Asia Taiwan About 1.500 tourists boarded ferries from Green Island and Orchid Island back to Taitung, southeast Taiwan, before ferry service was suspended due to the approaching Typhoon Koinu
Asia Taiwan Environmental groups presented four proposals for Taiwan's carbon pricing strategy, including a carbon tax collection system to discourage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Asia Taiwan The entire Alishan Forest Railway will be opened and operational on July 1, after 15 years of track work and tunnel repairs, announced Taiwan's Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
Asia Taiwan Still 38 are missing from the 7,2 magnitude earthquake that claimed 10 lives, the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in nearly 25 years
Asia Taiwan A special exhibition was opened at the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts to show changes in architectural styles in Taiwan, reflecting the country's political, social and economic developments from 1949 to 1983 by tracing the country's transformation