Society

More than 10,000 people gathered in Taipei on Saturday, calling on the government to improve child protection, an issue that was highlighted following the death of a 1-year-old boy in foster care due to alleged abuse in 2023.

A bright light that lit up the sky over the Pacific Ocean off Taitung County on Friday night was most likely a fireball, experts said Saturday.

The Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Saturday morning issued heavy rain or extremely heavy rain advisories for the western half of Taiwan, which will stay in effect until nighttime.

The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Saturday are as follows:

Four more Indonesian nationals have been sentenced for their roles in a violent clash between rival martial arts groups in Changhua County, following an 11.5-year prison term handed to the main suspect, according to a ruling released Friday by the Taiwan Changhua District Court.

A driver who fatally struck a 61-year-old Japanese tourist on a sidewalk in Kaohsiung in March was indicted for negligent homicide on Friday, prosecutors said.

The family of an Indonesian fisher who died on a Taiwanese fishing boat in 2015 has settled a civil lawsuit with the ship's captain and the chief engineer for an undisclosed amount, according to the Taiwan International Workers' Association (TIWA).

The number of births in Taiwan fell to an all-time monthly low in April, while the country's population also declined for the 16th consecutive month, according to the data released by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on Friday.

A frontal weather system will begin affecting Taiwan on Friday night, bringing significant rainfall across the island and causing temperatures to drop over Mother's Day weekend, a weather forecaster said.

A Chiayi court on Friday sentenced a nearly 80-year-old man to 14.5 years in prison for fatally shooting a woman in August last year with a hunting rifle, after claiming she deliberately made noises at night disrupting his sleep.