chance of rainfall throughout the day, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Across Taiwan, low temperatures remained between 13°C and 16°C, although they are expected to rise to 20
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Taipei councilor released on bail over alleged corruption
A Taipei city councilor was yesterday released on bail of NT$1 million (US$30,476) and her office assistant detained incommunicado over alleged misappropriation of public funds.Councilor Chen E-jun (陳怡君), of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is suspected of defrauding the Taipei City Co
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Lai to meet senior officials on US tariffs, sources say
President William Lai (賴清德) is to hold a meeting of the National Security Council this morning to discuss possible new US tariffs as well as broader relations with the US, two sources familiar with matter said.The Presidential Office declined to comment, but said it would hold a news conference at 1
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Fatty liver could protect against hepatitis B: study
RISKY BUSINESS: Asked whether inducing fatty liver could help patients, a doctor said it is not possible to control the disease’s development without any metabolic dysfunction Research conducted by a local hospital has found that hepatitis B patients with a simple fatty liver have a lower mortality risk than those without, suggesting that excessive fat in the liver could play a protective role against hepatitis B by potentially inhibiting viral replication.“Hepatitis B af
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Blood traces on weapons match victims, police say
VICIOUS CRIME: More than 20 body parts, confirmed as belonging to two identified victims, have been recovered from a Kaohsiung shipping channel and under a bridge Two weapons with traces of DNA of two victims in a suspected triple homicide case have been found at the home of lead suspect Chang Chieh-tsung (張介宗), the Kaohsiung Police Department said today. In a breakthrough in the case, investigators found a serrated knife — similar to a steak knife and about
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Business
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ASE expects revenue to at least double
MORE GROWTH? The company said that its forecast did not include the ‘potential upside’ from increased demand from China due to restrictions imposed by the US ASE Technology Holding Co (日月光投控), the world’s biggest chip assembly and testing manufacturing (ATM) service provider, yesterday said revenue from its leading-edge packaging and testing services would more than double to US$1.6 billion this year, thanks to accelerating adoption of artificial intelli
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AUO Corp plans cash dividend despite 2024 losses
NON-OPERATING INCOME: The company said that it booked divestment gains of NT$4.72 billion last year by selling some facilities at science parks to Micron Technology Inc Flat-panel maker AUO Corp (友達) aims to offer shareholders a cash dividend of NT$0.3 per common share this year even though it incurred losses of NT$3.06 billion (US$93.29 million) last year, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday.The company’s board of directors has approved a plan to use
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Amid Trump's tariff threat, minister touts 'routine' US visit, info gathering
As US President Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on chips from Taiwan, Ministry of Economic Affairs officials are in Washington on a "routine visit" during which they will gather information, Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) said yesterday.With Trump threatening to place a tariff
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Editorial & Opinion
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EDITORIAL: DeepSeek’s rise is a wake-up call
While global tech stocks last month were rattled by the launch of Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot model DeepSeek R1, which claims to have been made at a low cost using less technologically advanced chips, the app has been banned by a growing number of countries over
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A ban on DeepSeek is necessary
The Executive Yuan announced a complete ban on the use of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek in the public sector, a move former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Policy Committee director Alex Tsai (蔡正元) criticized as being “foolish beyond description.”As a result, the Mini
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DeepSeek: Embrace it or ditch it?
DeepSeek is an attack on the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, and there are eight questions and considerations to bear in mind.First, once the excitement wore off following the media storm after DeepSeek officially released R1 on Jan. 20, tech hobbyists and experts began to question whether such
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Sports
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Hsu Tzu-ting to lead Team Taiwan at Asian Winter Games closing ceremony tonight
As the 2025 Asian Winter Games come to an end at tonight’s closing ceremony, women’s ice hockey team goalkeeper Hsu Tzu-ting (徐子庭) is to serve as the flag bearer for the Taiwanese delegation, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee said. The event, hosted in Harbin, China from Feb. 7 until today, saw T
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Kane lifts Bayern in win over Celtic
NO. 24 BEATS NO. 9: Club Brugge scored with a disputed penalty-kick in stoppage-time to beat Atalanta BC 2-1 in their first-leg encounter, with the second on Tuesday Bayern Munich look set to survive the new UEFA Champions League playoffs round, while AC Milan joined Atalanta BC and AS Monaco in losing their first-leg games on Wednesday.Bayern got high-class strikes from Michael Olise and Harry Kane either side of halftime in a 2-1 win against Scottish champions
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Chaos mars end of the last-ever Merseyside derby
Four goals, four red cards and a last-gasp equalizer that will go down in English soccer lore made for a wild ride in the 120th and final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday.Everton captain James Tarkowski smashed a shot into the roof of the net in the eighth minute of stoppage-time to se
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Crosby shines in opener
Sidney Crosby on Wednesday got a sellout crowd roaring with a no-look pass to Nathan MacKinnon for a slam-dunk power-play goal in the first minute then he sent Canada fans home happy by assisting on Mitch Marner’s overtime winner.Crosby showed that he has still got it at age 37, getting three assist
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World News
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At least 6 dead at resort construction site fire in Busan
A fire broke out today at a resort construction site in the South Korean city of Busan, killing at least six people, fire officials said.About 100 workers managed to evacuate the site, while another 14 were rescued by helicopter from the top of the structure, said Hong Moon-shik, chief of the Busan
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European powers demand seat at table
