Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport late Sunday night to mixed reactions. Some people waving banners at the airport denounced the Dalai Lama’s visit to Taiwan, while others waited for hours at other points to catch a glimpse of him and to greet him. At the airport, one [...]

Cross-strait regular flight services begin on Monday, but neither Taiwan nor China will hold an inauguration ceremony to celebrate the launch of the service. Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) officials said the government and Taiwanese air carriers had already celebrated a few months ago when a special direct charter flight service that was launched to accommodate [...]

Taipei, Aug. 31 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$32.914 at 9:45 a.m. Monday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, down by a marginal NT$0.011 from Friday’s close. (By Deborah Kuo)

Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) The Taipei-based British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) is urging Taiwanese companies to participate in the TechnologyWorld09 slated for Nov. 23-24 in Coventry, United Kingdom, saying that it will boost their business potential. The exhibition, which is the U.K.’s biggest international “meet-the-buyer” event, is the right place for technology companies looking [...]

Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Life Insurance Association of the Republic of China said that as of 5 p.m, Friday, local insurers have paid NT$121.88 million (US$3.69 million) in claims on life and injury insurance policies in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot. The typhoon devastated southern Taiwan Aug. 7-9, triggering the most serious flooding and [...]

Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Estimates of agricultural losses from Typhoon Morakot rose to NT$16.4 billion (US$497 million) as of Thursday, nearing the record amount for losses from a storm set in 1996. The Council of Agriculture, which released the latest loss estimates Friday, said the typhoon, which pummeled Taiwan Aug. 7-9, caused serious damage to [...]

President Ma Ying-jeou expressed confidence yesterday that the current outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) in Taiwan will be brought under control with the measures being taken by health authorities. Addressing the issue in the latest issue of his weekly online video journal, Ma said greater public awareness of the new flu strain is needed but people [...]

Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) Raphael Gamzou, the head of the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei (ISECO) , recently sent greetings to the Muslim community in Taiwan at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. According to an ISECO press release, Gamzou, Israel’s de facto representative to Taiwan, sent a letter to [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 30 (CNA) The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, issued a three-point statement Sunday prior to his departure for Taiwan for a six-day visit, reiterating that his trip has nothing to do with politics or any political group. The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner said at New Delhi Indira Gandhi International [...]

The nation’s religious groups expressed mixed views over the visit of the Dalai Lama, who is scheduled to arrive tonight and will tour disaster areas in southern Taiwan to hold religious services for Typhoon Morakot victims. “This is not an appropriate time for the Dalai Lama to come,” said Master Ching Liang (淨良法師), chairman of [...]