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Man wins NT$2 million prize after touching huge gold brick at museum

Man wins NT$2 million prize after touching huge gold brick at museum

A man in New Taipei won NT$2 million (US$66,666) in the scratch lottery Thursday, after he reportedly touched a large gold brick on display at the city's Gold Museum earlier in ...

01/24/2020 03:33 PM

Mercury forecast to fall to 10 degrees next week

The current warm weather in Taiwan is expected to end next week, when temperatures are forecast to drop as low as 10 degrees Celsius with the arrival of a strong continental cold ...

01/24/2020 01:02 PM
WUHAN VIRUS / Taiwan closes borders to current, former Wuhan residents

Taiwan tightened its border control Thursday, mandating a health declaration by all visitors from China and banning the entry of residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the ...

01/23/2020 08:02 PM
First shipment of Taiwanese guavas arrives in U.S.

The first shipment of Taiwanese guavas to the United States has arrived after more than 20 days at sea, an event that was celebrated Wednesday by Taiwan's representative office in ...

01/23/2020 06:08 PM
WUHAN VIRUS / U.S. calls for Taiwan's inclusion in WHO amid epidemic threat

A senior American State Department official on Wednesday called for Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Organization (WHO) amid escalation of a deadly new coronavirus in the ...

01/23/2020 01:23 PM
Taiwan aware of Chinese fighters flying close to its territory: MND

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said it was closely monitoring military activity by China on Thursday, when several Chinese fighter jets flew over the Bashi Channel ...

01/23/2020 05:14 PM
WUHAN VIRUS / All Taiwan-Wuhan flights canceled amid virus outbreak

All direct flights between Taiwan and Wuhan City in central China have been canceled, starting Thursday, as Chinese officials have imposed a lockdown on the city as part of their ...

01/23/2020 03:20 PM
WUHAN VIRUS / Taiwan bans entry of visitors from Wuhan on coronavirus fears

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Wednesday that visitors from Wuhan will not be permitted to enter Taiwan for the time being, as the government is seeking to prevent ...

01/22/2020 11:21 PM
KMT to set up committee to implement party reform

The decision-making body of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Wednesday approved a proposal to establish a committee to enact reforms within the party, following its crushing ...

01/23/2020 02:40 PM

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (right) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen speak to the press Wednesday in Taipei about the government's response to a deadly new coronavirus that is raging in China. The death toll in China from the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had risen to nine as of Tuesday, ...Read more

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