UKRAINE WAR: In response to news Donald Trump would seek a meeting with Putin, the European powers said ‘Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations’ European powers, including the UK, France and Germany, on Wednesday said they had to be part of any future negotiations on the fate of Ukraine, underscoring that only a fair accord with security guarantees would ensure lasting peace.“Our shared objectives should be to put Ukraine in a position of st
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Yoon in court for latest impeachment hearing
Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faced potentially his last impeachment hearing yesterday over his failed martial law bid before judges begin deliberations on whether to formally remove him from office.The former prosecutor has remained defiant through weeks of hearings at Seoul’s Cons
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Features
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Take a step back in time at the Taipei Railway Workshop
For decades, Taiwan Railway trains were built and serviced at the Taipei Railway Workshop, originally built on a flat piece of land far from the city center. As the city grew up around it, however, space became limited, flooding became more commonplace and the noise and air pollution from the worksh
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Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition
Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artifacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom’s bid to transform its ultraconservative image.The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, titled “And All That Is In Between,” features as its cen
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Bridget Jones is middle-aged now. And we still love her, just as she is
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Bridget Jones herself might write in her diary, that at the end of any Bridget Jones movie, our heroine has triumphed over all doubts and obstacles and is finally happy.With a man. Well, so far, with one particular man: Mark Darcy, the stuffy-yet-dashing ma
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Bilingual Pages
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SPEAK UP: Fans celebrate 40th anniversary of singer Whitney Houston’s debut (2/2) 歌迷歡慶惠妮出道40週年(下)
A: I remember that the late pop diva Whitney Houston’s 1985 debut album “Whitney Houston” is a diamond album, meaning it sold over 10 million units in the US.B: Her 1987 album “Whitney” and 1992 soundtrack “The Bodyguard” have also reached diamond status, making her the only black singer with thre
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SPEAK UP: Fans celebrate 40th anniversary of singer Whitney Houston’s debut (1/2) 歌迷歡慶惠妮出道40週年(上)
A: Any plans for Valentine’s Day tomorrow?B: I’ll go to karaoke with a group of fans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the late pop diva Whitney Houston’s debut.A: Sounds like fun.B: She released her eponymous album “Whitney Houston” on Feb. 14, 1985, launching a glorious career that spanned
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ENGLISH DIGEST 實用美語
Recently, the Iraq parliament’s preliminary approval of a controversial proposal to drastically lower the legal marriage age for girls from 18 to nine has sparked widespread concern. This move has drawn strong reactions both domestically and internationally, as many worry it will exacerbate child ma
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Special Reports
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Donovan’s Deep Dives
Donovan’s Deep Dives: The ‘mother of the TPP’ steps up
With just 30 minutes to spare before the deadline, former lawmaker Tsai Pi-ru (蔡壁如) submitted her application to run for party chair in the upcoming Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) by-election following the resignation of party founder Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Jan. 1. Being held incommunicado in jail and facing indictment for corruption and pilfering campaign funds made it rather awkward for Ko to run the party. Whether Tsai Pi-ru had intended to add a little last-minute “will she, or won’t she” drama or not, she seemed genuinely unsure of her path forward in the days prior. Her decision pits her against acting party chair and legislative caucus convener Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌). The election is set for Feb. 15, with results to be officially announced on Feb. 19 with the term lasting until Dec. 31 next year. These two characters are strikingly different, and would offer different visions for the future of the party. Considering the headwinds the party is facing, this choice could be existential for the nation’s third-largest party. What they do have in common is they are uncommon politicians with colorful backstories, making them two of the most fascinating characters in Taiwanese politics. We will start with Tsai Pi-ru. ‘MOTHER OF THE TPP’ Tsai Pi-ru may be the only politician able to compete with Ko in frumpiness, but she is quite charismatic in interviews. With a resting face that always looks like she is smiling, a twinkle in her eye, sharp banter and clever wit, it feels like she’s letting you in on something important others do not know. Tsai Pi-ru and Ko were close colleagues at National Taiwan University Hospital — she was a nurse and he a doctor — for 20 years prior to entering politics. They co-authored two editions of a book on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which likely did
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Taiwan in Time
Taiwan in Time: The Collector of historic buildings
Dec. 9 to Dec. 15 When architect Lee Chung-yao (李重耀) heard that the Xinbeitou Train Station was to be demolished in 1988 for the MRT’s Tamsui line, he immediately reached out to the owner of Taiwan Folk Village (台灣民俗村). Lee had been advising Shih Chin-shan (施金山) on his pet project, a 52-hectare theme park in Changhua County that aimed to showcase traditional Taiwanese architecture, crafts and culture. Shih had wanted to build all the structures from scratch, but Lee convinced him to acquire historic properties and move them to the park grounds. Although the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (文化資產保存法) was passed in 1982, there was still little awareness regarding the value of historic architecture. Private structures were too often demolished to make way for high-rise apartments, and Lee saw this as a way to save them. Lee facilitated the relocation of several other buildings to the park: Madou Lin Ancestral House (麻豆林厝), Chiayi Liao Clinic (嘉義廖診所), Liuying Liu Mansion (柳營劉氏洋樓) and the Douliu Tsai House (斗六蔡氏一條龍). The CT273 “Queen” locomotive was also housed there. The park thrived until 1999, then entered a steep decline. The Shih family sold it in 2007, and in 2020 the new owners began demolishing the site without warning or official approval. Three registered historic buildings were saved, but the rest of the site now lies in ruins. SAVIOR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS Shih spent years planning the theme park in a bid to promote Taiwanese culture, finally opening it on Dec. 11, 1993. The main entrance and showpiece, “Qingfeng Gate” (慶豐門), was based on the Qing era west gate of Changhua City. It attracted more than 60,000 visitors on the first day. “Around the world, even less developed countries in Southeast Asia have folk villages. Only Taiwan does not,” states the theme park’s
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