Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan will not raise its travel alert for Honduras at the moment, as the turmoil in the Central American country is confined to the center of government and there are no widespread upheavals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday. “We will not up our travel advisory for Honduras, but [...]

Tainan City and County will merge and be upgraded to a higher municipal status despite disagreements within the review panel last week, the Cabinet announced on Monday. A 15-hour marathon session by a special review board last Tuesday unanimously approved an upgrade for Taipei County and mergers and upgrades for Taichung City and County and [...]

Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Tainan City and Tainan County finally had their demands met Monday after the Executive Yuan decided to approve their applications for a merger, giving the two administrative areas joint status as a special municipality. Government Information Office Minister Su Jun-pin also announced the upgrading to special municipality status of Taipei County, [...]

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Sunday that party leaders would meet again soon to discuss national and party issues, particularly the situation in relation to the year-end mayoral and county commissioner elections, once the government has announced its final decision on city and county mergers. Tsai made the announcement after [...]

A total of 70.6 percent of Taiwanese think there should be a referendum about an eventual Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, according to a survey published by the pro-independence Taiwan Thinktank on Sunday. The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party and the smaller Taiwan Solidarity Union have launched campaigns for a nationwide referendum about the [...]

At least 15 earthquakes hit the Hualien region of East Taiwan on Sunday, with the heaviest measuring 5.6, the Central Weather Bureau said. The most serious tremor hit at 5:34 p.m. and was felt across most of Northern Taiwan, though no immediate damage was reported. A total of 14 quakes had their epicenter located at [...]

President Ma Ying-jeou decided Monday morning to cancel a planned state visit to Honduras early next month in the wake of the overthrown of Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday. Zelaya, whose four year term was slated to end in January, was taken forcibly by military troops from the presidential residence [...]

Former president Lee Teng-hui wants Taiwan to make peace with China but also to stick closer to the United States and Japan, the Chinese-language United Daily News reported on Sunday. At a meeting of his Taiwan Advocates organization Saturday evening, Lee reportedly discussed relations between Taiwan and China in some depth, sounding a more moderate [...]

o 20090627000095, 20090628000033 (repeat) Taipei, June 28 (CNA) A tiny settlement of Bunun aboriginals, which occupies an area of about 2.5 square kilometers in Taitung County, claimed three Golden Melody Awards Saturday in Taipei. Nanwang Three Sisters, three female singers from the Nanwang settlement, won awards for Best Aboriginal Album, Best Singing Group and Best [...]

Taipei, June 28 (CNA) Taiwan is keeping a close eye on the situation in Honduras but has not canceled President Ma Ying-jeou’s forthcoming trip to that country, a Presidential Office said late Sunday. The spokesman, Wang Yu-chi, said Ma has been informed of latest the development in Tegucigalpa, where it was reported that Honduras President [...]