Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) One more detained suspect in complex corruption and money laundering probes implicating the former first family was released on bail Friday after prosecutors determined that he no longer needed to be detained. Wu Ching-mao, the older brother of former first lady Wu Shu-jen, was freed on NT$2 million (US$60,060) bail after [...]

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) New Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Sean Chen is scheduled to assume office Monday, according to the Executive Yuan. Chen, a former vice minister of finance who currently serves as chairman of SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., will succeed Gordon Chen as the country’s top financial regulator. At a time when Taiwan [...]

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Ruling Kuomintang Legislator Chang Sho-wen’s election was invalidated by a district court Friday after it ruled he was engaged in vote-buying, but the lawmaker from the southern county of Yunlin vowed to appeal his case to a higher court. Chang won a regional legislative seat in Yunlin County’s second district in [...]

Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan (連戰) said yesterday he had discussed the possibility of Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) on the sidelines of the recent APEC summit in Lima, Peru. Lien, President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) envoy to the summit, met Hu last Friday [...]

Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said Saturday he and President Ma Ying-jeou are studying the possibility of reshuffling the Cabinet. Related details will be publicized “at an appropriate time” when a decision is made, Liu said. Liu, however, said the recent resignation of Gordon Chen as chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission has [...]

Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 29 (CNA) There were still many Taiwanese travelers stranded in the capital of Thailand Saturday even though Taiwan’s two carriers, China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways Corp., dispatched special flights the previous day to bring their stranded passengers home. As flights at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport remained grounded due to a siege [...]

Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) A visiting former United Nations commission head said Saturday that Taiwan should be allowed to take part in international organizations for the sake of peace and prosperity in East Asia. “Taiwan should be given the opportunity to relate to other members in international agencies,” if the world expects lasting peace in [...]

Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) Close to 700 Taiwanese stranded at Thailand’s airports had been flown home as of Saturday noon, through assistance provided by two major Taipei-based carriers, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). With the assistance of China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways Corp., around 700 stranded nationals were transported back to [...]

Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) The Special Investigation Division under the Supreme Prosecutors Office was lambasted Saturday by a private judiciary-monitoring group for “leaking details of cases under its investigation” and “arbitrary detentions of suspects.” The civic Judicial Reform Foundation said that the division, which is conducting the current probe into corruption allegations against ex-president Chen [...]

Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday that as long as Taiwan people do not lose heart during the current economic downturn and they retain their core values, they will be able to weather the financial storm. The president made the remarks at the 8th National Prayer Breakfast at the Taipei International Convention [...]