The use of e-cigarettes has tripled in the country since 2018, especially among young people - as shown by a study by the Health Promotion Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare

The Penghu Water Recreation Activities Association is offering a bounty of NT$300 (US$10) for each crown-of-thorns starfish caught in local waters: feeding on coral polyps, the living tissue of coral reefs, the are killing off large tracts of reefs

Taiwan’s National Fire Agency, founded on 1 March 1995, celebrated the 30 year anniversary of its founding with the opening of the upgraded NFA Training Center in Nantou County, expected to enhance the country's disaster response preparedness

In order to raise awareness ahead on the defense work of the Taiwan Coast Guard, over 70 cosplayers, dancers and photographers boarded the Yunlin frigate at Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 to promote National Oceans Day, observed since 2019, coinciding with WOD 8 June

Foreign caregivers, organised in a union, protested outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei calling on the government to remove the 12 years limit a migrant worker can remain in Taiwan and to abolish the compulsory use of intermediaries, or brokers