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Hurdler Lin wins bronze as Taiwan adds four Asian Games medals Monday

ASIAN GAMES/Hurdler Lin wins bronze as Taiwan adds four Asian Games medals Monday

Lin Chung-wei (林仲威) won bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, one of four bronze medals Taiwan collected during the day.

09/28/2026 07:45 PM

TSMC, others hold recruitment campaign in Silicon Valley
Fourteen Taiwanese tech companies and the National Development Council (NDC) held a talent recruitment campaign at the annual Taiwan Tech Summit in Silicon Valley over the weekend that offered more than 1,000 job openings in Taiwan.
09/28/2026 06:40 PM
ASIAN GAMES/Taiwan's medal standing at 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
Taiwan, competing under the name of Chinese Taipei, has gained 33 medals -- including 3 gold medals, 7 silver and 23 bronze -- at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (the 20th Asian Games), as of 9 p.m. Monday.
09/28/2026 09:02 PM
Lai marks Teachers' Day, highlights AI teacher training plan
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) marked Teachers' Day Monday by highlighting a government program to invest NT$11.755 billion (US$371.79 million) by 2029 to strengthen educators' digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills.
09/28/2026 02:15 PM
Shengji Tunnel in Taipei's Nangang opens, cutting travel time
A ceremony was held Monday to mark the opening of the new Shengji Tunnel, which connects Zhongxiao East Road with an access road to the National Biotechnology Research Park (NBRP) in Nangang District, significantly reducing travel time.
09/28/2026 04:43 PM
3 suspects arrested, 1 at large after fatal drug debt row in Kaohsiung
Three suspects have been arrested and one remains at large after a dispute over drug debt in Kaohsiung left one man dead and two others seriously injured, local authorities said.
09/28/2026 03:22 PM
Burmese tourist dies after central Taiwan water park accident
A tourist from Myanmar was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday after being found unconscious in a shallow-water wave pool at a popular water park in central Taiwan, but no cause of death had been determined as of Monday afternoon.
09/28/2026 04:04 PM
Morocco resumes Taiwanese tourism visa applications: MOFA
The Taiwan government said Monday it had received confirmation Morocco resumed accepting tourism visa applications from Taiwanese passport holders last week, two months after abruptly suspending the process in July.
09/28/2026 02:35 PM
Taiwan wins 3 golds, 3 silvers, 7 bronzes at WorldSkills Competition
Taiwanese competitors won a total of 13 medals at the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 competition held in China last week, according to Taiwan's Workforce Development Agency (WDA).
09/28/2026 02:58 PM

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