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North Korea is essentially running a slave state to support its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs, but the only way the outside world can change that and get it to denuclearize is through a "revival plan," a South Korean expert on North Korea said.

North Korean defector Kim Ji Young is calling on the international community to intervene as a matter of urgency to help tackle the dismal human rights situation in North Korea.

Defections by members of North Korea's elite class, who generally have no trouble meeting their basic needs, are a warning to the Kim Jong Un regime and catching the South Korean government's attention, a North Korean defector told CNA recently.

For foreign nationals who have visited Taiwan, there is a new and amazing opportunity to share with the world vintage photos that reflect unforgettable memories and tell heartwarming stories of their time in the country.

Following the Jan. 11 presidential elections and June 6 recall vote of former Mayor Han Kuo-yu, Kaohsiung City holds its third major election this year to choose a new mayor to fill the vacancy left by Han, who was ousted just 18 months into his four-year term. (CNA coverage on the recall vote)

The first cabinet-level official from the United States to visit Taiwan since 2014, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar, arrived in Taipei on Aug. 9 and met with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), as well as other senior officials in the government during the trip.

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar, the first U.S. cabinet-level official to visit the country since 2014, arrived in Taiwan on Sunday afternoon, and is scheduled to meet President Tsai Ing-wen at 10 a.m., Monday Taipei Time (10 p.m. E.T.).

Sitting on a hillside in Beitou, a century-old district that is home to Taiwan's oldest hot springs community, a two-story, wooden Japanese style building has been a permanent feature as long as anyone can remember.

The much-anticipated celestial event began Sunday afternoon and is visible to people in parts of Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Nantou, Hualien and Taitung cities and counties, as well as the outlying islands of Penghu and Kinmen, according to the Taipei Astronomical Museum.

In 1996, after eight years of construction and what was described as "the dark days of Taipei's traffic," the city saw the opening of Taiwan's first metro system.