Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) An exhibition of handmade gift items made from persimmon-dyed fabrics went on display at the Taichung County Culture Center in central Taiwan Tuesday to highlight the development of the plant dye craft in Taiwan over the past decade. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 4 (CNA) A unique Taiwanese show, featuring techno dance moves by a folk god figure, was presented at the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium Saturday as part of the promotion for the Taipei International Flora Expo scheduled to open Nov. 6.  

Kinmen, Aug. 30 (CNA) Free passes to a unique series of concerts on a stage floating down a tunnel waterway in the Cold War battleground of Kinmen will become available on Sept. 1, organizers said Monday. 

Paris, Aug. 23 (CNA) The Yi Tzy Folk Dance Theatre from Tainan in southern Taiwan has captivated audiences in France and Italy over the past month with innovative dances imbued with Taiwanese cultural flavors. 

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) Four unused ammunition depots on a small islet in Penghu County built during Japanese colonial rule should be rehabilitated and turned into new tourist attractions, three Control Yuan members said Friday. 

Kaohsiung, Aug. 15 (CNA) A children's choir from Uganda began its six-city concert tour of Taiwan Sunday with a performance in the southern port city of Kaohsiung. 

Taipei, Aug. 12 (CNA) Choreographer Yu Neng-sheng is leading the Chamber Ballet Taipei in a presentation of his 2010 production "The Door" in Tainan, Taipei and Hsinchu from Aug. 7-17 and has invited soloists from Germany and Austria to perform. 

Killing to survive is common throughout human history, and also  the law of the jungle -- a law that even trees follow. 

The music inspired by two rivers on either side of the Taiwan Strait should be performed back to back at one concert to highlight the similarities and unique differences in sentiment and influences, according to a renowned Taiwanese musician. 

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Billy Chang, the first Taiwanese dancer to have a major role with the world-renowned circus group Cirque du Soleil, signed a new two-year contract with the group recently and will appear in the new version of "Dralion" to be staged in October. 

Kinmen, Aug. 4 (CNA) A special music festival will be held later this year on a floating stage that will follow an A-shaped waterway in the Zhaishan Tunnel on the outlying island of Kinmen, the organizers announced Wednesday. 

"The fate of my country rests in your hands, " said Ian Fry, the Tuvaluan delegate to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark last year. Television images of him tearfully pleading for legally binding agreements to fight climate change shocked Taiwanese artist Vincent J.F. Huang. 

Visitors to the National Palace Museum (NPM) crowd into the museum's gift shop searching for "treasures." One woman initially examines keychains with a design imitating the famous Ching dynasty "Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, " but then turns her attention to silk bed linen imprinted with the famous painting "Along the River During th....

Paul the Octopus captivated the world with its accurate World Cup predictions, becoming as big a phenomenon as the competition itself. 

Taipei, July 16 (CNA) A photojournalist-turned vegetable vendor has completed a film on Taiwan's precious firefly species partly out of his own pocket to help enhance the public's environmental awareness.